Easy money?

[grumpydog]

Two things: firstly, many of you will have noticed that I've been adapting some of your advice on this forum for use in the Boatmans Notes section of the magazine. If you know any handy tips of the sort you might not find in a standard text book, email them to me: we pay £10 for each onee published. It's not a huge amount I know, but it's the work of two minutes to write down a handy hint (in a sentence or two) and send it to me: my email address is steffan_hughes@ipcmedia.com.
Secondly, I have a non work-related question of my own: I am going to have a look at a boat to buy in a week's time. She's double-diagonal mahogany on oak frames. I know a little about this method of construction, and understand that it's strong, doesn't leek and rots like billy-oh. Does anyone have anything to add to this, and any advice about how to look at the boat (IE typical warning signs visible to the naked eye or non-destructive tapping around)? All info of either category very gratefully received!
Thanks - Steffan Meyric Hughes, Reporter, CB magazine

 

[ctelfer38]

Hi - A professional survey is the answer!

 

[Kilter]

Have you seen the thread deveolping on Scuttlebut?

here

 

[TheBoatman]

Electrical continuity on flexible couplings!

Don’t bother with expensive rubberised gismos or copper wire, just go and buy a stainless pan scrubber (Brillo type) pad in any supermarket or hardware store. Open it up and remove some of the stainless wire wool – insert it into the centre hole of the coupling – it should maintain an electrical connection across the coupling for 2-3 years and whats more one pad will be good for around 20 years worth of connecting.
Peter.