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More or less so :) Not sure why you see all this fuss for a tripping line, mine can be shackled to anchor and chain in a matter of...

When I bought mine, the manufacturer provided a certificate stating the balls had been "cooked" with a sort of special thermal treatment.

We have sometimes anchored with crocodiles and hippoes around, or very frequently do in waters with 10cm visibility, strong currents and...

There is a world of difference between freeing a fouled propeller at three feet below the surface, and freeing a fouled anchor at thirty...

I just ordered a stainless one yesterday at more than double the price of a galv model. My view is if you have a nice boat you are proud...

Hmmm, a bit like saying: to avoid bad weather, remain in port when it is forecast. Easy isn't it why worry :)

I thought about this thread, some of the artillery I have for shellfish et similia: oyster knife, oyster fork (both right and...

If it's anything significant, to me it's torlon everyday (so perhaps not the dinghy hoisting tackle). I had delrin balls in my mainsail...

Yes indeed, a tool costing £850 and some £20 - £30 connectors is a great alternative to some £20 strippers and a 50p Wago (y)

How would you crimp 0.x sqmm data cables having just a handful of hair-thin copper wire filaments ?

I have don't have much serious or useful to contribute, so I try humour instead...

The complexity of a ship wiring is probably 10 power 4-5-6...10+ with regards to a leisure boat, my pilot uncle came down with his...

My apologies I forgot to answer. That is a very good image indeed (albeit useless to us), on average I have no such luck they come with...

I saw your boat in the Odet last summer, so supposedly France? The usual leboncoin.fr , or the ads on hisse-et-oh.com . Also, www.stw.fr...

Google search reports Marinca Rat as a diving spot, "restricted area for several years because there was a barrack", probably a former...