Recent content by KompetentKrew

Ideal outboard for a boat of this size is the two-stroke Tohatsu 9.8. Not cheap or easy to get ahold of, but you won't be disappointed.

For those of us who don't want to watch a long video, is there any chance of a quick summary?

I read recently that cordless drills are a loss-leader and often discounted because they're usually the first power tool that people buy, so this locks them into the battery system.

I don't fully understand your question but imagine you own a valuable electric guitar. Before Brexit it doesn't matter where you buy it - UK or the rest of EU - you pay VAT when you buy it and you can carry it between countries and it doesn't make any difference. After Brexit, you have to pay...

Could this be a difference between the original P70 / i70 models and the newer P70S / i70S counterparts? Looks like the i70 was released around 2011, and I'd guess the i70s around 2017 or 2018. They're obviously basically the same unit but with a facelift - the graphics and the menus are all...

NMEA 0183 and SeaTalk1 are superficially similar, but they're incompatible. They are both 70's / 80's style serial data protocols, which means basically two wires, plus maybe power and ground. Imagine you have a battery, 100m of wire and a 12v lightbulb - you can send messages in morse code to...

IMO it's chiefly dependent on the crew. You can leave the buoys at Yarmouth at dawn and arrive in Dartmouth around sunset. But so what? You can leave Yarmouth at midday and sail through the night - what kind of sailing does the crew enjoy or tolerate? Singlehanded, I put the sails up and put...

Post pics. If it's secured with bolts / screws then pour kettles full of hot water over them before trying to undo them. Drill out rivets. I mean, you could just cut some scrap wood to the right size and wedge it between the teeth of the cleat, but removing it is clearly the more elegant...

If you dispose of it, can I have the seat hinges, please? But I have found the manufacturer somewhat communicative and I'd be surprised if spares are unavailable. Their spares seem more expensive than other brands' though.

I thought the Fulmar was a size of boat I could live with for quite a long time if I was only sailing weekends and holidays.

I think they are original - the boat was built by a very small owner-operated jachtwerf. It was one of the first big boats he built and, at the time, the jachtwerf was a shed in his back garden. The boat has certain idiosyncrasies. A number of people have commented that flat bar would be less...

These LED replacements for 12v incandescent bulbs have multiple LED elements - as I'm sure you know, they're not a single bulb but a circuit board with surface-mount LEDs soldered to them. Sometimes they have as few as half a dozen LEDs; a dozen might be typical, and sometimes closer to twice...

Video I recorded before this last line of thinking occurred to me: It might show some details that I've overlooked in the photos above.

To recap, see my last thread: My chainplates as epoxied into the deck!? As per that post #6 of that thread, all chainplates need inspection, at least, due to obvious evidence of water ingress, and because one of the chainplates failed during a gale, whilst the boat was on the hard. I don't...

Bet you £1 it's not LED. And putting LED festoon bulbs in an incandescent fitting is rubbish.