Alan de Enfield

A broker can do nothing that you cannot do (for example - they do not have any access to boat ownership documents) They simply add another link in the buying chain and there have been cases where the broker does a runner (or goes bust) and your money is gone. - both are not unknown. A broker is under no legal requirement to inform you about any defects - they are acting on behalf of the seller. As listed above, look for evidence that the boat belongs to the seller, and the seller is the owner, compare driving licence with the names and address on any boat documents. The term Caveat Emptor was written to describe buying a boat. What Does Caveat Emptor Mean? Caveat emptor, a Latin phrase meaning "let the buyer beware," implies that buyers take the risk in a transaction. Potential buyers are warned by the phrase to do their research and ask pointed questions of the seller. The seller isn't responsible for problems that the buyer encounters with the product after the sale.

Boat electrics are very different to automotive electrics - and - if he wires up a boat using the same methods as are used in autos you will have problems - and - if the boat requires a safety certificate it would probably fail. He may well be a very good automotive electrician (that is no recommendation for using him for marine electrics) but he probably just installs "stuff" and is not au fait with the actual workings and internal repairs of pieces of electronic kit. You wouldn't get (say) a Ford dealership to check and rewire/repair an alternator, they'd just replace it.

In pretty much any 'offshore wind' I doubt a "weight on a rope", thrown onto the bank, will do anything that you cannot do by getting off the boat and taking the rope with you.

Looks to me like you have a fair bit of adjustment left - I'd be tightening up the nuts a little more before worrying about repacking

If it helps here are the 'pull of forces required in the RCD

Agreed - I was about to post similar - maybe a replacement regulator would help. My alternators are fitted with 14.6 volt regulators Not the best picture but the best I have got at the moment

You had leaky solar panels ?