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I have a swinging mooring just up river of the chain ferries. As mentioned above free use of an hourly water taxi big enough to carry loads of equipment and helpful staff there. Can get a bit rolly when the big tugs go by with the RN ships following but at least security is good with the...

I'm well aware of marine goods being extortionate and had a look at frenchmarine thanks to pvb and looked at the cost of just a replacement panel. £112 for a piece of plastic !! Incredible.

Anybody know where I can source a new engine display ( rev counter, warning lights etc. ) to go in my cockpit for a Yanmar 2YM15. Tried looking in the usual places but to no avail. And is it a simple case of removing the old and wiring in the new as was ? Cheers.

Hi, Going to Salcombe tomorrow, never visited before, will be SH and was wondering if their moorings have pick up bouys or do I need to have lasso ready and then sort myself out? Cheers.

Puff, You're correct about the tacking angle which is 110°. I was just off close hauled when I started the port tack but maybe need to be closer?! Cheers.

I've inherited a navico tp5000 tiller pilot with my boat. I also have the manual and it appears to be set up correctly on the starboard side of the cockpit. My problem is that when doing an automatic tack to port using the function on the tiller pilot the ram attached to the tiller retracts...

Check all the connections around the switch. No - actually unfasten, clean, grease and remake them all and your problems should disappear.* Thanks for all the replies and discussion. Looks like next time I get to my boat I'll remove, clean, grease and reconnect. Do I need special electrical...

Yes the batteries were connected in parallel and I didn't disconnect anything before testing. If there is a bad connection would it be between the 2 batteries or could it be somewhere else on the circuit? I ask because the reason for checking the batteries in the first place was because I was...

They are joined negative to negative and positive to positive. Apologies for lack of electrical knowledge regarding if they're in series or parallel, not my strong suit!!

Evening all, I have 2 110ah batteries linked together with number 1 battery receiving a charge from the solar panel. Put multimeter on both this afternoon and got a reading of 14.6v from number 1 battery and 12.3v from number 2 battery. Why the difference in readings? Is the higher reading from...

Buckle my shoe.

Guy, PM sent. Cheers

Hi, Just an update on getting the top head swivel down. First off tried the drain rods up the foil, kept the rods close to the foil with some cable ties but by the time I had fitted all together it was very hard to control and the rods were too bendy to push with any force. So I then took the...

The mast is approximately 12 - 13 metres. Not sure exactly. Boat is 31ft.