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Try this Shakespeare cable splicer. Very low profile, simple to fit and re-uasable. No tools required other than a sharp knife! Shakespeare Centre-pin VHF Cable Splicer PL-258-CP-G

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Small start to garage clearout. This has never been used. £38 plus free postage.

Buy it now price £59 Lewmar Ocean Mainsheet Blocks Size 2 | eBay

Avon Redstart Fibreglass type needed. Would also be interested in buying a later model Redstart dinghy with one of these, as a complete package.

Many thanks to all who responded to my original post. very useful and interesting. I will pass this thread on.

A friend is intending to fit mast steps to her Rival 34. She wants the fully enclosed, permanently usable type, with a triangular profile and of aluminium construction. So far an internet search has failed to uncover a source for this type of mast step, so any info on likely suppliers here or...

To replace one lost overboard

Thanks Duncan. The charger says input 220v-230 v -50/60hz 46w, output 12v DC - 3A. I would have thought that there might be a 'car charger' available somewhere but Google keeps steering me towards an adapter that makes these batteries into a USB 5A power SOURCE. So, a small inverter seems to...

I have several Bosch power tools using the 12v (was 10.8v) Li-ion batteries. The charger runs on 230v a/c power. My question is: Is there a charging device that will do the job from the boat's 12v system? If not, what type and minimum size of inverter would be compatible with the Bosch mains...

With or without engine or trailer.

Biggles, you are correct - lazy reliance on ancient memory to blame. She was scrapped in 1980 at the relatively young age of 12 and not as a constructive total loss, partly because of her expensive steam turbine fuel consumption, which made motor ships increasingly popular about then.