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      jwilson replied to the thread Shaft Anodes.
      I fitted one exactly like that hollow-centre one this morning. I change this every year, along with a prop tip anode. I wouldn't want...
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      jwilson replied to the thread Sail laundry.
      Diluted bleach is normally OK for polyester, it's nylon (eg spinnakers) that it will turn yellow. Patio Magic is safe for anything...
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      The copyright of a survey rests with the surveyor. He assigns the person commissioning it the right to use it for specific purposes...
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      A lot of confusion about signatures on a Bill of Sale. A standard MCA Bill of Sale ( currently...
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      Is that point on the deck actually intended for an inner forestay: might it be intended for spinnaker guys instead - probably lower loading?
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      jwilson replied to the thread VHF/AIS splitter..
      The Emtrak 953 works well, has 5w output and has a built in Tx splitter. Easy to fit: if it goes wrong you still can revert to AIS...
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      jwilson replied to the thread St600 paddle wheel.
      Found mine - the resistor goes to brown and white .....
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      jwilson replied to the thread St600 paddle wheel.
      Remove the two wires that carry temp information and put a resistor across the two connectors on the ST60. You'll have to look up your...
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      jwilson replied to the thread St600 paddle wheel.
      If you mean ST60 not ST600 the speed paddlewheel unit also contains a sea temperature transducer. That often (very often) fails and for...
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      jwilson replied to the thread carved numbers on bulkhead.
      Don't confuse registered tonnage with displacement (boat weight). It's a ancient and slightly weird way of calculating internal volume...
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      jwilson replied to the thread I've got gunk in my hole.
      If that worked in Falmouth I'd eat not only my hat but the colony of micro-shrimps and general gunge that sets up camp in the (lightly...
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      jwilson replied to the thread Full keel v Long keel.
      IMHO a full keel is a traditional long keel running from stem to sternpost - ie...
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      jwilson replied to the thread Storage ashore - Falmouth.
      Gweek Quay might be good for an Ovni. I brought my 6' draught boat up there in November on a big tide, and ran aground 3 times in the...
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      jwilson replied to the thread heating in sun odyssey 35 ?.
      But easily accessible only to a long-armed, agile, and relatively small ape. For most later-years humans, less so. But it is a huge space!
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      jwilson replied to the thread heating in sun odyssey 35 ?.
      In my SO35 (single aft cabin version) the heater itself is in the transom compartment aft of the behind the heads locker - really...
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