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In springtime in UK your panels will not develop anywhere near their rated power. In May, June and July in Greece my 125 watts will run...

A man who repaired my chainsaw used short pieces of strimmer nylon to take up enlarged holes for self tappers in GRP. Rather like the...

There is plenty of dissolved oxygen in seawater. Marine life exists even at tremendous depths. Corrosion occurs where differential...

There are millions of uncorroded stainless steel prop shafts. No need to coat if the material is correct.

That is over 30 years of ownership. I never could get them leak free for more than a few months. I then gave up and had them done...

My windows have been out and back many times. Same metals as yours but no bronze Interscrews. There is no galvanic (or any other) corrosion.

Colour is a very good guide. Americans call bronze 'red brass' (no idea why but it does illustrate the colour difference). Lots of...

Nitromors used to be methylene chloride, very effective but bad for health. It is supposed to be banned but is readily available. It...

For more years than I care to remember I have used Sikaflex 291 or Puraflex 40 for all above and below water fittings. They have always...

It is caustic soda, as shown in the MSDS. It will not attack GRP. It may be bad for anything made of aluminium, so care needed. It will...

The draught of my Sadler 34 is 1.4 metres. A very seaworthy boat, widely cruised in the usual mixture of conditions - Irish Sea, North...

According to the OP in post #20 they were not interested. In previous posts he informed us that nobody other than Yorkshire Spin wanted...

I have seen keels rebedded in Greece, one in Ionion Marine at Preveza, the other at Leros. When my son worked at yards in Greece he did...

How short is it? My Sadler has the shallow fin and sails just as well as the deep fin equivalent.

Can be that the changeover lever on the top of the pump is not quite getting into the home position correctly. It only needs to be a few...