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Great service life from your batteries. Lithium might be a step up and will be better for inverter use. Get pro advice unless you are...

My undersole area is, as they say in Plymouth "As dry as a Nuns crutch!" I put it down to using one of those excellent Volvo type...

Just seen on Twitter Maria Herlihy EA we carried out Registration checks on vessels moored at Cherry Orchard Gardens West Molesey. 35...

Take the handle right off and drop something into the internal thread, about the size you figure will give you the depth you need. Then...

Most lead acid house batteries on boats do not die a natural death, they are murdered :).

HEAT kills batteries, tropical or otherwise. Many Island Packet owners who get long life from their Lifeline batteries are in the...

Our Lifeline batteries were still excellent after 16 seasons. Expensive but excellent.

We have 6 AGM's, 5 Lifelines, I Chinese, but with spiral wound technology. 4 Lifelines were fitted together and are now 9 seasons old. 1...

I've just had exactly the same happen with 3 x Victron gel 110ah batteries, which are only 3 years old. My conclusion is that they are...

HD Chemicals LTD Plymouth Devon - Buy chemicals from UK supplier Strippit max. You can still get your oxalic acid from these people too.

Hanked on sails have the advantage of staying attached to the forestay when dropped. (e.g when using the spinnaker) Luff taped sails...

I needed some, but fell over backwards at the cost. The salesperson, obviously out of hearing range of the boss said "Buy our concrete...

Unless racing or in search of ultimate performance, furlers are the way to go. IMHO, of course.

There will always be a few who reject improvements that are available - but for 99% of cruisers I suspect a furling system is far...

The OP reminds me of a just post war feature in one of the popular weekly motorcycle magazines. At the time crash hats were only seen on...