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Thank you for your advice I will look into these. So with all these I'd just degrease the existing anti slio, tape off p, and apply with no need for sanding?
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I want to change the colour of my tired out non-slip areas of decking. I'm trying to avoid massive preparation requirements. Is there anything I can paint on after just scuffing the existing areas? I'm not sure what is on at the moment. It's sort of rasied a little and might be something stuck on or it might just be painted on with a roller. It has a sort of leathery look. Sorry to by so vague.
Thanks
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Thank you all for your replies. I fancied one just out of curiosity so I will look into the kits sold by chandlers and stick one in
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Hi all,
Would you have any views on in - hull transducers ? I fancy a depth finders but not enough to drill holes in my boat to facilitate fitting one. I know that there are in-hull ones that you can stick on inside and also that you can buy ( or make ) kits with silicone - filled boxes that you can put any transducer in but I read that these will only work up to 19mm thick GRP.
Is this figure pretty accurate? Would it work on a thicker hull but only in shallower waters - which the broads surely are? Does anyone have any idea how thick the hull of my Aquafibre 37 1985 might be?
Thank you very much for any advice and information you might be able to give me.
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My engine is a Nanni supplied by Peachment in Brundall. They are just a short way from my mooring so I will go and get a spare from them. My concern is that I have arthritis in my wrists and fingers and over the years I’ve lost a lot of strength in them. I’m not sure how much force is required for this job.
looking at this video
it seems there’s a good way to get the new one in but getting the old one out might be tricky.
Is it worth buying an impeller removal tool? Do they work well and if so is there one you’d recommend?
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Sorry I was away for a bit and didn't look on here. Am I removing the impeller simply because it will "rot" over the winter months? If I'm running the engine say every 4 weeks or so, do I still need to remove it?
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1 hour ago, ExSurveyor said:
It works fine on mine as it is an inboard engine beneath the mid cabin bed so doesn't have a lot of heat loss. When I had a Calypso with a rear engine, under a hatch on the rear well I used an old quilt to tent over the engine with a 2' heater under it, in a metal cage to avoid fire from contact. Again on a plug in thermastat.
Yeah, mine is inboard under the mid-cabin floor so if I could keep the hatch shut it would probably work as well. Unfortunately, I'd need to have the hatch open to plug the heater into the mains. I did have a look today as I said but there's no other way that I could figure out.
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Sadly i didn't . I've also screwed the get on and used them. Would a 1ft work? As far as I can make out they are only about 60w?
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Thank you all very much. i know I've gong over the top with the heaters. Ah well ! Lesson learned I guess 🙄
What do I need to remove the impeller though?
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Hi Mark
Yes I'm on the boat at the moment. I set up the heaters tonight and I sort of felt I'd got a bit carried away. Seemed like a necessary idea at the time. I'm hoping that each one will have to work less hard to keep the temperature at around 5 degrees or so.
I will have a look in the morning for a socket. Do you reckon just keeping the antifreeze in the raw pipes would be enough for the engine though?
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Re antifreezong the water cooling system.
My boat is ex-hire. It has a nanni diesel and it had two reed filters. I’ve never been sure why but I always examine and clean out both before running the engine. Is it a common thing to have two? Do I just need to pour antifreeze down one ( keeping the other one closed) I assume it’s two entries into the same system but don’t know 🤔
Also I will be doing this on my own and it’s my first time. Will I have time (about 10 seconds) to switch off the engibe once the antifreeze is emptied into the system or do I need to grab a neighbour?
Last if I do all this, do I need to add a heater to the engine bay as well? I don't see the point and I had a look tonight and there's hardly any room for putting one in without risking it toppling over or burning cables. I have three 4 ft 190W tubular heaters I bought today and I was going to just stick them in the cabin and leave the engine hatch open. Or should I close it? Either way what do you good folks say about having one in the bay?
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That sounds like a good plan for me, Mark. Do you know the size and model of the humidifier and heaters you use? I'm guessing your boat will have similar needs to mine in that regard.
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Thank you people. Lots of good suggestions. I should have said I live about 140 miles away from the boat so it isn't really a quick visit for me. I do have a couple of strong benefits in reliable shore power and a nice couple moored next door who are pretty much on their boat every day so they do keep a look out for me.
I will certainly drain the domestic water via hot and cold taps and run some anti-freeze through the raw water pipes.
I am pretty sure my domestic water pipes are plastic and I don't have any temperature control on the showers and just having the one boat running heaters over winter isn't too bad an issue for me, though given what many people are saying, they might not be necessary. I will need to consider that.
If I did run heaters, would a couple in the main cabin where the engine is with the hatch open to let the warmer air into it work sufficiently well? I don't suppose it would be of benefit if I was leaving the windows open though so maybe not worth it? On the other hand if I had heaters, a humidifier and shut the windows would that just be doing two opposite things to no real advantage?
Would I be better just leaving the windows open and allowing the fact that the engine is under the floor and in an area somewhat insulated by water ( coupled with using anti-freeze in the raw water system ) to avoid frost damage?
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Hello,
I know this has come up a few times but I'd just like to make sure I'm on the right track please. I am keeping my boat in the water this year, and hope to have the odd overnighter in her over winter. I'm planning to do the following in between trips.
Run the water taps until the water is gone
Make sure toilets are pumped out completely
Fill up with diesel
The engine has had an oil change last month and has anti-freeze
Stick in a tube heater in each of the cabins. I thought I'd stick in a 1 meter tube in the main cabin which is pretty long and has a lot of windows. The engine is under the floor of this so how about if I leave the hatch open to warm the air around the engine to prevent frost. I thought being on the water line it wouldn't get too cold anyway?
Seem all right?
If all this is goo, I'm curious as to how many tube heaters I'd need. She is 37' with a beam of 12'3". The front and back cabins are around 8 ft each and the main is around 21ft.
Thank you for bearing with me
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Thank you both. Simple and obvious when you consider it but too much for my aged, sleep-deprived brain this morning 😀
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Hi,
A question came to my mind this morning as I lay in bed after a night of disturbed sleep. How come, after hiring a few, I've never hired a boat where I have had to close the seacocks before examining the weed filter and yet as soon as I bought my first inboard diesel ( Elysian ) I had to remember to do this to avoid flooding the boat.
No doubt there's a simple answer but ....
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Thank you all. It's probably a guess. I'm gong with an O2 provider - probably Tesco or Giffgaff. I can get 4g outside so I'm wondering if an ariel might help?
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Thank you. That makes sense. It seems I just need to go with whatever I can use to get a reasonable signal while cruising and stock up on DVDs from a charity shop !
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Hi
I've been reading a fair bit here about mobile coverage on the Broads but some of the threads are old and others are only slightly related to my problem so I thought I'd start yet another. Please forgive me if I'm flogging a dead horse.
I'm moored at Tingdene in Brundall. I use an iPhone X and I'm on EE. I want to watch Netflix etc and do some zoom stuff online tethering to my laptop. I've tried tethering from my phone which was hit and miss. I tried a 4GEE router - same result.
I was in Loddon last night and couldn't get anything with EE so I bought a Giff-Gaff thing and stuck it in. It was fantastic. Really fast internet and solid 5 bar signal. All good. It was the same cruising back today. I tried it at vairous locations and it was great, until I got to Brundall! It all started to go a bit pear - shaped then.
To be fair, EE wasn't much better around there, but I got moored at the marina and EE was at least giving me 4G. Giffgaff could only manage 3G unless I went outside and tried some tai-chi which was both inconvenient and undignified for a man of my age and physique.
Anyway, my serious question is this. Is anyone moored at Brundall Bay getting good results with a particular network and if so what phone are you using? I saw in a post on here that the phone matters, which I didn't know, so please make any suggestions you have. I would even move from my iPhone and move to Android if it helped. I have heard a Samsung S20 was pretty good for 4G ?
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On 08/08/2019 at 07:56, Cockatoo said:
. Where I'm moored in Brundall the only phone signal I can get is Vodafone so we've both had to switch to that. The only problem is their App and call center are both absolutely diabolical.
If I hear the phrase "I will surely help you with that Mr Steve" ever again it will be too soon
Sorry to resurrect such an old one, but I'm looking for a new phone and switch from EE. I'm moored in Brundall too and I wonder if you're still with vodafone and happyt?
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I've ordered this plastic one to see how I get on with it first. If all goes well, then I will be on the lookout for a pretty brass one.
Next on my list is some nav lights to stick on in an emergency ( ie I mistime my distances and need to cruise after sunset )
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Thank you people. I fancy a brass foghorn. If that's legal - and it seems it is - then I'm getting myself a foghorn and hanging it beside the wheel
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Hello all,
My horn has failed again. I'm not really sure what's wrong with it. I can't get it to work and I won't be able to get it fixed for this weekend. It's failed a few times before and I've got fed up with it.
I believe the by-laws refer to a "whistle" rather than a horn so I'm assuming this is perfectly acceptable for legal/insurance purposes. That being the case could I just forget the horn thing and get a referee's whistle? I'd rather that because the unreliability I've always found with horns irritates me.
What do you say?
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Thank you all. It seems that it's all really variable. I guess I need to take a trial with Smarty and find out. I've been using EE and it's kind of all right so maybe that's as good as it gets.
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Non-slip Painting
in Site Technical Chat and `How To`
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So just to be clear, I can just clean up the old non-slip bits with degreasing agent and apply new paint without grinding or sanding or anything like that?