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She's not had a scrub for a year and not lifted in three so long overdue. The sacrificial keel timber will be replaced, old copper coat blasted of and re-applied, new stern glands fitted, fuel tank inspection hatches fitted, tanks cleaned, fuel polished, two new helm pumps fitted. Timber...

Are you feeling brave? The Ramsgate boat auction is next week, I'm going just to see what price some of these go for, the link to the catalogue is here - Auction Catalogue

I'm not sure what actual wind speed is at the moment in Ramsgate but bloody hell the snubbers are creaking madly and some serious halyard clanking going on. It feels like we're on the sea, not in a marina with the mitre gate closed🙈

Thoroughly p%$#ed off that the Part B of my Epifanes PP has set solid so need to buy some more, £50 for the hardner alone or £90 for both A+B! Jeez, it's good stuff but after this I won't be buying any more 😒

So I finally made it to the boat in Ramsgate and whilst snug in the pit with a large Jura, I'm listening to a far off fog horn hooting with its deep, haunting tone but in this modern age, why? If you hear it, are you supposed to stop until the fog clears, turn North, East, which direction? As...

Well into the new year and still only the one boat project with only a few snippets of an update 😒 No current starters with a 'Blank canvas', has anyone heard anything of #johnpeet and his fabulous creation?

I'm installing a new cabin sole, 12mm ply with a 1.5mm holly and teak HD veneer that will sit above a pair of 250hp Ford Sabres, the total area being around 6m2. Any recommendations for acoustic insulation? The existing insulation is the original from the mid eighties so in need of replacing...

Jeeez! £1700 for the antifoul alone without lift or labour fees to rub down and apply for a 38' mobo🙈 We then have anodes to replace, fuel tank inspection hatches to have installed, tank cleaning, 1000 litres of fuel to be polished and keel sacrificial timber to be replaced. Then the ongoing...

I'm struggling to find a bimini cover to cover the upper helm on our boat, the 35mm dia. rails are approximately 4m apart either side. Does anyone know of somewhere who does such things 'Off the shelf' or am I looking at organ exchange prices such as Techsew?

Called the Squabble Room. Topics to include radio checks, anchors, diesel heaters etc.........

I have one of these installed on the boat - Amazon.co.uk Generally very good but I'd like to improve the reception, it is installed at the back of a cupboard which is not ideal for signal but great from a practical perspective. There are two antenna on the unit, I assume one to receive and one...

I have two Ford Sabre lumps with the ignition switches and stop buttons mounted on a very scruffy, dated looking panel. Ideally, I would like to have a single, latching rocker switch to supply power to a rocker switch for each engine that would act as stop and start, given the current involved...

My boat neighbour has twin KAD44s fitted, they have done 840 hours and needs both turbos replacing so £2.5k gone. Ouch 😳 Chatting to him, these engines also have superchargers fitted, my very basic understanding is/was that a supercharger was a mechanically driven turbo charger so why have...

I recall a post (but can't find it) about a company that cut and fit fuel tank inspection hatches, I'm in Ramsgate so recommendations would be appreciated 😊

My neighbour needs a new turbo for one of his KAD 44's, any idea where best to purchase one from please?

Morning all, Having refitted the galley and the 240v system is now being replaced so it is time to rethink the inputs, there is a single 13A socket directly from the 2000w inverter then an antiquated manual changeover for the genset/shore power. Ideally I would like the inverter to feed...

I'm getting fed up with Moderation, does anyone know of any less moderated forums that are boat related? I love the banter, knowledge base and humour but waiting for the next Sin Bin hiatus is nauseous.

In the process of updating the instrumentation, I want to update the oil pressure and alternator charging warning lights from filament bulbs to LEDs on my antiquated Ford Sabres so no ECUs etc. I seem to recall that on these older engines, they rely on the resistance of the bulb in the circuit...

Apart from some more varnish to strip, fit new teak trim and revarnishing, I'm pretty chuffed. New wood working skills learnt, I found it enjoyable and really pleased with the large expanse of teak behind the sink thank was in a bad way but some TLC and Epiphanes came up well.

I can't get over the amount of VP engine problems that appear on the forum, are they a bad engine, poor design, too many sensors? It may be that as they are fitted to huge number of boats, it appears they have a lot of issues but very little about Ford Sabres, Perkins (older boats so less about...