Recent content by suffolktim

...you say that they have a monopoly...but thats the whole point...businesses are having to work a lot harder for their custom these days, and with other competatively priced products, with reasonably priced spares, they will eventually just disappear - as a lot of people reading this thread...

....but they were already wildly expensive in 2017! They are a company that is expensive, has a limited range of products, and are very clearly pushing their "spares" up to the point where the customer is left weighing up just buying new. Unfortunately for them, other companies are streets...

Hi guys - so I had to get this off my chest! I have been restoring my Stowe masthead wind indicator/sensor. I have had to speak to Stowe several times, and whilst they have been reasonably helpful, their spare parts are always so incredibly expensive! I have actually ended up making several...

...was it a silly question?

Hey guys, I have been looking at buying a Newbridge Navigator, and I have noticed that there is an awful lot of play in the bottom of the rudder. I assume its either a pintle coming up from the base of the skeg, or a section of the rudder stock protuding past the base of it, and sitting in a...

Hey guys, quick update... I have managed to get hold of a new rudder for the unit. I am still planning on making a new wire for the unit....although if anyone has one that they no longer need or use I would gladly buy it off them, as it would make life a lot easier! The plug is built in with...

Hey!! Thanks so much for the manual and the heads up on the wire to use. I have really struggled with a plug, so im going for putting individual ferrules on each wire and plugging them individually into each pin on the male plug. Fiddly but well do-able. Ive fixed the rudder - found some new...

Hey, I will try seapower on monday, thanks for the heads up. Im pretty sure ive nailed the pro blem, I just would prefer a s/h compass or one thats at least not full price, in case my diagnosis is wrong! Maybe Ollie will have a fluxgate compass in his bits box to! You never know!

Thanks for that Graham! Thats incredibly useful advice! The ribbon at the junction where it has cracked it beyond tiny and not repairable, and Raymarine wanted a huge amount of money to even look at it. In the spirit of PBO I have taken it all apart myself and I am trying to source a compass...

You have a pm boathook....

Hi, thats great advice...will pop down to rs components today and try to find a plug. A manual for it would be fantastic...i have no idea how I am going to work out which wire goes from which pin on the masthead unit and to which connector on the back of the unit in the cockpit! Maybe a manual...

Hey guys...I have a raymarine st2000 autohelm and it now only shows 78 degrees at all times!! I have boiled it down to the fluxgate compass which turns iut to have a cracked ribbon and I was wondering if anyone here either has a used one that they are not using, or a dead st1000 or st2000 that...

Hey guys, looking for some advice with a stowe masthead unit. I have been given the unit and it comes without cable - thats the first issue/question....I looked up a replacement cable from Stowe and they want over 100 quid for one. Can anyone tell me if I can buy a cheaper cable with the same...

Hey, yep - thought the same. I will be bringing a "safety line" down from the forestay loop to the same spot as the strop on the outside bow eyebolt, so hoefully it would hold on that. I am going to check and beef up the backing on the eyebolt before I use it to, if it needs it.

Wow...lots more advice...love it - its great to know theres a forum that brings together lots of opinions and gives everyone a chance to offer their ideas. When I bring the mast down for the winter I will seriously consider raising the height of the forestay to mast attachment point. The mast...