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Every year, around the middle of March, Blue Shift gets lifted into the water. Then each Autumn, she's lifted back out. It has been reported to me, by someone who knows me better than most, that around each of these times I get ridiculously tetchy. She puts it down to the stress I feel as the boatya...

(Not electronics really, more Electrical) I have a plan to install several car lighter type sockets around the boat, to accommodate the numerous devices that run from these; I aim to add suitable plugs to the few gizmos that are not yet so equipped to increase flexibility. My problem is the cost of ...

I'm usually not there when the boat rebonds with the water, but a useful (no, invaluable I would say) tip I picked up when I was there a few years ago was to nip down below after the boat's gone in but before the crane/travel hoist lets go and LISTEN carefully. That time, it revealed that the newly ...

I just noticed viewtopic.php?t=42 so I'm busy thinking of more things I could write about.

Derek

In spite of what manufacturers put on the tins, I have in the past applied several different antifouls one on top of another without any noticeable adverse effect. Several layers of the stuff do get unstable over time and start to flake off, but this doesn't seem to depend on the makes that were mix...

Yes you need SSB to receive the weather fax. I don't know what's needed for GRIB - a possible future project.

Derek

HF is short wave (high frequency as opposed to Very high frequency ...) and SSB is Single Side Band (I can't give a clear explanation of that but it's what they use to transmit weather faxes). To get the weather fax, you connect the radio's audio output to the computer's audio in then load some soft...

For Christmas, I got an Eton E5 from Maplin http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=98012 . Annoyingly, they have reduced the price since. I chose it (uses 4 AAs or mains) because it covers everything I should ever need, including HF with SSB to get weather fax (about once every summer cruise, ...

General leaks here and there I think. The space under floor boards ( is that where the bilges begin?) in many boats I think.

Derek

Bob, I don't know the MD11C but all the boat engines I have encountered (1 cylinder Bukh, 2 cylinder Yanmar and 3 cylinder Volvo) have been self-priming with no problem. I think it can be a problem if the pump impeller is worn. But beware of putting water into the raw cooling system when the engine'...

http://www.compass24.com/watersports/ab ... ste=961050 This is the standard answer but I think your free samples should be just as good.

Derek

Strictly speaking, it's the yacht that needs to be registered, with a list of all radio equipment (vhf, epirb,radar, handheld and possibly other things). There used to be an annual charge but now it's free. You can start the process from the Ofcom website http://www.ofcom.org.uk/licensing/olc/ but i...