GHA
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Used a needle gun much, Roger? Liftout monday with chipping & painting - and wondering if it's worth getting a big compresser on hire, bought a...

Not sure about that but Google flights can track prices for you and send an email when they change.. https://www.google.co.uk/flights/ This was...

160 feet of 6mm 3 strand nylon..... Go on , what's it for? :)

I certainly didn't intend to imply you couldn't, the point was that actually little touches can easily double costs. I'm also not saying that all...

As the owner of a boat whose specs say 12.3m but part 1 says 12.2 let me address that. Because we didn't think it through? That 20cm does indeed...

ok admittedly based on pre-revival najads. Look in the heads of the AWBs and you'll see the flush pipe connected directly from the pump to the...

I claim no personal knowledge of the situation and doubtless it wasn't helped by a downturn in market for "prestige" yachts but a najad salesman I...

If only there was a forumite with a boat capable of hitting hurst narrows at exactly 76.4699 knots they'd be able to take a go pro back and post the...

Why limit yourself to zinc epoxy? If it chips you'll still have corrosion lifting the paint in the surrounding area & any benefit from the zinc will...

Worth bearing in mind that's a one off under controlled conditions, not every day which would likely kill the battery quickly. But he has some...

OK, that does sound like a handy trick. It was "That's the true way to tell." that sounded over egging it a bit :)

Not so sure..... There are so many variables how do you know what sort of accuracy you'll get? If you put in the same amount of Ah as you took...

Guy Cotton is a marine brand. And Screwfix sell everything necessary for those with more sense than money to maintain their boat so why is their...

Not if you get it back to full charge straight away apparently - how else would you do a capacity test? ...

Plever is probably the only one here who *really* knows what he's talking about, he'd know more. Sounds unlikely for decent batteries though. They...

Not a temp/current controlled 20h capacity test? Seems to be the more industry standard way to determine battery health - how much capacity is left....

If you want to learn the forum rules the best way to do it is to join a club and spend a couple of years posting on a dinghy form before progressing...

Accurate capacity testing is probably beyond the majority of us, keep the batts at 77degF and the load constant is no mean feat. On the other hand...

http://www.pbase.com/mainecruising/programming_a_battery_monitor

Awful place, gimme the solent any day.... ;)

Might make it yet....

Just tried it with a 4 1/2" mians grinder with a 1mm slitter blade on some 7 x 19 6mm which was lying around. Can't see how it would be possible...

Did you watch Martins video? You're making it sound much harder than it is, no need to hold the cable rock solid - what other methods are there that...

An evening out in Albufeira might not be up your street either.... Thankfully the Algarve isn't like Spain after Gib, not too many sky sport/full...