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Best wishes from Oz for my UK boating friends. Hope you all come through with minimum damage. Meanwhile ol'will is recovering from a...

Yes, good use of a heater you already had but I echo what VicS said: the heating element should be at the bottom. My heated towel rail...

here is the latest test . Very satisfied with the progress. gary

My experience as well, not bonded. I think the choice is between DZR and plastic. There is no place for brass plumbing fittings on...

Lots of standard needle valves available eg. 1/8"BSP Female Thread Stainless Flow Control Shut Off Needle Valve Water Gas__JY | eBay Or...

Yes, ABP did consult with a number of associations, including the OGA, when they specified swinging circles.

Absolutely! Too high a risk of chaff in an area mostly out of sight.

That is good. You have been lucky. Buying skin fittings and seacocks simply labelled as "bronze" is a risk unless the supplier specifies...

No need for me to do anything. All the information I have provided is well known and in the public domain. For example Vyv has written...

Have you had DZR valves or fittings corrode? In my experience, they do not corrode. One of mine is now 25 years old and still good. (and...

Yes I watched the video and he firmly belongs in the box of people who are spreading disinformation. Like many who should know better he...

Final update: I visited the boat today, loosened the gearbox flange, clamped a vice grip just behind the key and with just a few light...

In fact the apparent gouge in the shaft is just a grease line indicating the shaft's original position. I think the fact that I can't...

If the shaft will not pull forward to re-engage in the coupling maybe whatever was grinding/loose at the prop end moved when you slid...

Well this is the last topic that I would have thought go down a COLREGS rabbit hole! To answer the original question. It really...