Recent content by Slipperman

I always thought the Dutch Midget (26 or 31ft ) looked like nice boats

Very interesting, especially with regard to antifouling the prop. Can I ask how you prepared the prop to take the Ecopower? I know there is an Ecopower spray primer, but did you do anything else first?

Many thanks Tranona - actually a few years ago I treated myself to a Featherstream prop and it seemed such a thing of beauty that so far I have not used any antifouling paint on it. It does get a bit fouled over a season but nothing too bad and each winter I take it home for a clean up. So I...

Ok well thanks for all replies. I am familiar with the PBO search function but thought I had a couple of points to make which have not been previously aired/addressed. I have indeed come across Velox, but got the impression that it was primarily for props rather than saildrives. As a result...

Many thanks for replies. I had not heard of the Hempel Ecopower spray, and when I googled it, I also found that Hempel now supply something called Hempel Alu Prop NCT which says it is suitable for aluminium boats and outdrives. It comes in a 750 ml tin, which is still quite a large tin for...

Since I have had my current boat (17 years) I have always used Trilux on the Saildrive (Yanmar SD20). Now it would appear that you can only by Trilux in 2.5 litre cans, and there is a note on the International Paints website which says that it is for 'professional use only'. I wonder why that...

That's great Vyv, good to know, thanks.

I have just had an interesting conversation with a very knowledgeable lady from Darglow Engineering about propellor and sail drive anodes. I have a Featherstream propellor fitted to a Yanmar SD20 sail drive. Until now I have always ordered an FSL zinc anode from Darglow, and have usually got...

Ok thanks, good advice.

I am about to replace all the internal ceiling lights on my boat with LEDs Can I use Wago connectors (unsupported) for the rather thin wires attached to the new lights or should i stick with crimp type connectors?

Any views on whether the Vetus Rubber Sanitation Hose or the various butyl equivalents last as long as the plastic variety. I like the idea of greater flexibility but wonder if they degrade more quickly?

OK, to wrap this up for the moment, I did try a length of 38 mm from the pump to a bucket and the pump worked fine. So it must be a problem with the hose (seacock seems OK) and am now thinking about options for getting it fixed. I guess I was reluctant initially to accept that a complete...

Thanks for the additional input - as several of you chaps have suggested, I need to confirm whether it is the pump or the outlet pipe which is causing the problem. So today I am heading off to buy a length of outlet pipe which I will connect to the pump with joker valve etc all in place, and...

Sorry, but I am not sure what you mean by checking the seacock - I can successfully move the handle but don't know if the ball valve is moving as it is impossible to see. It was clearly open whilst we were out sailing (because we were using the loo) and had not been closed before the problems...

Hi thanks for replies so far. The seacock was open all afternoon and I am not sure it would suddenly fail shut (its a DZR ball valve). I tend to agree with Posts 3 and 6 that something isn't quite working with the pump, because the problem came on so suddenly, but I have tried again this...