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I feel for you B381 - some rather disappointing replies on here to your quite straightforward couple of opening posts :)

What’s the question? That looks like a 12v fan from the ECS catalogue. Millions of them in all the mainstream boats. Junk, by the way!

Are you a Daily Mail journalist? I don't agree the parasitic comment but am not going to argue it here. Ref your second para, I'm...

All seems very sensible to me. No strong preference between plastic and bronze in this application. Bronze feels nicer I suppose but...

Little known song by Blur. They changed the setting and the rest is history

There seem to be plenty available online. Search/google also for model 925 if you have a smaller boat with 25mm piping. The 1038 is...

The pump is a plastimo 1038. Very common item. This page shows the pump and a selection of non return valves etc...

100% agree with Tranona - this has little to do with fixed time intervals whether a year or any other time period. Just change them...

Oh I was looking for some sensible meaning. Amazing if that was his point- hard to believe. The question asked didn’t need...

Peter, the Colregs term "constrained by draft" (CBD) seems to me sometimes to be misunderstood. A 15m sailboat (under engine, because...

Me too :) The inital question was answered early on. I don't think you can seriously argue that the hamble isn't a narrow channel, and...

Not following this point (sorry!)

Nope. Firstly the relevant Colregs cut off is 20m not 24m, and secondly in Colregs "length" means LOA not LLL. MCA have indeed had a...

Correct.

Paul, it should be but it is not simple. Many LED items fail because of heat. The first thing to do is to buy LEDs that run cool to...