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Standing rigging corroding after 2 years
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You can do that to 304 and 316 if you hit it hard enough.... If I was the OP I'd be trying to find other boats rigged with the same...
17 Apr 2024
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Standing rigging corroding after 2 years
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I checked this with the magnetic base for a DTI and there was no noticeable attraction. Also tested some 316L bar that had a weld on it...
17 Apr 2024
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Rigging wire is hard drawn to increase its strength. Wire is pulled through dies that are smaller than its diameter. In some cases...
17 Apr 2024
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Standing rigging corroding after 2 years
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I've got a reel of 6mm 1x19 from S3i at work, I'll put a magnet on it and see.
17 Apr 2024
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Standing rigging corroding after 2 years
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The firm they paid to do the rigging, who will have liability insurance, who will perhaps claim against the wire supplier on the basis...
17 Apr 2024
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Standing rigging corroding after 2 years
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Hopefully someone with more knowledge of metallurgy than I will chip in, but certainly I would not expect wire made from 316 stainless...
17 Apr 2024
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Non yottie branded antifouling primer?
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I second Tranona's recommendation for Jotun Vynaguard. You can spend more money on a worse primer at Screwfix.
14 Mar 2024
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Sorry but the Jotun is not "marine2 - although used for that purpose and is nearly half the price of Primocon. On a more general note...
14 Mar 2024
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The butt of many a forum joke, the Anderson 22 is a tough little boat by all accounts, with a heavily ballasted lifting keel that’ll...
11 Mar 2024
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Anchor off Brighton beach
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Just sayin'
4 Mar 2024
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Chinese Heater - another thread
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Something to consider is the heat of the exhaust gasses - I have a self-contained heater with the combustion air inlet and exhaust...
3 Mar 2024
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Glass fibre shears / scissors
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I use dress makers scissors (not stainless) from the local south Asian hardware shop, costing about £6 a go, and chuck them when blunt...
28 Feb 2024
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Canvassing Engineers to contribute to potential self parking and recovering dingy for yachts. “Dingy, come and get me” “Dingy, go dock on the boat”
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These people are doing sea-drone type stuff on the Essex coast: Uncrewed Surface Vessel Design Build | SEA-KIT | Tollesbury I have seen...
25 Feb 2024
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FREE Tiller pilot parts.
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I have sent you a Personal Message (PM sent). The gibberish is a Lowland Scots battle cry that I find amusing so use it in the...
25 Feb 2024
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FREE Tiller pilot parts.
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