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vyv_cox
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Rudder Bearing - how snug?
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Your video does not show a great deal of wear. When I began to feel fluttering in my tiller when sailing the play in the bronze shoe was...
Today at 09:43
vyv_cox
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keel blister and cracks
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Iron is anodic relative to lead, so I am quite surprised to see so much corrosion of the lead. It would seem that your excellent...
Today at 09:39
vyv_cox
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Rudder Bearing - how snug?
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Is there a shoe and another bearing at the foot of the skeg? My boat (Sadler34) is like this, three bearings, top, middle and foot of...
Yesterday at 15:20
vyv_cox
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torque settings for keel bolts?
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Several of the tables on that page of my website are specifically for keel bolts. In general it seems that the figures are downgraded...
Yesterday at 09:51
vyv_cox
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Rocna Style Anchor or Delta?
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The weld between shank and fluke on a Rocna is a case in point. It is a single pass MIG weld, needing a seriously big current and a...
Tuesday at 17:05
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I thought it was interesting that Vyv Cox could explain how different grades of steel have different manufacturing costs. It's not just...
Tuesday at 16:58
vyv_cox
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Electric Windlass Advice
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That is definitely not true of ours, we use the switch adjacent to the Morse control or the foot switches as required, although I have...
Tuesday at 14:54
vyv_cox
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Beneteau cutlass bearing.
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Are you sure about this? Our Bruntons feathering prop always rotates when sailing unless we engage reverse gear. I don't know for...
Tuesday at 09:38
vyv_cox
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Bronze through hulls life expectancy mk
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Blake's seacocks have been made from DZR since the mid-80s. Mine were installed in 1985, still in good condition, definitely DZR.
Tuesday at 09:17
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Rusty Chain?
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Monday at 16:42
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Newly regalvanized chain and Rocna. Done by Yorkshire Spin Galvanising. Very impressed.
Monday at 16:40
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Electric Windlass Advice
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My Maxwell came with an up/down switch for mounting in the cockpit. This is utterly invaluable for berthing stern-to in Greece but for...
Monday at 16:39
vyv_cox
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Charging starting battery from solar?
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I have the same. It has been in use for well over 20 years, completely reliable. Lower output than an MPPT controller would give but...
Monday at 16:17
vyv_cox
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Rocna Style Anchor or Delta?
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The Delta uses a manganese steel with few other elements, it is stronger than mild steel but does not approach the Rocna or Viking...
Monday at 15:50
vyv_cox
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Electric Windlass Advice
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I have had two Maxwell windlasses, replaced the first with one that had a rope capstan. The original one corroded badly but the...
Monday at 12:50
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