Recent content by Pete7

Indeed, along with an Italian turne up. Ours got one unintentionally when we raced back across the channel with a F8 threatening. We made it and the engine ran perfectly after some 10 hours of hard motoring. Do not put synthetic oil in it either, nice basic oil each year and if it hasn't been...

John, we have had LFP for 3 years and I am really pleased with it, but don't push it if someone isn't ready for a change. However, in your circumstances think worthwhle. You had 405Ah Lead acid when new. You now have considerably less. 300Ah of LFP will probably fit your need and mean only...

Shouldn't he buy the boat first?

He has been watching Red October on DVD and now throwing in some 'crazy ivans'.

Long gone, they want customers to talk to their dealers now. You could e mail them, but likely to say no longer supported. E bay then.

This was our choice when fitting a new Element 9 to the existing EVO 100 wheel pilot and ST60s. The only bit I missed was the need to use a converter cable from SeatalkNG to the Element which like the Axiom takes NM2000. The ST60 Seatalk to SeatalkNG widget is in the cabin ceiling. Note...

Countryfile last Sunday showed a seaweed farm producing 120 tonne pa yield for consumption and they hope to increase this. We are not disposing of it, but going to eat it. Just think, make it taste like a Maccy D's and that's a win because you don't need mad cows producing methane, another...

I got the impression the cute little seahorses issue is slowly being dropped because they are very common and everywhere in Poole bay. Instead NE et al are latching on to carbon sequestration. If this works, vastly more money from the Gov making them look good and huge areas of the Solent open...

Us too. We use a garden cane with that came with the yacht for just this purpose. Having been dipped in diesel regularly for 35 years it's not going to rot. Pete

I think they are 4mm and perhaps 12-15mm long. Are both units double hob and grill only, in other words no oven? If so they have a different gimbal position to the oven variety. Top arrow in the image is the position for a hob and grill. Bottom arrow is the position for hob, grill and oven...

Correct, aligning a new bronze sea cock in there with the filter outlet pointing in the right direction was tricky enough.

That's a decent amount of solar and on our 31ft yacht we managed a good mix of gas and electric cooking with 340w before increasing to the current 700w. So electric kettle, toaster and single induction hob all very useable with a 2kW inverter and halved our gas usage. Generally we were self...

You need one of these, does cakes and fish too. That's a 2Kg duck. At 525w very economical with power. Pete

Agreed, which I why I went down the Raymarine Element S route. Still current model and available for about £480 on ebay or £417 from Hudson Marine. Raymarine Element S - HV Can add radar but we haven't bothered, but do have AIS via a Em Trak transceiver. Chose the 9" version in the end and...

This might be worth a watch as two YM critique each others sailings skills and yachts visiting waterside pubs around the Solent: https://www.youtube.com/@LeeShoresLazyJacksandLunches