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Smoggy
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Use it for a season before you spend too much, once you've done that you're requirements will likely change.
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1 hour ago, NorfolkNog said:
Will do but which one is Tolly?
The idiot behind the bar with the old freeman 30, rum runner.
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Say Hi to Tolly for us.
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12 minutes ago, Bikertov said:
I think we all need to keep our gobs shut, for fear of being banned
Oh yes!
Be careful with any cheap leccy conversion stuff MM as a lot of folk have been engulfed in fireballs, I know nowt about swytch so may be fine, the stuff off ebay and the like is best avoided or charged well away from the boat.
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I doubt aquafibre hulls are cored so you should have no issues with in hull, the usual trick is to epoxy a plastic tube to the inside offset from the keel enough to not try to look through it and insert the transducer and half fill with oil or antifreeze to keep any air out of the gap, they "see" straight through solid grp very acurately, you can silicon them to the hull but you must get any air bubbles out of the gap.
make sure you mount the tube upright, angle the tube bottom to match the hull.
8 hours ago, Rbartram said:NMEA suggests that transducers are not to be installed to cored fibreglass hulls due to their thickness.
The reason they don't work with cored hulls is the different materials and air if foam is used in the core, they don't work with any air under them as the ping won't travel through it.
In hull is by far the easiest and cleanest way to go.
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Boat wiring is easy, use all black cables and remember to not label anything, route it as inaccessible as possible through the mankiest spaces you can barely find or reach.
Spread fuses out throughout the boat but whatever you do don't take any notes about where they are as you'll never forget.
Most secure connections are done by twisting the cables together and loosely wrapping a bit of cheap wilko insulation tape around, best done in the bilge.
P.s. don't follow this advice.
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Boat gets dropped off at swancraft on sunday for the job, I hope you're on commission OBB.
Measuring up and quote/estimate has all gone very quickly, NOT normal for norfolk!
As long as glass supplier doesn't take too long should be sorted for easter and have all matching glass and no perspex in the cabin.
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Do they allow dogs in the caxton club and what's the secret to being a non member? We always make the walk to butchers arms when in beccles, a proper pub.
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10 hours ago, ExSurveyor said:
Yesterday Pauline found a puddle in the drawer unit under the basin in the rear cabin
Like this?
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Enjoy your new boat, and make Ian proud with plenty of meanderings!
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27 minutes ago, NorfolkNog said:
Sunday at the latest, must get back through GY
If you're anywhere near the ferryhouse Friday or Saturday say hi or give snowbird a wave.
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How long are you darn sarf for?
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Hosting can be fairly cheap and the likes of wordpress makes updating content pretty quick and easy I believe.
I'm another that "don't do faceache", I have a login but nothing on it that relates to me and I just can't be bothered with it.
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Langley dyke? Or hardly dyke if there is availability.
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51 minutes ago, Vaughan said:
A pity the article doesn't mention a rather important problem : if they are going to be able to pump all this rainwater out into the river, what is the river going to do with it???
They are going to fit a plughole.
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23 minutes ago, Hylander said:
Dont worry Howard we will have a whip round for you and by 4 this afternoon you can put in an offer.
It's not the boat he wants the money for, it's his bar tab!
3 hours ago, NorfolkNog said:Where's that Mr Smoggy sir if I may ask?
Ale Taster, St.Neots.
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In all fairness the Egyptian cream stout is just as good...
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52 minutes ago, NorfolkNog said:
Had a Nog (pictured) but yes, did try the Albion and very tasty it was too
You git!
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He'd been and measured up by the following Monday, looks like I may be going for it.
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2 hours ago, NorfolkNog said:
Albion stout? If so then I'm jealous.
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You can do more than you think with the right advice.
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Spring isn't that far away, I've seen daffodils in flower today, they were under water yesterday.
Roll on Christmas.....
(I'm lying)
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15 minutes ago, NorfolkNog said:
Oh, it's beer o'clock!!!
It's always beer o'clock!
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I've been back to cash for a good while, try and get a quick fix for anything by wandering into an engineering company clutching a credit card, not the same effect! Sorry you need to speak to reception, do it with a £20 note and things happen and boat gets fixed and holiday carries on.
Maybe not all above board but I'll take the cheap quick fix and enjoy the holiday every time.
Choccy biccies have a similar effect.
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(I'm lying)
Is This My Boat ? I'm A Frayed Knot !
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If you don't want to fit more switches how about the instrument switch to nav lights and instruments from ignition live so they come on with engine, that's how I did mine.
Being a twin I used a couple of diodes and a relay to a fuse box so either engine turns on depth and engine bay fan without cross feeding and they still have seperate fuses.