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Having just purchased a 1982, 19 foot Hanseatic day-sailing keel boat I'm interested to find out where the boat was made and if there is an Owners association. Any info would be most welcome. <hr width=100% size=1>

I had exactly same problem passing through small boat channel of Pompey Harbour. Pulled into Campers and prodded around and got evidence of heavy duty plastic around prop. It cleared itself but with some loss of power. As I'm based at Fareham (top of harbour (45mins)) I put her on drying...

Roland, it's not the electrolysis side of things I'm concerned about, the skin fittings I'm using are Marelon plastic and as you rightly say stainless should not be used permanently immersed so do I use common or garden steel ?

For permanent underwater skin fittings, rudder shaft and the like what nuts and bolts should be used? Hull and rudder are steel. What would you recommend if anything for overpainting? Thanks

Re: Sparks - RT Operator NM Sparks (2) - electrician

Simes, in case you can't hire a car-hire ataxi for the day(negotiate price for the day)v.cheap and get him to take you to the old lighthouse which now stands inland because of last volcano eruption (within the last few hundred years I believe). Peter's bar a must, a few crates of wine to bring...