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Been accused of being a tyre kicker
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Keep on tyre-kicking - it's a lot cheaper!
Yesterday at 17:16
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Question for the Astro-Navvies
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I have an Ebbco plastic and an old brass Tamaya. I find that by averaging 5 shots with the Ebbco, I can get intercepts around 1 Nm. The...
Yesterday at 17:10
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Refilling 3.9 kg Calor botas.
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Sorry! I'm a Campingaz bottle user so not aware of the Calor weights.
Thursday at 16:06
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Citizen science request – UK watercraft duty cycles survey
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Checking back over my fuel bills I find that I re-fill my 50 litre diesel tank every other year. I also have a swinging mooring. I...
Wednesday at 17:46
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Refilling 3.9 kg Calor botas.
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I believe it's also very unsafe to fill them completely - you must leave some expansion space for the liquid. The gross and tare weights...
Wednesday at 17:31
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Unlucky or the new norm
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Approaching sun - spot maximum. Lots of high energy solar particles messing up our stratosphere!
6 Dec 2024
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50 year old sailboat
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Mine’s 46, also with no signs of weakness - can’t say the same for the owner though…
5 Dec 2024
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50 year old sailboat
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Get a surveyor to look at it, as Aja says above. You will need to show a survey report to your insurance company, anyway. My own boat is...
3 Dec 2024
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Block and tackle for an anchor ?
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Monty Mariner above has the right idea although I find a simpler set up works for me. A short tripping line on the anchor is held back...
22 Nov 2024
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Watermota Sea Panther - First Run!
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In your first post, you said that there was clean oil on the dip stick so the water may be confined to the chain case. Or maybe is only...
20 Nov 2024
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Watermota Sea Panther - First Run!
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An informed guess - your raw water pump is leaking along it's shaft into the chaincase. I had this on my Bukh DV20. I didn't get the...
19 Nov 2024
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Cast iron keel repair
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If the other keel bolts are good, I think you will be OK to fill. Epoxy filler as peteK says and give it a good grinding to key the...
14 Nov 2024
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Removing an unused through hull.
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I used 3 mm GRP sheet. Cut a blanking plate for the outside and one for the inside and fill the aperture with adhesive sealant. I used...
13 Nov 2024
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Treating micro-cracks in cockpit gelcoat
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Yep - I've got that, too. I try not to look!
11 Nov 2024
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Dynastart as a starter motor only
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Hi there, Lamdar, welcome! In the past I have owned boats with both Bosch and Siba dynastarts. I don't think there will be any problem...
10 Nov 2024
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