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- Thu Oct 30, 2008 2:05 pm
- Forum: Safety, Technical, Engineering & General Yacht Banter
- Topic: Repairing and reinforcing spreaders, thoughts and ideas plea
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9677
- Thu Oct 30, 2008 11:33 am
- Forum: Safety, Technical, Engineering & General Yacht Banter
- Topic: Repairing and reinforcing spreaders, thoughts and ideas plea
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9677
- Mon Aug 25, 2008 9:16 am
- Forum: Safety, Technical, Engineering & General Yacht Banter
- Topic: Leaky Companionway Hatch.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10992
- Mon Aug 11, 2008 5:32 pm
- Forum: Safety, Technical, Engineering & General Yacht Banter
- Topic: Origo 3000 Spirit Stove - How easy are they to fit?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 29894
It can be useful to fit a gimbal-stopper to a stove just to tame it when conditions are quiet. Mine has a simple barrel bolt that can slide into a hole in the surrounding fibreglass. It's especially useful when you open the oven door, which otherwise upses the balance considerably. I still don't hav...
- Mon Aug 11, 2008 11:16 am
- Forum: Safety, Technical, Engineering & General Yacht Banter
- Topic: Low engine revs in gear
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6910
I don't guarantee that it's the answer but certainly having lots of growth on the hull increases te power required to push the boat through the water. That in turn can limit the engine revs (it depends in complicated ways on the propellor match to work being done). The connection between prop and wa...
- Thu Jun 12, 2008 12:26 pm
- Forum: Safety, Technical, Engineering & General Yacht Banter
- Topic: Domestic Radio For Boat
- Replies: 14
- Views: 21696
- Tue May 27, 2008 2:36 pm
- Forum: Safety, Technical, Engineering & General Yacht Banter
- Topic: Mast Climbing Ladder That You Hoist Like a Sail. Any Good?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 36708
It's deffee http://www.gdeffee.freeserve.co.uk/ . In tracking it down I found this list of alternatives http://cruisingresources.com/Going_Aloft__p2
Derek
Derek
- Sat Mar 29, 2008 10:42 am
- Forum: Safety, Technical, Engineering & General Yacht Banter
- Topic: The Clinometer mystery
- Replies: 1
- Views: 7970
The Clinometer mystery
My boat has a clinometer with a long list of credits: G.Wright Wm. Thomson (Baron KELVIN) W.CLARK & KELVIN & J. WHITE LTD. LONDON http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff301/cpedw/Picture001.jpg I'm mystified that so many people, including one very illustrious scientist, wanted to get involved ...
- Fri Mar 28, 2008 11:14 am
- Forum: The Yacht Forum Yacht Club
- Topic: Does such a boat exist?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 11099
I think you will find there are quite a few that will come somewher near to fitting those conditions. They will probably be reasonably old - say 20 or more years - so there can be a wide range of use/misuse and equipment, which all affects the price quite a bit. I would suggest, just as a start, a H...
- Thu Mar 13, 2008 6:51 pm
- Forum: The Yacht Forum Yacht Club
- Topic: Boatyards AAAAAGH!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7501
They vary quite a bit. In my experience, the expensive ones are fairly reliable but I don't tend to go there. Where I sail, Argyll, they (not just boatyards) have a whole different notion of urgency from anywhere else I know. Manyana is a serious rush. (I hope my boys aren't reading this; launching ...
- Thu Mar 13, 2008 6:47 pm
- Forum: Safety, Technical, Engineering & General Yacht Banter
- Topic: Applying antifoul.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10795
- Wed Mar 12, 2008 8:14 pm
- Forum: Safety, Technical, Engineering & General Yacht Banter
- Topic: Applying antifoul.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10795
- Wed Mar 12, 2008 9:43 am
- Forum: Safety, Technical, Engineering & General Yacht Banter
- Topic: Applying antifoul.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10795
We did the job at the weekend. Two of us took about 3 hours. I followed tips 1 and 4. This time, a new hazard was encountered - rain. It ran down the sides of the boat and gathered in the polythene folds of the masking tape. At times, we feared it would pull the tape off but we were lucky. Instead, ...
- Tue Mar 04, 2008 9:09 am
- Forum: Safety, Technical, Engineering & General Yacht Banter
- Topic: What Yacht is this?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8348
- Mon Mar 03, 2008 10:51 pm
- Forum: Safety, Technical, Engineering & General Yacht Banter
- Topic: Applying antifoul.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10795
Vic, i don't think you need anything fancy. In my experience, antifoul sticks like the proverbial to everything. I use eroding antifoul so it has a rough finish. I think if you use hard antifoul you might want to choose the roller type carefully to get a smooth finish. Some tips (that I don't necess...