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vyv_cox
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What's the worst anchor?
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The other thing worth repeating loud and often is that a Delta can be four to six times cheaper than some alternatives. .
Today at 12:54
vyv_cox
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What's the worst anchor?
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Exactly. Against that one failure and another one in soft mud, 50 knot winds, I can offer about 25 years of utter reliability.
Today at 11:52
vyv_cox
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Bringing Lines Aft
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Perhaps this needed more explanation. Two of these in the boom allows reefing pennants to pass inside the boom, emerging at the...
Today at 08:47
vyv_cox
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Calcification of waste pipes causes?
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Precisely the problem with the Jabsco Lite, whose promotional text extols the 'virtue' of the very small volume of water consumed in...
Today at 08:44
vyv_cox
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What's the worst anchor?
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Almost the only failure to set experienced by one of our Deltas was immediately outside Pwllheli marina. This is basically a surf beach...
Today at 08:38
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Yanmar SD25 - water in oil?
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Not much but it seems gearbox oils need only 200 - 600 ppm. I cannot see this as a serious leak though.
Yesterday at 18:04
vyv_cox
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Basically caused by not flushing adequately combined with the high "hardness" of sea water. Bacteria in the seawater or the "waste" act...
Yesterday at 12:18
vyv_cox
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Bringing Lines Aft
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You need a pair of these. They are Selden parts, 505 014 halyard exit plates.
Yesterday at 12:17
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Well not going to tackle this task until net week one day when the wife is at work and I can make a mess on the boat. If I can remove...
Thursday at 12:51
vyv_cox
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Cleaning heads pipes!
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Yes. When I had a Jabsco Lite toilet it was common for the pump impeller and volute to become coated with scale. It took a lot of acid...
Thursday at 07:28
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Yes and you need to go slowly to avoid pressure from gas being evolved. I did a rough calculation years ago to estimate acid needed per...
Thursday at 07:25
vyv_cox
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What's the worst anchor?
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The Britany (correct spelling) is very popular in France. Similar to a Danforth. I have spoken to many satisfied users.
Wednesday at 19:35
vyv_cox
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Cleaning heads pipes!
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Drain cleaner is usually caustic soda, which has a damaging effect on many plastics. Dilute hydrochloric acid does not attack copper...
Wednesday at 19:30
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I see that your seas line up…so you could anchor in the Irish Sea with your Delta…and wake up in the North Sea. Or anchor in the North...
Wednesday at 08:03
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What's the worst anchor?
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Delta is an excellent anchor within its limits. Probably the most numerous of all, given that the majority of charter fleets in the Med...
Tuesday at 20:01
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