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We shared a few locks with them about ten years ago, or so Starcoaster tells me. Not having a telly I had no idea they were famous, or who they were! They possibly appreciated me not getting all star-struck. My condolences to Prunella and to his family.

Yep. Most of those liquid-filled glass solar panel systems trendy in the 80s and 90s are broken down now and obsolete, with no-one knowing where or how to fix them. I haven't seen a working one for years! Similarly with heat pumps. The gas engineer forums now have a smattering of posts about £15k heat pumps three years old broken down and obsolete, can't get the parts, manu gone bust.

I'm pretty sure in an old thread on here about microbial corrosion, evidence was posted to show that yes, the bugs do actually directly eat the steel. I remain to be convinced though. On the boat I sold a year or two ago, on its first blacking after I bought it back in about 1997, I remember the hull having lots of rust patches about the size of a 10p coin and these fell off readily, leaving a bright shiny silver patch of steel exposed. Sounds exactly like the descriptions on here of microbial corrosion. Anyway I asked Mike Butcher about them and he said they are common and not to worry, he just blacks straight over them and it will be fine. Which it was. Boat had a 100% A1 hull survey about six or seven years ago, and another just after I sold it, equally good. No sign of the same silver patches on the subsequent blackings I did. Just a data point of one.

Never mind drilling it, another way so far not mentioned is to use a Q-Max hole punch. These are very effective, and fast! Not sure if they will cope with the (probable) 3mm or 4mm thickness of steel the OP needs to make the hole through, though. https://www.amazon.co.uk/SagaSave-16-50MM-Sheet-Cutter-Stainless/dp/B09JK312VD?

Great typo, for people trying to get 600W out of an anemometer!

I'd actually put it the other way around. First big warranty claim and I'd suggest a fly-by-night builder is likely to fold rather than sort it out for the customer. Then start up again using the same assets but under a slightly different name.

Ask a question and argue about the answer. Dunno why you bothered as you already know it all.

What's wrong with the drop-down table in the back cabin?! That's what its for.

I don't think there was. It was just Alan currently going through one of his 'awkward' phases. (See Nick? I can do it too!)

And you were doing so well until that last bit! A ghastly middle class confection you'll rarely find in any proper tug style boat. The right time to buy is when you find this unicorn boat, I'd suggest P.S. Welcome to the forum by the way 👍

What complaint is that then? I was having "a laugh", I suggest you Google it. Its one of the things missing in AI posts.

"CBA" Lol! And it's not even April 1st.

Them nasty-looking Chinese 'tankless' water heaters on Amazon actually work fantastically well. With electronic ignition and no pilot light they get around most of the problems with a Morco. Main problem with them is no CE mark but with a bit of research there are probably similar designs CE marked on the market from reputable manufacturers. At four times the price naturally.

Never mind them, what about the hard-done-by residents of Ascot, getting lumbered with a Bracknell postcode??!!!!

In which case my money is on the fridge. My own fridges make random gurgling from time to time. Now the weather is cooling try turning it off for a day or two and see if the noises stop. Put the milk and other stuff that needs to stay cool outside in the cratch.

Would one though? Giving the design a bit more thought I se it as fundamentally flawed as a device for harvesting wind power. Unlike a proper wind turbine with blades a bit like a propeller, this one is like an anemometer. It only rotates at all because of the slight difference in wind pressure on the blades between wind blowing directly on the front of the blade and on the back of the blade. Wind blows on the back of the blade half the time opposing rotation, unlike with a conventional design of wind turbine where all the wind energy works in the same direction all the time. I really can't imagine this device ever producing much energy as a result.

How big is this thing? Its hard to get a sense of scale from your image. If those blades are, say, 6ft high each then I'd say you have a racing chance of getting 600W out of it in a howling gale.

Yeah that's the one I meant!

Fine by me, we can edit the post. But surely it would be the YELLOW wire...

Dead? Or so he claims. A feeble defence....

On another forum I frequent they reject posts by a poster made within <something like> two minutes of a previous post. I'd imagine this would work as a clumsy but effective fix.

Your boat is obviously a lethal death trap as this crucial document is missing. Somebody should be prosecuted

I think most of us here have tired of pointing this out, and have become wearied of countering the stream of ol' tosh he constantly posts. Ground us all down, I reckon.

Excellent news, and thats a fine and chunky prop you have there! Interestingly I think I can see a notch in the flight blade bang in line with the prop retaining nut. So my guess is still that bundle of cable ties around the prop shaft is a feeble attempt at stopping the prop and shaft sliding out in astern and hitting the rudder.