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    Wet weather gear

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    Hi All

    Bit of a salty question so I put it here - but also relevant to the broads.

    We have been looking at wet weather gear. Currently we have just el cheapo green plastic over jack and trousers. They keep you dry but make you sweat like mad and we look like green beans. We had a look around at the boat show and there was a bewlildering choice of Coastal, Inshore, Offshore, Explorer etc etc, and as usual the sales staff could not really tell us what we needed.

    I think we do need to get jacket and trousers for mooring, flybridge helming and general fannying about, but we won't be out in the rain all the time like a saily would be.

    What do you recommedend?

    Thanks

    Wayne

    Trim Tabs

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    I think it is inadvisable to run full tabs once on the plane due to; (a) making her bow-down and therefore increasing drag and so being less efficient, and (B) stress on the tab rams. I'm pretty sure that the Eltrim system I have on Serenity is not meant to be used with full tab in excess of 20 kts due to the potential for damage to the rams.

    I use full tab to get her up, then quickly reduce to little or no tab once there. Last time out at sea, a large following swell meant I couldn't go much faster than 16kts, so lots of tab were used there to keep her planing, but on Breydon I wouldn't have thought you'd need much at all. (It seems I may suffer Davids wrath for this, but it was the most comfortable set up that still allowed us to plane and keep on top of the waves).

    You could not do more than 16 knts Mark? :grin:

    TAMD41A

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    Thanks for the reply - I have been quoted 157.00 each which includes an adaptor for the cable assy - it's mainly the lever that connects the rod to the butterfly valve spindle I am having problem with. I may make up a locking plate for the time being to hold the valve fully open - at the moment apart from a little friction on the seals there is nothing holding it in a fixed postion so it is free to do what it likes :o

    Apparently the valve was an attempt to reduce the smoke on these engines at low revs. I guess i could always put up with the smoke, or go faster :naughty:

    rgds

    Wayne

    TAMD41A

    in Technical Questions and Answers

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    Hiya

    Has anyone got TAMD41A's fitted that thay would not mind me having a look at. The "stop solenoids" that control a butterfly in the exhaust elbow have been removed from my engines (as I understand is often the case) and I wish to re-instate them. Problem is some are the parts are no longer in production - I can make them if I can get some dimensions.

    Thanks in advance

    Wayne

    Birchwoo or Irchwood vs Pealine??

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    hiya

    A really difficult question, that really takes some thinking about when changing boats. From what we have seen unless you have a very deep pocket indeed no one make or model has everything that you are looking for. So it's a question of priorities and how you (and your crew) will use it.

    It would be interesting to make up some sort of tick sheet with the top 20 things that people think important in a boat then score the makes / models on this - then again perhaps not - maybe boats and boating is much more individual than that :grin:

    Some boats go fast, some have a fly bridge and some are trimmed nicely down below :naughty:

    Anyway - at the boat show today - :o

    rgds

    Wayne

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