Recent content by Plum

NCI are very good but I would not rely on NCI to respond to a passage plan or communicate it from one NCI station to another. Many of the NCI stations are not 27/7, there are large areas of coastline they do not cover and each station has a different phone number so no reliable way of telling...

You can call NCI on channel 65

If you use the system suggested in post #4 and your emergency contact calls the CG then the CG will ask NCI, if they think you might be visible to one, to have a lookout for you.

Yes, is acceptable but much better to use the RYA SafeTrx app. It sends a text to your emergency contact if you do not click that you have reached your destination on time so they can check with you or call the CG. If you give your pasage plan to the CG they do not usually followup. On SafeTrx...

I do not know who but somebody once said "height of tide in metres at Southend gives the same height in feet over the shallowest part of the Havengore crossing. Thus 4 meters of tide height at Southend gives 4 feet of depth over the Havengore route. " If you go through please let us know if it...

It would be useful if you would post a picture of the other parts of the coupling, which I assume are still connected to the propshaft and gearbox flange. These any good? Prop Shaft Coupling Rubber Block for Volvo Penta, Replaces: 803762 Volvo Penta rubber cushion, part number: 803762-4 -...

that does look bad! Not familiar with that particular shaft coupling, what does the rest of the coupling look like?

The outboard had no other support, just clamped to the pad on the outside of the rail. The other bracket is for the horseshoe lifebelt with the bit of elastic to hold it on

other than the screw-in vehicle recovery eye is not designed to take much side to side or up and down loading, mostly just a straight pull

Front mounted towbars, often with detachable balls, make reversing a trailer so much easier but I have not seen one that screws into the vehicle recovery towing socket. A good idea though, maybe a DIY job. Front Push Towbars For Many Vehicles From Western Towing . Edit: just found this Push...

the bridge opens!

Taken May 2024 from Havengore Bridge looking South-East at low water (height of tide 0.9m @ Southend) Taken May 2024 from Havengore Bridge looking North-West at low water (height of tide 0.9m @ Southend).

My view: If sure the studs are good and you have good conductivity from anode to whatever it is protecting then I would clean off the white stuff with abrasives (but do not use a steel/wire brush) and use it for one season.

Hi, depends on how much time it took for the amount of wastage so far and whether you have good electrical connection to whatever it it protecting. I would be more worried about checking those fastening studs given the amount of corrosion

There are at least 3 in the middle ground, as discussed in earlier posts that look interesting to me