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My experience is the bellows fitting tool is really useful but you don't need the alignment tool unless you've moved the engine.

What has changed? Have you previously used this mooring with this boat without anode problems?

Someone told me the lighter colours have less copper, as the copper darkens the 'paint'. Not sure how true it is though.

My understanding... The anode is one metal protecting another. The protective metal (anode) has to be less noble than that which it is protecting. Stainless steel is pretty noble, so it will quickly cause an anode to dissolve. The stainless is protected by the anode but decent stainless steel...

I removed mine. My set-up is similar trim tab wise; stainless tabs, isolated. I have a Merc outdrive though. My tabs are anti-fouled.

According to the old brochures I have the dead-rises are all different...

I have one. Mercruiser ICCP - Mercathode. It uses hardly anything. A solar panel easily keeps up with it.

Waterproof toolbox fixed the problem for me; no need for WD40 etc. I use a Stanley Fatmax - https://www.stanleytools.co.uk/products/detail/Products/STORAGE/Tool+boxes/STANLEY®+FATMAX®+Structural+Foam+Tool+Box Shop around as prices seem to vary a lot.

London prices... :)

Thanks. I'm trying to decide whether to take the plunge once the boat's out of the water for the winter.

Why did you spray, rather than just sticking stripes on? I would be very interested if you have time to provide a bit more detail.

Good thing about the Yamaha 6 is that you can lie it down on any side.

I would imagine that the screen frame is made from a series of fairly standard extrusions if it's a flat glass screen. My aluminium Fletcher one certainly seemed to be made in that way when I took it apart last year. The rubber inserts are also fairly standard. I got replacement rubber from...

I think the big yards/professionals that have the necessary equipment spray & the small yards/DIY do roller & tip. Spray gives a better finish; roller & tip supposedly more durable. (I'm thinking about doing my boat (DIY). I was going to try re-gelling but my research seems to show that roller...

I believe the technique used is called roller & tip. The paint is 'leveled' post roller whilst still wet by dragging a thinners soaked brush along it. Can give a pretty good result if done correctly.