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Much to my family's great annoyance, I've watched the whole two series of 'My Floating Home'. The range of floatation used includes, from memory, reinforced concrete "bath tub" bases, specially constructed steel boxes, sealed-up lengths of large diameter plastic pipe, large expanded polystyrene...

Do you mean the bottom bearings or the top? At the top is a small plain plastic (Delrin?) bearing sleeve: https://www.oceanchandlery.com/plastimo-accessories-for-single-groove-reefing-systems.html there is another at the connection between the foil and the drum, then there is a Delrin ball...

Nikwax recommend frequent cleaning using their tech-wash before reproofing, in a CLEAN machine, as detergents (including none-bio) reduces fabric water run-off and inhibits reproofing - I put 50ml of white vinegar through the machine on a hot wash before cleaning and reproofing waterproofs...

I assume you know that mooring holders can store their boats Ferry Nab car park, they also due annual trailered dinghy storage (up to 5.5m)- contact the lake wardens for details, they have limited places -...

398Kg! Ta-dah! :)

Re: Pershing 62 sinks The buoy? More info here: http://www.channel103.com/uk-tug-arrive-sunken-yacht-salvage-talks/ and https://jerseyeveningpost.com/news/2017/11/21/wrecked-luxury-yacht-may-be-left-on-seabed/

Perhaps not: https://www.spencer-ogden.com/spencerogdenannouncements/adventurer-hannah-white-sets-world-record-for-english-channel-crossing-51565159852 https://jerseyeveningpost.com/news/2012/05/05/two-men-in-small-boat-complete-channel-crossing/...

Hi Hairsy. There is a foxcub 18 group on Yahoo, seems a little quiet, but it may be able to offer you specific info on your boat: https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/foxcub18yacht/info (you will need to join the group to access the full site) Raising the mast on a smallish boat might well be...

+1!

Reply I received from International Paints re: varnishing over epoxy: I would suggest you leave the West System to post-cure for at least 2 weeks prior to over coating with Compass. As fresh West System will affect the drying of Compass. We would recommend prior to over coating with Compass...

+1 - was also going to post a link until I saw this one. An interesting writer with considerable small boat cruising experience, as briefly mentioned in the blog, he sailed and paddled a klepper folding kayak around Cape Horn 'when he was younger'. He ended his latest article in SCA with a very...

The recall dates back to at least 2012, when I swapped out a battery for an 801. At the time I was given the option of a discount off one of the new models instead of the replacement battery but declined. Unfortunately, 2 years later the battery developed a terminal fault. Torqeedo said this...

Have a look at this, about 1 min in... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HH4eSZ7rhqA ... and this... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dceYiJDQoNo John

I don't know the answer but have found International very helpful in the past - try asking them directly: http://www.yachtpaint.com/gbr/diy/contact-us/default.aspx

From this web page: https://www.medicines.org.uk/emc/medicine/7595 "after oral administration, absorption is relatively slow, peak serum concentrations occurring after 2.5 to 4 hours" ...so, if you give them 15mg (one tablet) every 20 mins, they will be getting maximum effect some time after...