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I write a little for PBO and not really for the little dosh I get (the day job is sadly not boaty), more to make me write up the...

I have used y10 that was years old it was fine... It wont work if the air temperature is too low, and it is slow to work even in cool...

Absolutely..

.... new instruments/radar, a solar lithium system, and a shiny solar arch to name a few :ROFLMAO: ... a present to myself as you only...

If you are getting rid of it I will take it... It's an old Plastimo, I have never been able to get a number but there was a faded...

Is there any way/ chart to calculate the temperature the air should be after so many meters of un-insulated duct at a set ambient...

I generally find a "that's interesting", a "that's useful" and a "that's irrelevant" group in each issue. I do all the sailing mags as...

I have a Bruntons Autoprop, which has an apparently similar anode. Mine is attached to the propeller boss by three nylon machine screws...

Thanks for the suggestions but I'll just go with the cheaper option of fitting new cups and a Vane. The new antenna is ready to go up...

Thanks for that, I am going to get the mast dropped as I need to fit a crane to take a spinnaker halyard for pulling up the dinghy and...

If you replace the cups, don't do it at the top of the mast. Go up and bring the unit down (the stick unscrews from the mount) and do it...

No reason to recalibrate. The second head acts as a remote and doesn't operate as a course computer if it's another ST4000+.

Won't a magnet near it not cause it to flinch?

Re calibrate what? Do you mean swing the compass type of thing...

You can buy cups or a vane as spares, they are held on with a single screw and usually fare well. The autopilot remote sends specific...