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KompetentKrew's latest activity
KompetentKrew
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Seized stainless steel turnbuckle!?
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Thanks to everyone who replied - all sorted now. Correct application of adjustables, property and correctly against the flats, and...
15 Apr 2024
KompetentKrew
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Seized stainless steel turnbuckle!?
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I'm pretty sure I was. I think I had the V of the two spanners towards me, and was trying to close the V up. And that matches what I can...
14 Apr 2024
KompetentKrew
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Seized stainless steel turnbuckle!?
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Thank you. Do I understand from this that the seizing could be permanent and impossible to free? I might need to replace the whole stay?
13 Apr 2024
KompetentKrew
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Seized stainless steel turnbuckle!?
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Yes, I realised afterwards that I should probably try that tomorrow, as the spanner has more strength when used in the correct...
13 Apr 2024
KompetentKrew
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Seized stainless steel turnbuckle!?
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Practical Boat Owner's Reader to Reader
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Can a stainless steel turnbuckle like this seize, please? It's only 4½ years old. I have to inspect and, no doubt, replace my...
13 Apr 2024
KompetentKrew
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Wing keels - good or bad?
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If I'm correctly interpreting OP's comment, the joke is that you should, yes.
13 Apr 2024
KompetentKrew
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Wing keels - good or bad?
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Wikipedia claims that the wings have aerodynamics which pull downwards, increasing righting movement.
13 Apr 2024
KompetentKrew
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Wing keels - good or bad?
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If everything else is right about it, don't worry about the keel - presumably the keel works, the technical details are irrelevant...
12 Apr 2024
KompetentKrew
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Holiday suggestions in "the South" please!
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Excuse me. I think it used to be a little cheaper, like 10% or 20%, than MDL Queen Anne's Battery and others on that side of the water?
11 Apr 2024
KompetentKrew
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VHF and AIS transceiver
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Yeah, I mentioned that in my 2022 comment that I linked before. Message 27 is transmitted every 3 minutes, but the 3 minute countdown...
11 Apr 2024
KompetentKrew
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Holiday suggestions in "the South" please!
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Carbeile Wharf also has the same owners, apparently.
11 Apr 2024
KompetentKrew
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Holiday suggestions in "the South" please!
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Dartmouth and Salcombe are lovely, but also kinda small. Someone else suggested the Fal, where I haven't been, but Plymouth might also...
11 Apr 2024
KompetentKrew
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Windlass why electric
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I'm not sure they make 'em like that anymore. I'm sure I've seen numerous complaints on here about the aluminium casings and stainless...
11 Apr 2024
KompetentKrew
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Troubleshooting external VHF speaker
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Surely just a bad connection at one end or the other - inspect and wiggle the connectors thoroughly. If that doesn't show anything...
11 Apr 2024
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Any decent Car Factors ......
11 Apr 2024
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