Recent content by Nick_H

The hanging balls are perfect for the job PEJ. We borrowed a couple from another boat for a night, and hung them from the bimini frame, and it gives just the right amount and tone of light. 3 brightness settings iirc so you can set the mood.

Do you mean the "old" P62 flybridge, circa 2006-2010? If so, there is a test report for one fitted with an early model 7 gyro, you may find it on SK website, or you could ask them to send it to you. An SK9 has 30% more anti-rolling force, so you should get excellent performance. I have model 8...

Great video, looks like you had a blast

Agreed, also surprisingly cheap, out of season we paid about 30 euro for a 57 footer.

You don't need a leash for touring, you only need one in waves to stop the board being washed into the beach.

Making ice is of limited value if you can't store it. The hollow ice from a tabletop machine on a hot day is wet, thin, and barely frozen, so it melts very quickly in drinks. It also melts again quickly in the ice maker tray, so you'll need to run it constantly throughout the day. Solid ice...

You can get paddleboards with fixings for a kayak seat, so you can use it for both. This link is only to show what I mean, I don't know this particular brand so i'm not recommending them. https://bluefinsupboards.com/product/paddle-board-12-stand-up-paddle-board-package/ For cruising on a...

Mine both settle around 80 at fast cruise, bit less at slow cruise, but I can only measure on helm gauges and i'm not sure how accurate they are

You could use braided rope then, or if you really want to minimise stretch then dyneema. I think the only reason webbing is used is because it's easier to make adjustable strops. If you want fixed, then I can't see any reason not to use rope.

Do you need webbing straps for lifting a dinghy? There's no need to spread the load over more surface area, which is when you'd normally use webbing straps instead of rope. I used plain vanilla 8mm nylon rope and spliced some eyes in, although you could just tie bowlines. I like the fact it...

c'mon J, a practical man like you ..! Cut a piece of string 20m long, thread it through a link in the chain and hold both ends of the string, release anchor chain into the water until the string goes taught, mark that point, then release one end of the string, pull it through and start the...

Our galley is at saloon level and we have internal stair, so very easy to access from fly. Later P58 has similar layout to M60.

You may be thinking of 56 Truro, 60 has u shaped saloon seats iirc. Biggest downside of the 60 for me is the distance between flybridge table and galley, including 2 flights of stairs. It’ll be a pain when you realise you’ve forgotten the balsamic, but everyones priorities are different.

Intuitively I would doubt whether a nylon scouring pad would remove a layer of epoxy, even water based epoxy, but Elessar is the expert, so if he says it works then I guess it must. Personally i'd play safe and sand it. You'll know at the first lift whether it worked - if it's still brown it...

My coppercoat didn't work well the first year with no abrasion before launch, then while it was out of the water someone gave it a light sanding by mistake (they were supposed to do the boat next to it!) and it worked much better thereafter.