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Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 10-07-2022, 11:47
Replies: 69
Views: 7,192
Posted By chasfgr
Re: Sandblast or power wire brush , keel

I once tird rdfinishing an iron keel - it took me a wholw fortnight's holiday, plus about 6 weekends.
That was on a trailable drop-keel cruiser.


All my subdequent boats have had lead keels, far...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 05-07-2022, 23:01
Replies: 12
Views: 2,010
Posted By chasfgr
Re: Yanmar YSM12: Is salt buildup sign of bad gasket or normal

Having replaced a direct cooled Yanmar with a more current model (2gm by a 3YSM,
I would suggest that salt build-up from the headgasket is pretty normal, just look at the lamd width at the leak...
Forum: Marine Electronics 04-07-2022, 07:26
Replies: 165
Views: 19,137
Posted By chasfgr
Re: Mac vs PC in marine environment

It has nothing to do with the OS and everything to do with the manufacturer.


In practice I've found that high-end PCs outlive Macs.


Look at people like Lenovo, for PC that will outlast any...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 04-07-2022, 07:22
Replies: 106
Views: 15,027
Posted By chasfgr
Re: Overly Strict Marina Rules? Or Am I Just New to "Premier" Marinas?

The answer is to not use a marina.


They are becoming boat parks for landlubbers and an increasing number will not let you work on your boat.


Vote with your keel, find a small yard, which...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 29-06-2022, 15:53
Replies: 34
Views: 4,490
Posted By chasfgr
Re: Fog Signals: Is a whiltle okay?

No,a whistleis no substitue ror a foghorn.


You'd probably be better off shouting.


Neither are necessary or adequate, when you can buy compressed air versions (which are the same as...
Forum: Auxiliary Equipment & Dinghy 26-06-2022, 23:52
Replies: 262
Views: 20,086
Posted By chasfgr
Re: Outboards are incredibly polluting - WOW

I think it's generally accepted that 2-stroke outboards are polluting as their carburaition and pertroil fuel are dirty.
However they are virtually out of production, having been unable to reduce...
Forum: Plumbing Systems and Fixtures 24-06-2022, 23:28
Replies: 20
Views: 4,022
Posted By chasfgr
Re: Rotten egg smell downstream of filter

Change your water supply tap.


I've found that's the only way to get rid of it in 33 years of experience.


An alternative, which might work is to put a strong solution of bleach throught the...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 14-06-2022, 02:19
Replies: 25
Views: 4,171
Posted By chasfgr
Re: how much should this worry me

Agree with many of the points, and wonder about the surveyor's competence.


Does he have any Personal Indemnity Insurance. The enquiries carried out for that are your best bet about knowledge and...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 18-03-2022, 04:22
Replies: 119
Views: 19,962
Posted By chasfgr
Re: Single Handling with Wheel vs Tiller

If you must single=hand ( I've done so with 3 boats over 33 years), don't consider a wheel steeing - you have to use an intermediate electic drive, instead of a direct windvane.


Whilst wheel...
Forum: Cooking and Provisioning: Food & Drink 08-02-2022, 00:02
Replies: 78
Views: 11,560
Posted By chasfgr
Re: Is a Fridge Worth Installing?

After my first year of a new boat, I converted the "icebox! to an external compressor and freezing plate.
33 years later it's still performing perfectly.
One point - it will treble or quadruple...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 10-01-2022, 01:14
Replies: 276
Views: 29,676
Posted By chasfgr
Re: Why are outboards so unreliable?

2 strokes are light and in small power sizes. Fed clean, fresh petroil, they start and run reliably.
Unfortuately, baking them on your pushpit, leads to gummed jets, condesed water on plugs and...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 09-01-2022, 22:57
Replies: 50
Views: 12,890
Posted By chasfgr
Re: flexible vs rigid solar panels

There are significant differences, even on the loo!


Flexible and rigid panels are about the same price, compared in watt output.
You nee86F)d to mount glass panels, with adequate cooling as...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 09-01-2022, 01:17
Replies: 16
Views: 2,229
Posted By chasfgr
Re: Is it the head gasket?

Having had similar symptoms, I know you have to go through, in ascending costs, about 5 steps.
1. Head off, if lucky you have a leak from cooling sysemn due to faulty hed gasket. Probability <40%...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 08-01-2022, 00:50
Replies: 93
Views: 11,245
Posted By chasfgr
Re: Sydney Hobart Race Upset - Celestial Loses Protest

So I'm trying to sleep below and the damned VHF keeps on waking me with its carrier but no verbal message.
I aske my mate to turn the squelch down - he did - I slept - no messages disturbed me or...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 31-12-2021, 02:08
Replies: 34
Views: 9,996
Posted By chasfgr
Re: Gyroscope on a sailboat??

Sounds like an idea to convert a surface vessel into an underwater one.
Gyroscopes, to effectively control roll, need to be 3-5% of total vessel weight.
The Italians tried it in 1932, with mixed...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 30-12-2021, 23:15
Replies: 15
Views: 2,088
Posted By chasfgr
Re: Raw water pump repeatedly leaking

Having suffered the same problem, and gone through several pump rebuilds, new shafts etc, it was down to and eccentric pulley on the pump.
The eccentricity was far from easy to spot, and the problem...
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 24-12-2021, 15:13
Replies: 42
Views: 6,112
Posted By chasfgr
Re: standing rigging replacement concerns

Stretch not the critical problem - inspect the wire as it come out of the swage. That is where they always go, usually at the upper ones. (Which are difficult to examine.

You'll do best to get a...
Forum: Anchoring & Mooring 24-12-2021, 15:00
Replies: 77
Views: 9,288
Posted By chasfgr
Re: Help me whittle down my anchors

Short of anything specifically for anchoring on a rocky bottom. Though the Rocna serves asa substitute.

Also, I have a Bruce anchor permanaently rigged as a stern anchor (needed for Med mooring...
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 22-12-2021, 09:06
Replies: 26
Views: 3,888
Posted By chasfgr
Re: Chainplates: 316 or 316L?

316 has more carbon than 316L, probably slightly higher tesnsile strength, probably not so easy to work.
The L version will probably show a little mor oxidation.
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 17-12-2021, 14:07
Replies: 68
Views: 9,714
Posted By chasfgr
Re: Portable Generators Can Kill

It's a petrol generator, with poor carburation, that kills.
Not open hatches or sleeping on board or anything else.
Just plain slipshop equipment maintenance.
Forum: Marine Electronics 17-12-2021, 00:03
Replies: 18
Views: 2,506
Posted By chasfgr
Re: Perkins 4108 won’t start on start battery will start on house

Dirty terminal connections - it's probably easiest to replace with new.
Check the return to the engine block - sometimes the problem is at that fixing.
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 17-12-2021, 00:00
Replies: 11
Views: 1,528
Posted By chasfgr
Re: Sealing mast compression post

33 years ago, when I was looking for my replacemnt boat (still with me) I specifically looked for a keel stepped mast.
Most boats including later models, had a deck-stepped mast - cheaper and easier...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 15-12-2021, 09:56
Replies: 91
Views: 11,352
Posted By chasfgr
Re: posting to forums may invalidate your insurance

Oh dear, insurers are being excoriated for the very basis on whixch insurance is based.


1. That the insured will take every effort to avoid the risk.
2. That all ACTs of God are excluded, like...
Forum: Marine Electronics 15-12-2021, 00:16
Replies: 33
Views: 6,670
Posted By chasfgr
Re: Autopilot - Raymarine vs Furuno

Most gear made by Furono, is more"professional" and expensive than Raymarine. The latter, like Henry Ford, aims at the mass market.
The equipment is reliable, economically priced and can be easily...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 15-12-2021, 00:06
Replies: 45
Views: 6,460
Posted By chasfgr
Re: What is the magic beam for a cat

There isn't one.
You're juggling with the immiscible factors of, maximum stability and minimum berth cost.
AS already pointed out, cats in a marina are only slightly more common than hen with...
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