madabouttheboat
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Yep, I get all that. I am talking about having a super bright setting for sunlight viewing. Laptops and tablets dont tend to have it because, A: it kills the batteries and B: it is rarely required.
New boat!
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Yep, I get all that. I am talking about having a super bright setting for sunlight viewing. Laptops and tablets dont tend to have it because, A: it kills the batteries and B: it is rarely required.
westernman
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But the real reason, is simply it costs more money to make!
Seastoke
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Vas he just moves the trailer behind a block of flats .
Mr Googler
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Shut up Seacock....go and pump more rydlyme through your shaft seals
Mr Googler
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vas
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nice, so they are all crap!
V.
Mr Googler
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I’ve been looking at anti glare screen protectors....might help but I’ll see how I get on as is and report back
vas
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nah, change the bennett hydraulic ram to two 1200mm linear actuators and you can lift the pod above eye level shadowed by the bimini on top, job done!
Mr Googler
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Big boy pants needed today!
No turning back now ?
Epoxy high build primer first coat. Getting the hang of this stuff now. Thinned it out a bit further (it’s still pretty thick stuff though). Just at the end....light rain shower ??.....hence it looks like white marks in the pictures but that’s the camera picking up light rain drops.
Doesn’t really matter as whole lot is getting 180 grit and 2nd coat. Its sands out really well. It’s motivating as it looks loads better just in primer! Happy with my white to dark section line too!
No turning back now ?
Epoxy high build primer first coat. Getting the hang of this stuff now. Thinned it out a bit further (it’s still pretty thick stuff though). Just at the end....light rain shower ??.....hence it looks like white marks in the pictures but that’s the camera picking up light rain drops.
Doesn’t really matter as whole lot is getting 180 grit and 2nd coat. Its sands out really well. It’s motivating as it looks loads better just in primer! Happy with my white to dark section line too!
Portofino
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What are you trying to tell us ? Baby steps
Blues always nice with a white top , not bias btw .
Take a look at the stripes on mine , one at the top and two lower down just above the WL
Yours has that white hull bit now that you removed the AF around the bow area .
Personal preference but you can see why the PO of your boat got rid of the white bow bit ?
Maybe paint it blue to the WL .
I,ll find a pic of the x chine area .
Blues always nice with a white top , not bias btw .
Take a look at the stripes on mine , one at the top and two lower down just above the WL
Yours has that white hull bit now that you removed the AF around the bow area .
Personal preference but you can see why the PO of your boat got rid of the white bow bit ?
Maybe paint it blue to the WL .
I,ll find a pic of the x chine area .
Mr Googler
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I don’t understand your first line?.
It was white......but white antifoul!
Got a stripe sorted too.
sticking with Black Grey.....got the paint ready to go. Decided to go single pack on the T Top. Never going to be subject to wear....such as fenders etc...
It was white......but white antifoul!
Got a stripe sorted too.
sticking with Black Grey.....got the paint ready to go. Decided to go single pack on the T Top. Never going to be subject to wear....such as fenders etc...
vas
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looks about a zillion times better than this reddish colour!
well done, so primer is actually grey black or black as well, right?
well done, so primer is actually grey black or black as well, right?
Mr Googler
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RAL 7021 Black Grey....same colour as top coat but being Matt.....it’s darker than finish gloss. It was lightening up a bit as it dried. This is the finish colour hopefully.....
MrB
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That's going to look sharp.
Jamie Dundee
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Looking good ? Light rain shower??? We were out 11.30ish and got hammered by a huge hail squall. The radar was absolutely solid 360^ with hail/rain. Thank God for wheelhouses….
Mr Googler
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Manx shower ?Looking good ? Light rain shower??? We were out 11.30ish and got hammered by a huge hail squall. The radar was absolutely solid 360^ with hail/rain. Thank God for wheelhouses….
Mr Googler
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Last primer coat done so now it’s all about sanding. Just for fun…..I took a picture after sanding the first primer coat and hosing it off. I think it will look well all glossed up
in other new….Quark A026 installed and working well. NMEA 0183 doesn’t want to talk to icon m411 vhf. There’s something in the quark manual about R422 and I need to spend more money for a converter! Buggers.
a package arrive from China today too….very exciting. Lost the will to live wiring up but it’s ready to install!
Victron charger installed too gently cooking the batteries. Bluetooth app is trick!
I’ll be sanding all morning then we move onto top coats but that very weather dependent ?
in other new….Quark A026 installed and working well. NMEA 0183 doesn’t want to talk to icon m411 vhf. There’s something in the quark manual about R422 and I need to spend more money for a converter! Buggers.
a package arrive from China today too….very exciting. Lost the will to live wiring up but it’s ready to install!
Victron charger installed too gently cooking the batteries. Bluetooth app is trick!
I’ll be sanding all morning then we move onto top coats but that very weather dependent ?
Mr Googler
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@vas ive just read that my a026 transmits NMEA 0183 r422. The VHF wants r232. Someone reckons connect nmea + out to the + in on the VHF and the VHF nmea - to ground. What do you think?
Seastoke
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will you take the roof off to paint.
Mr Googler
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No…..it’s mega heavy. You call walk about on it no problem. Being done in situ…..carefully!
