Recent content by Wakatere

From the Blake's website " with positive lever action on/off position; can be reversed for left or right hand operation". Take out the split pin, flip the handle over, replace the pin - sorted. I have one each way - sorry I can't find a photo.

At Easter I was explaining to my granddaughter that if the water ever gets over the high point by the creek at Alverstoke the village will flood. And it has.

I used to have 2 sinks, neither of them big enough to put a plate in. I now have one sink which I can wash up in, but that usually happens in the plastic washing-up bowl that can be stowed in the sink. For me this is a big improvement. If the boat (well, the galley) were twice the size I'd...

They used to be BoatPartsAnd Spares I think.

One at home, one on the boat. This is an important sailing aid - when I can drink no more coffe and the lines are ready to slip the dregs go over the side to see how the current will take me.

Scanyachts?

2 Lewmar bottom action single speed winches with handles. Working when removed from the boat. Since stripped cleaned and lubricated. I believe these were original on my boat in 1969. £50 the pair + £10 postage or collect Gosport.

Springs were OK once I'd got the crud off the pawl pivots.. If anyone needs to know, the split pins are 1/16" x 3/4"

Ask Haslar Marina about their pump-out facility. Also one at Port Solent but if you're not based there it's a long way up the harbour and then through the lock.

Hi @Rolling Stone, did you succeed with the winches? I have a pair I took off the boat (in working order) when I bought self-tailers and I've always intended to service them prior to selling them. Edit - that made me go downstairs and take them to pieces - I think I shall have to make some...

Hot water is good, as is a hot air gun if you're in reach of the mains (direct the air into the hose as well as over the outside). Once it's soft bang a conical plug in to stretch it (I hope you can get it out again). Once you've declared victory let it all cool down before you tighten the...

That pump is only rated for water. I recently had to drain my fuel tank to clean out some gunk and used one of these. The flexible inlet pipe is a bit is a menace, it really needs a proper dip tube. You don't say that you're talking about diesel - either of these would be disastrous with...

I should say - can I use any old antifoul (I've found half a tin of Micron 350 in the skip)? My study of organic chemistry was (a) well over 50 years ago (b) disastrous, so the warnings I've seen about ketone-based coatings on plastic components don't quite settle my mind.

This has barely been used, and now the apprentice no longer fits it. "Supersafe 150N", baby up to 15Kg.

The picture shows my transducer housing when the boat was lifted yesterday. It certainly explains why the paddle wheel wasn't going round. I don't feel the need to antifoul the actual transducer because I pull it out frequently and stuff dies off. But what can I put on the housing to prevent...