Recent content by robertager1962

I have just fitted a Lewmar HX1 windlass but am getting an issue if I try to use rope anchor warp as the gypsy is not letting it release as it passes into the chain locker and instead tries to force it underneath the gypsy and jams up the windlass. I have a fairly small chain locker (Southerly...

I'll second this. I had major problems with my father's boat's cast iron keels but ground back to bare metal and them four coats of VC Tar 2, that was 20 years ago. Since then I have used this regime on my Centaur and now my Southerly 105 and use this as my go to method. One coat of Coppercoat...

Thanks to you all for your advice. I see now that it was the Argo Fet splitter that was the culprit in this. We live aboard and our yacht (unfortunately) spends a lot of time being our house, so it is easy for the engine batteries to be forgotten and I fitted the splitter to prevent this. I...

Thanks. Any idea how I can charge my house batteries as well as the engine batteries from the solar? I can't believe that I am the only person who has experienced this issue, seems odd that Victron have not addressed this issue

No not a direct connection to the battery as it is going through

I have just installed a Victron MPPT Controller ànd am having an issue at night as it loses power. I have discovered that the Victron charge splitter((ARGO FET Battery Isolator) that I fitted earlier this year is preventing the MPPT controller from receiving the power from the batteries to keep...

Thanks for this and I feel your pain :)

Thanks Andrew. No not near the engine, I have installed a strainer in the engine bay, which the pipe is feeding. However my slight concern is my engine is a 36hp and should the inlet become slightly blocked, I don't want it to collapse.

Probably a very downmarket answer, but we are currently.in Spain and it's very hot. We don't have air-con but I ha e found that running the Eberspacher on cold setting has helped over the past few nights as the air outside has cooled but the cabin has remained hot. The mosquito covers tend to...

Hi all I need to order some below waterline pipe to replace engine cooling water inlet (1" ID) and cockpit drain (1½" ID) What should I be asking for? If I were in the UK I would just ask the above but I am in Spain and my Spanish is not technical. Checking on SVB and ASAP I can't see what I...

Thanks very much.

..and this is why I value the help of this forum. You are absolutely right and now I understand what is going on! It also makes my job easier as the raw water is also filtered. Thank you so much!

Thanks Ķeith. Just checked and actually have a Seaflo filter and the instructions do say that it needs to be fitted above the waterline. I have a TidesMarine lip seal and the supply pipe is just to equalise the pressure (so not.pressure fed)

Many thanks. My lip seal does not have a pressurised feed. It is a Tidesmarine Lip Seal and I guess the supply is a way to equalise the internal pressure between the outer and inner seal.

Hi all I am fitting a new raw water inlet for my engine and was planning to put a Vetus strainer in the engine bay. I currently have a bronze, pot type filter fitted which will no longer fully close off the seawater. The Vetus strainer needs to be above sea level and the issue I have is the...