Recent content by Tim Good

See attached photo. You can see the grey layer of gel shield and a thin layer of antifoul around it. I want to copper coat but it seems a little ott to have it sand blasted when there is such a thin layer of antifoul. Has anyone experience of an antifoul stripper that would make light work of...

Yes they’re very good but the quote was huge as the rig needs to come down, sand blasted and then completed in a humidity controlled shed. Close to £10k quote. Since I am going to be out of the water in June still and there is no need for sand blasting then I can do this job myself for less than...

thanks very useful 👍

Arr ok that’s interesting. So if the grey is bloody hard and can only be removed with a sharp scraper, then the chances are that it is in fact gel shield and not very very well adhered antifoul primer from over 8 years ago prior to my ownership of the boat?

So I’ve always wanted to do coppercoat but never had the chance to sand blast off all the old antifoul. However there isn’t much of a layer of antifoul on my boat but there is a bomb hard layer of primer. Then recently I was walking past a boat in Mylor and ask them what they were doing as it...

A replacement has been bought 2 months ago. The post wasn’t about “how to get a free replacement” or “let’s prove a point”. I was merely curious what more experienced people thought of the holes.

Take a look at this photo. A blade from my Torqeedo 1103 prop came off without hitting anything. Looking closely you can see small holes. Do you think the plastic moulding was compromised? I recall seeing a similar thing in case metal. Thoughts?

So… it’s working! One more question. The solar controller is reading a different voltage to the battery monitor when everything is at rest. I switch off everything on the boat and turn off the load from the solar controller. Give it time to settle and the monitor says around 12.55v whereas the...

I’d like to rekindle this thread please. I’m looking into unstepping the mast on a 43ft vessel and navigating up the river with my family for a few weeks. Has anyone else done this relatively recently? - safety / technique in the locks - licence required? - pay the locks directly? - max stay...

A potential option is what we have. It’s epoxy with sand. It’s been done with black stripes to make it look like a wooden deck. Ok it’s no real but it’s now nearly 30 years old and still holding up. When it was professionally done it was called Overdeck by a small company from Germany. I still...

Yes indeed. Thanks 🙏

Yes that’s the main solar array. Will move. To the side of that terminal is a yellow wire connecting to it. You can see it going under the black one. Will that be monitoring the house bank?

@VicS @PaulRainbow Ok so this is my shunt. Top right is the main house bank negative. I’m not entirely sure where the others go but I do have a 1, Both, 2, off switch. Off is house bank whilst 1 is Bow and 2 is Engine. It’s always been like this. Where is that snake pit would you say the solar...

Ok thanks guys. I’ll rewire the negative on the shunt and report back!

The Argo has 4 posts. Battery 1, 2, 3 and alternator. The MPPT positive is connected to the battery 1 post (house bank)