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I've got a 40+m of unused 3-strand 18mm diameter rope which I'd like to cut into a few smaller lengths and splice loops in the ends to use as mooring lines. Question is how to identify what it actually is? It's a sort of cream off-white colour, man-made (melts), softish and quite...

With 1.6m draft, how soon after a forecast 0.5m LW (Harwich) tide would it be sensible to leave Titchmarsh (heading for Pye End)?

I’ve had differing opinions on whether to antifoul these - TPO says not to, but ISTR reading the opposite opinion somewhere. I would have thought that a coat of antifoul would have less effect than a bit of slime/growth. Any direct experience for or against?

There’s a consultation running until 14 May 2024 on the future “vision” (my quotes) for the harbour and static caravan sites. Locals and stakeholders are invited to take part in a survey. I would say that anyone who visits the harbour by either land or sea is a stakeholder. Southwold Harbour...

I see no reason not to double-clip where the horsetail is long enough to comfortably do so, but in the pic below it isn’t possible without the second clip overlapping the barb on the end of the tail (both tails are the same length). My feeling is that it’s better not to double clip in this...

I need to join a 28.5mm (or 1+1/8”) ID hose to a 32mm (1+1/4”) ID hose on the raw water intake side of an engine. The only product I can find is this: Stepped Hose Adaptor (13mm to 38mm). I asked ASAP and that was their recommendation, so it ought to be good enough. It just seems a bit hard...

I find it difficult when applying the 2nd coat of antifouling to see where I’ve applied the 2nd coat and where I haven’t. So this year I’m considering using a different colour for each coat (each coat requires ~2.5l so one tin per coat should work out), say black first then dark blue. I guess...

It’s looking a bit pinkish near the top, but that could just be from the seacock that came off it.

I would like to replace the raw water strainers (engine and fridge cooling) on our new-to-us craft with modern basket-style easily-cleanable strainers (Vetus/Seaflo etc as are pretty standard these days). On the Essex & Suffolk rivers in mid to late summer I sometimes had to clean/empty the...

Very sad to hear that James/Jimmy/Jim Lawrence passed away a few days ago. Last of the line: Jim Lawrence, barge skipper, sailmaker and local character

Our plotter stopped showing AIS targets towards the end of last season. Winter project… With 12V applied the AIS receiver (Comar AIS-2-NMEA) did not illuminate its power LED. Comar were very helpful and suggested that short of buying a new unit (this one is no longer supported) I check a...

Vetus Type 330 and Seaflo SWF001 look very similar but there is a big price difference. Is the Vetus worth 3 times the price?

LW Felixstowe is 00:28 on the 22nd so the HW circle shown at about 03:30 doesn’t look right.

I know some folks put some background electric heating on board when they are laid up ashore in the winter, usually on a timer and/or switched on manually by a visit to the yard when an extra cold snap is due. Which, if any, types of low-level heater would be considered to be risky from a fire...

Our (GRP textured) decks are covered in stains from the annual autumnal bird poo festival. Normally the stains start off purple and fade away/disappear quite quickly. This year they are brownish and persisting. I’ve scrubbed and scrubbed to no avail. I’ve tried a weak Oxalic acid solution, no...

Measures 97 x 60 cm when flat. External webbing straps have completely UV degraded and disintegrated but bag material is in very good condition. Collect from Brightlingsea or it goes to the tip.

Anchored up the Pyefleet last night, just off the downstream end of Peewit Island. At around sunset a dinghy motors past us upstream, 2 chaps and a dog, lands on Peewit Island. An hour or so later, they haven’t come back, it’s pretty much dark, and sporadic shooting starts seemingly on the...

Has anyone done it this year? I was wondering whether old maxim of “depth at Southend in metres approximates to depth across the Broomway in feet” still applies. It’s been some years since we crossed, IIRC last time at least one of the posts was missing as where most of the withies...

Has anyone visited/overnighted (by water/mud obviously) Faversham this year? ECP says that “Front Brents Jetty is back in use after repairs (Nov ‘22)” but elsewhere I’ve read that it’s not available to visitors. If so that leaves the Town Quay (presumably requires a fender board, as would the...

Subsequent to my engine throwing out a litre of coolant some time before the high temp alarm sounded, I removed the switch (Volvo Penta Shop £60.72!!!) and stood it upright in pan of water, immersed to halfway up the hex/nut section. Heated it up to simmering point, after 10 minutes it was...