Recent content by Teddy

We came down from Bray to Penton Hook on Wednesday and 4 out of 5 locks were self service. Only Bell Weir was manned!! This is an all time record for us. Over the last 2 weeks on our trip up to Abingdon we found on average 2 locks would be self service each day. This to us is a woeful...

Thanks bluetooth, I installed mine and definitely did not splice or use splitters. Perhaps hopefully mine might sort itself out if the settings are played with. It would be of interest to see any frequencies used so that I can compare.

Hi bluetooth, How did you get on? I am in contact with Support and they have suggested the following :- "Please try to load the region settings according to your current location and see if tracking gets stable." This I have yet to try. They also said :- "Do you have available lan cable...

Hi bluetooth, Did you get anywhere with your tracking issue? My I1 is doing exactly the same this year, whereas last year it was working fine. My dish searches and then points to Astra 2, sometimes locks on for a few seconds, says that it is tracking and then searches again, losing the...

Thanks guys. As you thought, a couple of taps with my rubber hammer cured my bleeding problem on both engines. On a different subject, does the dipstick touch the bottom of the sump? The reason I ask is that the red knob came off on one of my engines. I replaced it with superglue, but it stuck...

Thanks for the advice. I will try it out in a few days time.

I have reported in the past that one of my D4s is sometimes reluctant to start (very intermittently). We came to the conclusion that air was somehow getting into the fuel lines somewhere. I have checked, and as far as I can see, everything is as it should be. Indeed, when I manually bled the...

Paul, many thanks for the info. Just a thought, as I have an Adverc battery management system fitted, do I really need the expense of mossfets over the cheaper diodes? The Adverc will control the alternators to overcome the diode voltage drop.

Can anybody suggest a suitable replacement for my X-Split fitted to my Broom 39 (110A alternators)? I understand that Driftgate have long since gone form the scene and wonder if anyone might have come across something similar.

Does anyone know what you can claim when your boat is being repaired, lift and repairs are being covered, but my insurance company is being a bit vague as to what I can claim for out of pocket expenses. They have agreed to pay petrol expenses, but nothing else. I will lose over a week of...

Fairly harmless maybe, BUT my filters were full after a few days when they are only partially full after weeks. Today in the Chertsey area (and lock) the river was solid and this stuff is not just on the surface . Be warned.

Yes, active with volume control. It is connected in between the main unit and handset by an 8 pin cable which will unplug once I have found it.

Many thanks for the info. I will have to remove a lower panel and make my arm / hand smaller! Are these speakers repairable without paying silly Raymarine prices? My unit has hardly been used since new but of course makes my VHF useless without it.

I need to remove my 2005 vintage active speaker from my Broom 39 as it has failed. It is fitted flush to a panel with seemingly no access to the back of it. I have tried to prize it from the panel, but it seems reluctant to come out (I had assumed it was a push fit). Should I keep prizing, or...

Does anybody know what is happening to these moorings? The signs have been removed as far as I can see, and there appears to be some red "no mooring, private land " signs up at various places. Are they not EA moorings anymore?