Sea Dog
-
Posts
9,272 -
Joined
-
Last visited
-
Days Won
19
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Events
Gallery
Blogs
Store
Posts posted by Sea Dog
-
-
7 minutes ago, Sue68 said:
I used cooking oil on our interior wood. Cheap and always available.
Sue
On purpose or are you reaping the benefits of being a messy cook?
-
5 hours ago, Lady M said:
If you use varnish, please make sure it is NOT water based. You should be able to tell this from the brush cleaning instructions. DAMHIK
Interested to hear what happened to you as I stopped using yacht varnish on my exterior wood several years ago and changed to Ronseal 10 year woodstain. Its water based, but performs as well if not better in this application, although I'd give it 5 years rather than 10. Its much easier to use and... wash brushes in water.
-
2 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said:
If you look back at the wake of most first time boaters its quite zigzagged
Perhaps they're worried about being torpedoed?
-
1 hour ago, blackrose said:
It's just as professional as using P-clips below the terminals which you yourself suggested.
Just for accuracy I actually said....
On 28/06/2024 at 10:27, Sea Dog said:By way of suggestion, since it may be helpful, fitting a raised batten to the bulkhead to support the clips might be one solution, whilst routing the cables at a reasonable bend radius back to the bulkhead for clipping might be another.
And I also said...
20 hours ago, Sea Dog said:I think we could agree that Victron could have possibly implemented improved cable connections
And I also said...
20 hours ago, Sea Dog said:not do I wish to give the OP hard times
Which should have started "nor", not "not"! I still don't.
-
10 hours ago, MtB said:
Like the Anchor at High Offley?
I've been there many times and always tried to like it, but finally concluded I just don't.
Funny you should say that... Thanks, you've helped.
-
42 minutes ago, Puffling said:
From what I've seen of the OP's other handiwork, he's more than capable
I take your general point about the cable clamps requiring the fitter/purchaser providing their own solution to ensuring the cables are properly, although it's not an insurmountable issue.
On 26/06/2024 at 11:12, blackrose said:heatsink.
Edited
However, the installation here doesn't look highly professional, does it. The OP has provided another photo above where he's later used a patress to clamp the two heavy output cables, but the two lighter input cables and the ground here were much easier to bend gently and clip neatly to the bulkhead yet were also left trailing. Plus, he's mounted the unit further from the bulkhead than Victron's design made provision for as a "just in case" measure which exacerbated the cable securing issue.
I think we could agree that Victron could have possibly implemented improved cable connections, but to run their products down when, to my engineer's eye
at least, it's more the fitting that leaves something to be desired is a wee bit unfair on them.
Anyway, I don't have shares in Victron, nor do I expect to everyone to meet the highest professional standards in self installations, not do I wish to give the OP hard times, so I'll leave it at that.
-
1
-
-
I'm sure you did think of it, but you haven't come up with a solution other than blaming Victron for poor design, which is not something I've seen in the Victron products I have fitted.
That being the case, your cables remain at risk (which I can see you don't want) but there's more than one way to skin the unsupported cables cat. Treating them like flex into a plug top with just a cable clamp in the terminal isn't one of them though as it doesn't stop them flapping about and is probably why Victron don't offer it.
By way of suggestion, since it may be helpful, fitting a raised batten to the bulkhead to support the clips might be one solution, whilst routing the cables at a reasonable bend radius back to the bulkhead for clipping might be another. The latter is how I've supported the Victron MPPT cables it in own boat.
-
On 26/06/2024 at 13:23, blackrose said:
I have PV cables carrying potentially lethal voltages just hanging from the terminals of my MPPT. If I accidentally knocked them and they came away it could be very dangerous. I'll have to do something about that.
Yep, cable clips. I can't imagine why, given you obviously realise there's an issue, you didn't do that immediately.
-
Nice to hear that - I'll put it back on the list!
-
3 hours ago, matty40s said:
...which is what happens if you use it to moor up and turn the engine off.
Although if you use it to push you alongside, now you're sucking silt and debris from the edge through your thruster. Best not to do that for obvious reasons, and then you'll also leave your battery fully charged after you you moor up.
If you use it a lot or insist on mooring with it, then follow @matty40s sound advice above.
-
I think we should also consider the security aspect here. What if everyone is used to seeing any Tom, Dick and Harry wandering on and off boats, starting engines, moving them, etc? If it's almost always the usual guy, the brass necked burglar or boat thief stands out to the staff or other moorers and quick check with the office will answer any suspicions.
-
3 hours ago, beerbeerbeerbeerbeer said:
Yes I’d forgot they’d gone bust.
I understand what you’re saying but we don’t have to like it and can object.
I don't disagree with you, just answering your question. I think it would be rather lovely to preserve these stables (and the rest of salvageable Gas Street) as an oasis amongst the new development. One can often act as a counterpoint to the other and they end up enhancing one other.
-
1
-
-
9 minutes ago, beerbeerbeerbeerbeer said:
I can’t see why the existing buildings can’t be smartened up and repurposed.
Because there's no money in it and the council is bankrupt so investors for that approach will be thin on the ground. Birmingham's changing landscape is being driven by business and private investment.
-
Ok, I think I've come up with the ideal compromise from all the preceding advice: I'm going to use a cheap, easy to handle little Danforth with polyprop rope for false alarms and keep my ridiculously expensive huge ocean going yacht anchor with all-chain rode locked away for proper emergencies. Now I just need to get Geoff Cape's phone number on speed dial and I'm sorted...
-
3 minutes ago, Tony Brooks said:
You have a suspicious mind, but thinking about it, there is every chance hat you are correct.
Single post to his name too Tony.
-
£1100 a month for a mooring at Car Thief? Something amiss methinks. Either the sign writer was lost or this boat is mooring in Chelsea, not the S&W!
Apart for that, those two (perfectly lovely folk, I'm sure) look pretty unlikely "free spirits" - or maybe they feel their new bus pass has set them free?
Who wrote the article? They must surely be using an inappropriate stock photo for the text.
-
1
-
-
9 hours ago, boatyboy14 said:
bought from a carpenter who fit out the boat himself to a decent spec.
just inside the fit out is on the more budget side but still looks fairly professional.
These statements are contradictory. Are we sure this post isn't "click bait"?
-
On 19/06/2024 at 15:22, jim mitchell said:
or for the political view Labour In - Rishi out ? chose your own sides accordingly 😇
East Fife 5 Forfar 4?
-
2 minutes ago, Tony Brooks said:
That is the point of my post.
I appreciate that Tony, and agree with your advice. The point of my post, based on my interpretation of the OP's poor outcome even after calling in paid 'help' so far, was to be just a little more cautious...
-
3 minutes ago, LadyG said:
particularly if you OP uses hedgerow wood.
52 minutes ago, cutandpolished61 said:I use only smokeless excel, no wood.
-
1
-
-
48 minutes ago, NealSmith100 said:
if it does it'll be luck not judgment
Not sure this is a good starting point with mains voltage electricity...
-
2 hours ago, blackrose said:
Is it? Have you used it? How is it better than ordinary bitumen?
The "fast drying" bit sounds odd to me because it says "Initial coats onto existing bitumen will require at least 24 hours to dry."
That doesn't sound particularly fast to me. What am I missing?
Your missing reading the context of my question!
I haven't used it and I've got no idea if it's any good. If it is good, I'd have thought it would be widely known and frequently recommended is my drift.
ETA. Ooh, the OP has posted while I was typing and has now given it a glowing report, so maybe we need to know more?
-
9 hours ago, Peanut said:
Hemple Pro Blacking 46500
Hempel Pro Blacking 46500 is an easy-to-apply, fast-drying, chlorinated rubber underwater coating for the protection of underwater surfaces to vessels typically narrow boats on inland waterways.
https://www.sheridanmarine.com/product/hemple-pro-blacking-46500
No Conection.
If this is a good solution, I wonder why it isn't widely known?
-
13 hours ago, NealSmith100 said:
We have had had someone out to change the immersion heater (he said a filament had gone?) but now - still nothing,
Methinks maybe this chap isn't worth his salt...
Checking that power is reaching the immersion before blaming the element and changing it is an absolute prerequisite, so let's hope he did that, but not confirming that his repair has resolved your problem after the job is done is just plain daft.
Cut your losses and get someone else in would be my advice.
-
1
-
C&RT sightings
in General Boating
Posted
517066? Really easy!