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Needs bailing out and upgrading.

Any ideas what I should look for as to why our generator is shredding impellers? It’s only done a couple of hundred hours and it’s lost two impellers in the last three days. I’m about to dive into the cockpit locker again so I’ll take some photos. I’ll check for fit and irregularities in the...

We have one of these controlling our fridge. Amazon.com. Amazon cost $12.99 It works extremely well but as I’ve posted in PBO a wire on the thermistor is broken. I’ve just been in a marine store in Sint Maarten where they offered me a whole new unit. Sit down. Price $344 Exactly the...

We’ve got a fridge controller that looks like this: https://a.co/d/ieTVr48 (There are lots of almost identical ones on the market and I suspect they’re all the same internally, probably made in China, and then rebadged by various suppliers.) The thermistor in ours has a broken a wire close to...

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Anyone thinking of installing these?

Has anyone any recommendation for a two-way intercom for use on board the boat. Ideally, it needs to be fully duplex with lightweight headsets and also turn ideally all contained within the headset. I can’t believe that something hasn’t been made at a reasonable price that would achieve what...

Free to anyone who wants it. Otherwise it’s going in the recycling.

Taken a few minutes ago…

Daughter needs a helping hand. Her little Pandora is being launched on Sat 28 October at Hardway SC Gosport and she needs a hand to help her take it straight round to Hornet SC Gosport where it will be lifted out. I would normally help her but I’m in a YC dinner N of Glasgow on the Friday night...

LEE RAPIDLY STRENGTHENING... ...LARGE SWELLS LIKELY TO REACH THE LESSER ANTILLES, THE VIRGIN ISLANDS, AND PUERTO RICO THIS WEEKEND... Sorry about the all capitals. I’m on my phone and it’s a copy from the NOAA website a few minutes ago. Looks like a big one but hopefully will track N and not...

I knew there was a reason I don’t sail performance cats.

Has anyone visited St Maarten recently? We’ve been told that it hasn’t recovered from the last hurricane to hit yet. How’s the hotel and infrastructure nowadays? We’ll be there (God willing) next Christmas and family are looking at coming out in January. I thought that everything was fine but...

Raymarine ST50/ST60Masthead Wind Connector & Cable | eBay Tatty but it does have all connections OK so should work. Current bid is £19.80

Raymarine Autopilot Fluxgate Compass (M81190) 23193811901 | eBay As new. Only fitted for a few months before we upgraded the whole autopilot. Bidding starts at £24.60

Raymarine Masthead Wind Transducer. | eBay It might work but there’s lots of spare bits even if it doesn’t! Starting at under £20!

Raymarine ST6002 Autopilot Control Head | eBay As per the listing.

Raymarine Rudder Position Sensor | eBay As per the link. Brand new and never used. Bidding starts at £22.20 Comes with all the attachment bits.

Was working perfectly when removed. Only changed because we updated the autopilot and Raymarine told me this unit was marginal for controlling a type 2 rotary drive. This is the ‘g’ version with built in gyro for better course control. £250 plus p&p