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On page two of the 2003 workshop manual, it shows the tensioner on the far side of the alternator end plate, so it doesn't go near the...

I've seen a heavy anchor that looks like a fisherman's anchor with one tine cut off. A couple of those with some heavy chain would help...

It wasn't too bad. The screws were bedded in butyl tape, so they were quite stiff, so the nuts started quite easily - in fact, most of...

It all sounds to me like a lot of faff - and potentially dangerous faff at that. Far simpler to have a dedicated starter battery...

I did the window in my photo on my own. A few longer set screws through the fixing holes and plain nuts nipped up on the inside to pull...

Then the bean counters come along and tell everyone it's too expensive to do it properly. Yet there always seems to be enough money to...

IIRC, the issue is that anchors are destroying the seagrass, which must be why it's been spreading for decades - all those anchors.

🤣🤣🤣 That's Internet chat rooms for you😉 Sailing round the anchorage in the gusts p!&&ing everyone off dragging a skinny chain desperate...

I do. That's why my sails are off and everything hunkered down until spring

My first thought is that a pop rivet squeezes the parts together pretty hard, so may force the sealant - butyl or whatever - out. If you...

Maybe I'll take our life jackets next time I take Brittany Ferries ;)

I find that a draft of 70cm is a great help in persuading most boats not to anchor too close :)

There would be if a couple went down, taking their passengers with them

How often does your down jacket brush the underside of your spreaders? Of course, Sod's law says that it will happen when the mast is...

I usually get my bagpipes out.