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Stemar replied to the thread Spanners cost??!.It seems there is a right way and a wrong way to use an open-ended spanner Who knew? -
Stemar replied to the thread Bow Thruster install Battery?.In the suggested setup - battery in the bow, and BTB charger, that's when the BTB will do its stuff. It would be a pretty special...
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Stemar replied to the thread Bow Thruster install Battery?.How much power does the windlass draw? I'd guess no more than about half the 300 amps of the thruster, so I'd expect the cables to be...
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Stemar replied to the thread Can it be saved or is it headed for the skip?.I wouldn't trust glue - or anything that relied on repairing the tear. A pro might be able to do it, but I certainly wouldn't trust my...
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Stemar replied to the thread Dinghy Racks?.Hardway has what they call toast racks made of scaffolding pole. Knowing the club, they'll have been built by the members. Maybe these...
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Stemar replied to the thread What is a boat for?.Emptying the wallet
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Stemar replied to the thread Drying out moorings anywhere uk.Do you need an IoW address to get a place there? Actually, if I suddenly became a liveaboard on a low income, I think my first try...
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Stemar replied to the thread Spanners cost??!.Most of my tools are cheapos, especially the boat ones, because Neptune is a kleptomaniac with a particular weakness for tools. I do...
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Stemar replied to the thread Standard winches.People who can't afford self-tailers? A plain winch plus a wincher (Barton Wincher a stupid price for what it is) isn't as good as a...
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Stemar replied to the thread Idiot lay outboard down on wrong side ... oil everywhere..Could be - mines was second hand a few years ago
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Stemar replied to the thread Osmosis, Polyester vs Epoxy resin.I don't know if they're the cheapest, but I usually get my GRP repair stuff from these people ECF - East Coast Fibreglass Supplies
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Stemar replied to the thread Calorifier - basic questions.A friend made the same expensive mistake, in spite of having a heater in the cabin that ran for a couple of hours every day during the...
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Stemar replied to the thread Idiot lay outboard down on wrong side ... oil everywhere..I wish. My Mariner 3.5 is a badge engineered Tohatsu, and it has a right side and a wrong side. Fortunately, it doesn't seem to matter...
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Stemar replied to the thread so are you going to sail through the UK winter?.The tiller pilot on my old boat developed a weird fault. It would hold course fine, then alter course 15-20 degrees. I'd correct, and...
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Stemar replied to the thread Boat Mattress.I got a memory foam mattress from Ikea and cut it to shape for the V berth on our previous boat. I hated it. I tend to move around...