[Buying new domestic batteries]

Maintenance Free & Tayna.  When did you last put extra distilled water in your car battery?

[My 57 ft Boat refurb]

41 minutes ago, truckcab79 said:

Merely a suggestion. However they like me can do whatever they want and of course they will ignore it and carry on posting but now I don’t have to see it.  Everyone’s a winner ……except maybe the forum, anyone who wants to see a build thread without it being ruined by pedants or anyone wanting information from anyone with any actual practical and up to date experience.  👍

For me personally, it is you complaining about the unsatisfactory quality nature of forum replies over and over again that detracts from the quality of the forum.   Why not start a topic of your own, listing your observations in detail the once, and then refrain from bothering again?

[Anodes: Getting A Long Life Out of Them]

I put my 9 windows in using stainless machine screws tapped through the aluminium frames into the steel sides of the boat.  The 1st two of these I greased the screws before I put them in.  When I later came to remove the windows I found the two that I had greased had seized screws and a lot of white powdery stuff around them.  The others came out relatively easily.

[Anodes: Getting A Long Life Out of Them]

See the youtube video on "The Battleship New Jersey & Pitting" on how to keep your anodes as good as new for many years!

[Americans on Holiday, An Introduction]

On 19/08/2023 at 22:15, Frankgh said:

I did look at long term leases but I dare say it would be economically viable to purchase a boat and then sell it after the visa expires. 

 

I would view both the buying and the purchasing processes as potential nightmares.  Both are hard to do without plenty of time (though you can be lucky), particularly if you have no experience of doing them.  Unless of course you have pots of money.

[Clicking when trying to start engine]

Anyone out there with a spare battery post and cable, a pot of vaseline, and a multimeter and some spare time??

[Replacement key]

38 minutes ago, MtB said:

 

 

 

The "big red key" issued to Police opens most locks easily.

 

 

 

 

 

They are good, being multipurpose.  They not only save turning a key in the lock but also save turning the handle when already unlocked.

[Draining Rads with a Webasto Top Evo system.]

1 hour ago, Oz Mandius said:

Hi all, could someone let me know what the correct coolant mix should be for a Thermo Top Evo. When I took the boat over the previous owner said it was neat coolant, but I’m not sure. I’m having hot water problems with the Webasto and don’t know if this is a contributing factor. 

Neat antifreeze would definitely cause problems!!!

[Why oh Why don't CRT]

3 hours ago, Jen-in-Wellies said:

Add corrosion inhibitors to the canal water? No more boat blacking needed ever again. No more weed clogging up propellers. No more grumpy fisherman. Add antifreeze in the winter and we could cruise all year round.

Can I ask for the addition of Fluoride as well please?  And vitamin supplements?

[Beta 43 service tool]

I bought a Pela pump and never used the built-in hand pump again.  Excellent device despite the fiddly tubes.  

Also recommend some white insulating tape.  Stick it over the side and end of a new oil filter when fitting and it makes it very easy to see how much extra turn you have given it after it has got finger tight.  

A good complete set of metric spanners is essential anyway as where are you going to pray to, before you go to bed, without them?

A man without a good set of tools is a man without a tool.  Who said that?

[Beta lift pump]

I remember in my college days travelling in a friend's uprated Morris something or another in the Welsh mountains at a certain amount more than 70 mph when the engine cut out.  My friend shouted "bang on the side of the boot".  We did and it recovered, and the process had to be repeated many times before we got to our destination.  He had relocated an electric fuel pump to a temporary position in the boot and it kept sticking.  

Should this problem occur on a Beta, presumably dancing a hornpipe on the stern of your boat would effect a temporary cure?

[Extended Tiller handle for cruiser stern boat opinions please.]

Fit a modified/enhanced motorcycle twist throttle to a standard tiller. 

[Best place for a newbie to view boats?]

The best advice I can give you is to spend many, many,  hours ploughing through old topics on this forum using the search facility.   Just about everything you need to know is tucked away on here.  Lots of stuff on fitting out sailaways amongst other things.   If you end up buying a sailaway then buy from Colecraft (as I did).

 

[New Charge to enter Liverpool]

1 hour ago, MtB said:

 

That is SUCH a ridiculous word! Even though the meaning is appropriate, lol.

 

Just as the term "Solicitrix" is ridiculous for a.... go on have a guess... (or look it up)! 

 

 

Not what I expected but still female and expensive.

[Expanding a tube, to fit onto a 25mm male thread. For an ariel mount.]

1 hour ago, Tigerr said:

That is an extraordinarily generous offer. I am going to see if the swager tool works first, for the sake of pride and sunk costs, and then I may call on you.

I know exactly what the adaptor I would need looks like, in my mind, and the specs are straightforward from the micrometer. I can see how a lathe is a game changer. 

I am baffled that such a thing doesn't seem to exist in the world of camping/awning but so far I've found nothing. Learned about swaging though. 

 

The mount threaded end looks like 1" 14TPI  but length of thread not obvious, the tube end would need to be measured accurately, perhaps OD - (2*wall thickness), and the length to be inserted would need to be chosen.  Aluminium would seem to be appropriate??   PM me if you decide you want one as I am more certain to see it than a forum post.

[Expanding a tube, to fit onto a 25mm male thread. For an ariel mount.]

I have a lathe.  I can probably make an adapter if you can be clear about what you need.  For free.

[My 57 ft Boat refurb]

10 hours ago, Alan de Enfield said:

 

 

You mean like where one chapter says "turn the other cheek" and the next chapter say "an eye for an eye"

 

For every  guideline there is another quoting the opposite ?

I was thinking more of when I went to a lot of trouble to satisfy a rule only to discover later that the tiny "A" in a corner of the page meant that it was only Advisory not Mandatory.  (Has this changed ? - I haven't looked recently.)

And whilst I'm winging, why is it so hard to find the rulebook?  Its almost like they don't want you to find it.  Or has that changed?

[My 57 ft Boat refurb]

The BSS is the foundation for everything.  It is the bible.  The first base. The forum is the next level, where you ask all the questions that are not clearly answered in the bible.  And the clarity of the BSS is similar to that of the Bible!

[Squeak! Squeak!]

For hundreds of millions of years Darwin has been killing trillions of living things inhumanely.  I don't think the brief period when we are on the stage matters very much.  The delivery end is different.  I wouldn't want people to become accustomed to killing or to get to enjoy watching suffering.

[Water tank full but not full]

How long have you had the boat?  Are you sure that it is the water tank filler that you are putting the water in?

[Water tank full but not full]

45 minutes ago, Porcupine said:

Water started overflowing from the neck

? Is the connection between the filling fitting and the tank defective?  This would not leak if you put a hose right down into it but would if you tipped water from a jerrycan in.

[Fitting of a floor in a sailaway.]

I fitted 25mm ply as flooring to my sailaway, very pleased with its solidity.

[No knowledge and buying a project boat!]

Just to add, all of us on this forum are keen for you to do this project if you want to do it after you have got all the info we can give!   We may sound discouraging at times but that is just a strong desire to make sure you have as much info as possible.  Projects when fully informed can be great fun!!!

[Does anyone want their boat Vinyl Wrapped?]

Some bellringing celebrating a well-known tv series:

Kent County Association

On Sunday, 18 February 2024 in 39m

Birchington, Kent All Saints Tenor: 8–2–17 in A

1280 Doubles (10v)

120 ”Oh do be quiet Mr Yeatman” (St Hilary with Grandsire & Wallflower Singles - 112, c/f);

120 ”The Vicar’s not going to like this” (St Hilary with Grandsire & Antelope Singles - 112, c/g);

120 ”Put that light out” (St Hilary with Grandsire & Pink’s Singles - 112, c/h);

120 ”Don’t tell him Pike” (St Hilary with Wallflower & Antelope Singles - 112, f/g);

120 ”Do you think that’s wise” (St Hilary with Wallflower & Pinks Singles - 112, f/h);

120 ”Don’t panic” (Dragon with Grandsire & Wallflower Singles - 110, c/f);

120 ”Whistle while you work” (Dragon with Grandsire & Antelope Sin- gles - 110, c/g);

120 ”Might I be excused” (Dragon with Grandsire & Pink’s Singles - 110, c/h);

120 ”We’re doomed” (Dragon with Wallflower & Antelope Singles - 110, f/g);

200 ”Fifty pigeons in the pipes” (Dragon with Wallflower & Pink’s Singles - 110, f/h);

All variations rung for the first time and named by the band.

 

 

[Cooking Oil dumped in GU Paddington.]

We've been here before.  Radiators transfer heat only by conduction and radiation.  That the air heated by these two processes does indeed move heat away in a process called convection is true, but the initial transfer of heat has to be done by conduction and/or radiation.