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Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 23-03-2021, 01:05
Replies: 54
Views: 13,575
Posted By coastalexplorer
Re: Source for old Force 10 Oven burner cap

Robyn...If these are being made In India? as I surmise. I very much doubt such a company would be a small concern in a back ally. The sophistication of equipment needed to do it all 'in house' would...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 22-03-2021, 01:04
Replies: 54
Views: 13,575
Posted By coastalexplorer
Re: Source for old Force 10 Oven burner cap

Hello all...I thought this was an old resolved thread? Especially when I tried to post additional information and the Moderator shut me down, without My understanding why.

Okay...So I will try...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 21-02-2021, 17:14
Replies: 127
Views: 31,140
Posted By coastalexplorer
Re: Frustrated Seller - Tartan 37

Every boat is a hand built work of art, even so called 'production' boats after the hull come out of the mould are a set of templates hanging on a nail of the workshop wall that have to be drawn...
Forum: General Classifieds (no boats) 02-01-2021, 14:38
Replies: 25
Views: 4,687
Posted By coastalexplorer
Re: VERY RARE TEAK BOARDS

J Gibson McIlvain Co, 10701 Philadelphia Rd, White Marsh, MD 21162, United States
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 29-12-2020, 15:08
Replies: 24
Views: 2,686
Posted By coastalexplorer
Re: I'm in US boats in BC

The most serious flaw with that plan is that it doesn't conform the the principle spirit of the law. There is no way to prove that social distancing was effectively practiced.

I have no doubt that...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 29-12-2020, 13:58
Replies: 24
Views: 2,686
Posted By coastalexplorer
Re: I'm in US boats in BC

What? All the way over? I would have thought only an idiot would do that?!
are you paying them for the 15 day vacation back in Canada?

All jesting aside you should look for a crew to sail it to...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 29-12-2020, 11:30
Replies: 24
Views: 2,686
Posted By coastalexplorer
Re: I'm in US boats in BC

I supposed that detail might not be available. and leaving it ticking over in gear might be illegal. A fore sail will climb up the stay it is hanked to under wind pressure and sail the boat, as in...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 29-12-2020, 11:06
Replies: 24
Views: 2,686
Posted By coastalexplorer
Re: I'm in US boats in BC

This problem has been cropping up with regularity through out 2020. So for a touch of humour I propose the three boat solution.

On a fine day with 10 knots of southern wind.
USA owner sets off...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 16-11-2020, 02:22
Replies: 15
Views: 2,749
Posted By coastalexplorer
Re: Dumb question about sanding and gel coat

It is common practice after spraying the outer colour gel coat. to spray a contrasting colour coat before commencing layup. The concept of the contrasting colour being as a marker to warn when...
Forum: Anchoring & Mooring 15-08-2020, 01:30
Replies: 20
Views: 2,391
Posted By coastalexplorer
Re: Help! How to get the square peg in the round hole??

Putting a square peg in a round hole is always done in wood and its called a stop water.


As for your problem. my first point is that there is a loctite product




Loctite 37480 272 Red...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 09-07-2020, 11:06
Replies: 12
Views: 3,745
Posted By coastalexplorer
Re: Stuck in the mud

Back in the sailing dinghy days, Being blown ashore by a white squall on a sandy beach... I quickly learnt that just pulling the dagger board up was not enough. The sand would wash up in there and...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 05-07-2020, 22:02
Replies: 14
Views: 2,382
Posted By coastalexplorer
Re: Mild steel chain plates rusting above deck

Simple treatment of rusty chain plates. I served my apprenticeship in an English general engineering machine works with tradesmen born in the 1880's There a Victorian moulder in the iron foundry told...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 24-06-2020, 12:24
Replies: 29
Views: 6,599
Posted By coastalexplorer
Re: Did not refill oil in MSB Reverse Gear

At the risk of asking a ridiculous question. is that clutch drawing applicable to the MS2B gear?
Forum: Health, Safety & Related Gear 06-06-2020, 13:27
Replies: 25
Views: 11,402
Posted By coastalexplorer
Re: Military surplus parachute flares

I would like to state that the even the idea of firing a 12gauge distress flare from a plastic toy gun has made me too afraid for the safety of my hand to ever attempt it. However using an old single...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 30-05-2020, 14:39
Replies: 27
Views: 2,517
Posted By coastalexplorer
Re: Fixing sloppy silicon job

the cheapest effective solvent for silicone is kerosene, or any of its equivalents such as paraffin lamp oil. Best applied by soaking in a bandage like Tear off of cotton rag, wrapping it around the...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 27-05-2020, 13:13
Replies: 11
Views: 3,608
Posted By coastalexplorer
Re: Diesel fuel return line

wouldn't a Vee style engine have two return lines? one for each cylinder bank?
Forum: Boats For Sale and Wanted 15-05-2020, 18:10
Replies: 37
Views: 7,052
Posted By coastalexplorer
Re: 30 Fraser / Vancouver/ Immediate sale needed

For those who are interested the Fraser 30 was one of the hulls built by the Dutch brother's Arie and Lenke DeCleer. in steveston. They were a fibre glassing shop that only made hull and deck. So a...
Forum: Rules of the Road, Regulations & Red Tape 14-05-2020, 13:56
Replies: 45
Views: 4,684
Posted By coastalexplorer
Re: Entering Canada from the US. Any updates?

As the British Empire expanded over a 200 year period until on it the sun never set. The need to deal with the health of those who returned with diseases to what W. Churchill called "our little...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 15-04-2020, 13:55
Replies: 79
Views: 10,942
Posted By coastalexplorer
Re: Dutch backpackers buy boat to escape from Covid-19 in Australia

The worlds most famous round the world sailor is visiting Australia at the moment. So I sent Her a personal message. To bring this to Her attention.
Though I assumed that She would have read it on...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 12-04-2020, 10:47
Replies: 10
Views: 2,560
Posted By coastalexplorer
Re: Diesel Engine Fuel Hose Replacement

Howie, You have not shown the region in the world were you are located so it limits local contact advise. I have a Volvo Penta...They wanted $289 for a hose. The Volvo dealer claimed the his cost was...
Forum: General Classifieds (no boats) 31-03-2020, 20:01
Replies: 19
Views: 3,197
Posted By coastalexplorer
Re: Laser sailboat free to forum members

I applaud the generosity of any one who helps a child to learn to sail.


Several people seem to share the concern about boat designs that have a sleeve in the luff of the main/cat rig sail that...
Forum: Product or Service Reviews & Evaluations 21-03-2020, 10:42
Replies: 21
Views: 3,873
Posted By coastalexplorer
Re: Which penetrating fluid for which job ?

LLOYDS 11014 MOOVIT PENETRATING LUBRICANT OIL 14oz

Item No. 14659
...
Forum: Rules of the Road, Regulations & Red Tape 17-03-2020, 13:14
Replies: 10
Views: 1,789
Posted By coastalexplorer
Re: Where to build - regarding bureaucracy ?

What a most interesting post about getting lifts of marine plywood. rolls of Glass fibre cloth, and epoxy resin delivered to a beach in Africa and building an improved version (Is that even possible?...
Forum: The Sailor's Confessional 21-02-2020, 14:56
Replies: 61
Views: 17,324
Posted By coastalexplorer
Re: A scam in Dominica

Having read through all four pages so far; I never found the answer to the question I was thinking..Exactly how many dollars or other monetary reward were these local people asking for?


What...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 16-02-2020, 11:15
Replies: 53
Views: 16,038
Posted By coastalexplorer
Re: Propane stove won’t light when cold

Do you turn the gas valve off at the tank when you leave the boat? The 'new' safety valves that have been fitted to propane tanks since at least a decade ago. have the very annoying feature that IF...
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