Recent content by LORDNELSON

I am gradually reducing the number of sailing books in my bookcases; the following is the first offering: 1. "Heavy Weather Sailing" by Adlard Coles revised by Peter Bruce 4th Edition reprinted 1994. very good condition with good dust jacket condition. £10 plus postage. 2. "Dutch Inland Sailing...

Delta anchor My last boat was a Southerly 115 (37 feet), the 16 Kg Delta was very reliable, only had one problem when I anchored near St. Peter Port in a bed of kelp and we were affected by a severe squall in the middle of the night and dragged. My present boat (28ft Westerly) - we use a 10kg...

Wanted: Starting handle for Volvo-Penta 2002 diesel engine.

Green Deposit I imagine the green deposit is hard. If it is soft and greasy you should bare in mind that Blake's seacock grease is bright green.

I need to remove anti-fouling from my grp boat (28 foot Westerly). I do not want to involve myself in lots of hard labour and think the way to go is some kind of removal by high pressure hose and slurry. I would be grateful if anyone has experience of such a system and how happy they were with...

I fitted a Barton bendy glass thing on my Westerly Merlin at the beginning of this season and so far find it very satisfactory. I chose this type instead of a gas filled kicker because the reports of catastrophic failure of gas filled kickers worried me. The Barton comes in different sizes and...

Sorry Sara It is interesting to note that quite a number of these comments have been generated by the "13 issues letter", which a lot of others, who have not contributed on the forum,may have regarded as unwise/annoying. It seems that management, not necessarily the editor, need to learn from...

13 instead of 12 Agree, a problem PBO has along with many magazines that concentrate on one subject is that they cycle the same type of article/subject over a period of two or three years, so long term subscribers become bored. I cancelled my D/D shortly after receiving the 13 instead of 12...

The cure worked and the GPS is now installed and working on my boat.

Sea cocks Yes, I am getting more and more forgetful as time goes on but I seem to have fixed this by having a check list on the chart table which I go through before starting anything. I know - what happens if I forget to look at the check list?! My wife reminds me, another reason why it is...

Sea cocks Mine are all closed when the boat is unattended and all open when attended. Main reason is I wonder what insurers would do about a claim for sinking from an (unattended) open sea cock. In common with most other small boat sailors upon starting the engine I look over the stern to check...

Well I am feeling hopeful! Telephoned Garmin UK on their freephone number this morning and talked to a very helpful chap in their help department who said "Install a new set of the AA bateries; switch the GPS to simulator mode and leave switched on for 24 hours" he explained that this normally...

Thank you: there is a problem with the GPS 48 in that I cannot see how to open the case!

My Garmin GPS 48 has started making irritating peeping noises and displaying a notice saying "internal battery low". I cannot see how to replace this - do I have to send it back to Garmin or can it be done by an electronics firm? Grateful for advice, particularly from anyone who has experienced...

Vang/Topping Lift Thank you all very much; all contributions were very useful and helped me decide on type of vang to buy and whether to retain a topping lift. Many thanks.