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Or you could get two and connect them in parallel and add the readings. Nick

Sounds a great ideea but I am not biting at this bait just yet! I hope someone else does, though. Nick

Might I gently hint that you need to have a long fuse in this forum? When someone annoys you, just leave the computer and go and have a nice cup of coffee and a cuddle with your nearest and dearest. When you come back it will not seem half as bad!. Much love Nick

No plans, yet, Supermalc. Theodora needs a lot of work before we do any serious cruising. I retire in July and then we will make plans for an uberlength cruise (A year or so) and then I am sure that we will be down your way. Nick

How big are your solar panels? Have you got them tilted towards the sun? I am finding myself very interested in some. Nick

As far as I can see, the main advantage of the crumpet (pikelet) is the fact that they absorb huse quantities of melted butter. Upon biting into the pikelet, the melted butter squeezes out and runs down your chin. If it does not then there is not enough butter on it. Nick Just a thought. You don't suppose that we've all been had and that Andy was pulling out collective leg? He might be a really nice chap but doesn't know about smiley emoticons. Nick

The confusion is between Harry Corbett, a Mancunian, who used to do Sooty, and Harry H Corbett who was the Bargee and Harold Steptoe. Nick

had a look behind theodora's stove to check. There is 1 1/2" of air spce behind the ply to which the tiles are attached. Seems ok. N

I think that I will go away and shoot myself. I really should know better! N

Just the job, thanks. Except that the site is not working for the moment. It freezes up when you try to continue after entering your details

Not really wise but here goes... Get it serviced by a proper corgi man/woman

I can't understand the chemistry of this. I would have thought (from a position of no training only general science) that the amount of charge available would be directly proportional to the mass of the chemicals (lead oxide or whatever) available and that would not depend on the rate of discharge. Why is it that you would not be able to rest the batteries for a while before resuming discharge and then get the remainder of the charge out of them? Nick 1/100th of an ohm is 10kilohms not 10megohms. N

Sorry to be picky but you should say "The square of the distance" that makes the maths right! Nick

Went to see Theodora yesterday. Chimley missing. I will have to have a search around with a magnet. It can't be far away from the boat. Nick

Best not to have more than about 3m of USB cable.

Just realised that I never told the kind people who gave advice what the outcome was. The problem was the power feed from fuse board. Just a loose connection and nothing to do with the Mikuni at all. All the best Nick

I feel that I could do with holding a spare glowplug in reserve but I can't track one down. I did manage to make a temporary cure this afternoon, though. The glowplug problem was due to the disintegration of the two insulating washers that fit on the glowplug terminals to keep them separate. I am hoping that I will be able to get spare washers so if anyone knows of a supplier... Nick

In the end I decided on the Sterling (£302 with all the delivery etc). With all the talk about NB fires I decided that a well known make with plenty of protection would serve me well. Nick

The descriptions of wind forces are: Force 0: calm Force 1: Light air (Just sufficient to give steerage way) Force 2: Light breeze (That in which a well conditioned man-of-war, will all sail set and a clean hull, would go in smooth water from 1 - 2 knots) Force 3: Gentle breeze (That in which... from 3-4 knots) Force 4: Moderate breeze (That... from 5 - 6 kt) Force 5: Fresh breeze (That which she could just carry in chase, full and by: royals etc. and top gallants) Force 6: Strong breeze (That which... : Topsails, jib etc, reefed upper topsails and courses, lower topsails and courses) Force 7: Moderate gale (Ditto) Force 8: Fresh gale (Ditto) Force 9: Strong Gale (ditto) Force 10: Whole gale (That which she could scarcely bear lower main topsail and reefed foresail) Force 11: Storm (That which would reduce her to storm stay-sails.) Force 12: Hurricane (That which no canvas could withstand) I just thought that you would like to know. There is a list for coastal conditions relating to what fishing smacks do. It is al in the Admiralty Manuial of Navigation Volume 1 (1928) What they were doing in 1928 defining wind forces in terms of the behaviour of a square rigged ship I don't know. The state of the sea is a much better guide. All the best Nick

When I have bits to get rid of I use Freecycle. Google it and you will find out all about it. I got rid of no end of computer stuff that seemed too good to skip. Nick

The time has come when I need to get the new inverter. I have trawled through the web and have come up with these three as possibilities: http://www.cybermarket.co.uk/ishop/923/shopscr3412.html Sterling 1800W: £295.95 http://www.mdsbattery.co.uk/shop/productpr...epartmentID=113 2500W £184.99 http://www.caravantechnology.com/ProductDe...px?productID=16 2000W £199 I lean towards te cheapest one, particularly as it is the most powerful. Does anyone have any experience of the mdsbattery one? It's £111 cheaper than the Sterling. BTW I found it very difficult to find prices of Victron inverters. Nick

Tee Hee Best pun I've read in ages! Nick