Recent content by pcatterall

In the past to remove coatings I have preferred to scrape rather than sand. Quicker and less dust. I guess that nowadays with antifoul it is still a no no?

Our owners group want to move our 10m Neptunian from Valencia to 'the Canaries' We are ok with this and do visit Lanzerote quite often. Which Island would forumites head to first? any pros and cons?

My question was somewhat 'tongue in cheek'! I will have to check the total thickness of the existing lid and will investigate trying to salvage the top plywood layer ( water ingress seems to have separated the ply) and rebond it to some new ply or use new ply with veneer strips on top with...

They were a complete unit. Monocular with fitted pistol grip and a built in compass. I have not had or seen one for years.

When I worked as a hydrographic surveyor I favoured a monocular with a pistol grip and compass.

The quote below was for £840 plus carriage. Should I go for it?! Dear Mr Catterall Thank you for your recent email enquiry as below. I’m afraid our Elite decking is only sold in full sheets so I have attached a quotation for 1 whole sheet cut to the size as requested and the offcut...

Just looking at teak veneer costs and see 3mx19cm x 3mm at £76 and similar size but 1.5mm at £31. In terms of wear I would be happy with the 1.5mm but is that a bit shallow to caulk? The caulk lines on my lids are only 3 or 4 mm wide. Like others I have found old furniture a good source though...

And very smart too!!

Roger the pretty good bodger.........looks great VicS thanks, i've filled in their form.

A locker lid on our old Neptunian needs replacing. Water has got in and the ply has weakened. It will soon fail as crew like to jump on it when entering the cockpit. The original ply has that fake caulked look and I wanted to replace with something similar. Robbins timber ! was my immediate...

Thanks all. As advised first task was a good clean of the whole unit. It looks better and shows no sign of pinkness. I do have a very large mole grip ( don't shout!!) Maximum pressure on the jaws and a short extension tube and it became loose!! I confirm that it was a standard 1" compression...

The pics!!

A 'near do' on Coral Wind! Just checking various connections and noted that the green corrosion on the engine to seacock looked iffy. Poked it with a nail and an immediate sport of water. Cleaned it up and there is a definite hole. I do have a bit of the correct size of copper pipe and some...

And calibrated with load? ( in sea water) ??

Just thought I would give my 'spare' 4108 a run (its in the garage!) Cant remember which of the levers on the pump is the throttle and which is the fuel cut off. Which is the one nearest to the engine please!?