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Beacon registration can all be done online now. It's handled by the JRCC at Fareham, rather than Falmouth.

Same has happened with hh DSC vhf so that should not influence someone's purchase decisions. Anyway the OP was not asking about DSC VHFs

There is no doubt in my mind that a PLB is the best option of the two as I sail mostly singlehanded, coastal and north-sea. However, if...

Thank you, and your response gives me hope. Having said that, I had about an egg cup full of oil in bilge compared to normally clean...

That would /could be true for raw water-cooled engines that do not have a thermostat, but indirect cooled engines hove a thermostat that...

Doesn't make any sense, the engine thermostat will keep the engine temperature at whatever it's supposed to be.

Agree with what Beneteau381 said but to add.......... my VP gearbox, not the same model as yours, often has a film/smear of oil around...

I only went to the Ostend at Anchor event just the once and have very fond memories of the place and the people. Memories and dreams...

I would be very chary about doing any treatment to the wire until you had exhausted all other possibilities. It's painfully obvious that...

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) recommends that fridges in the UK should be set to 5°C or below. .

What volume are you looking for? You can get a 30litre domestic one. This one comes with a 1500W heating element, maybe, if the element...

Rather than getting a custom tank made, would it be more economical to fit a calorifier of the size you need, and just not connect the...

The air temperature from an eberspacher will be much higher than that from a heat-pump so you need to ensure the ducting can cope

Far too much AI - which generally is not actual "intelligence", just a non-critical trawl through and regurgitate from other sources of...

And it is easy to become an editor and offer your corrections...