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Today, 00:01

lw395 replied to a thread Mainsail: Recut or new? in Practical Boat Owner's Reader to Reader

Or maybe the genoa has too much. The two sails do not appear to be working happily together. The main shape in itself might be reasonable for...

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Yesterday, 20:06

lw395 replied to a thread Mainsail: Recut or new? in Practical Boat Owner's Reader to Reader

There's a limit to what you should expect from an in-mast reefing sail. Those photos are not the most helpful for judging the shape. Some trim...

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Yesterday, 18:21

lw395 replied to a thread Temperature probe required for my peltier trial ! in Practical Boat Owner's Reader to Reader

They work fine. To me, the setting of switching point and hysteresis was not entirely intuitive, so don't lose the instructions. as ever with this...

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Yesterday, 17:21

lw395 replied to a thread Temperature probe required for my peltier trial ! in Practical Boat Owner's Reader to Reader

I've used a few of these:...

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Yesterday, 12:09

lw395 replied to a thread cheap trickle charger for generator battery? in Practical Boat Owner's Reader to Reader

Looking at the CN3768 datasheet, no chance to tweak the thresholds. But I'd only want to do that if there was a risk of spending too many hours at...

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Yesterday, 10:36

lw395 replied to a thread cheap trickle charger for generator battery? in Practical Boat Owner's Reader to Reader

These look like useful little units, but I'd be cautious about how I used one. At a max charge of 3A, a decent size 12V battery is going to be in...

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07-12-19, 11:11

lw395 replied to a thread How much anchor chain? in Practical Boat Owner's Reader to Reader

So the rode is deflected by the seabed, no surprise there really. Hence the shackle angle is not equal to rode angle. But that does not, in any...

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07-12-19, 10:42

lw395 replied to a thread Real Life Alternator Output? in Practical Boat Owner's Reader to Reader

Measure the volts. The alternator will attempt to hold its regualted voltage, but cable resistance will mean the battery voltage may be either...

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07-12-19, 10:36

lw395 replied to a thread Has anyone installed a reasonably priced stainless sink? in Practical Boat Owner's Reader to Reader

If it just needs polishing, use fine wet and dry paper, followed by chrome polish. Depending on how bad it is, you might start with 600 grade, then...

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06-12-19, 11:13

lw395 replied to a thread Splitting a splitter... in Practical Boat Owner's Reader to Reader

Yes, you are inviting disaster. Radio 2 will turn your brain into tarka dhal. The glomex may not have enough separation to prevent the ais from...

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06-12-19, 10:39

lw395 replied to a thread Low - well, lower cost - compressor fridge freezer. in Practical Boat Owner's Reader to Reader

I can't help thinking there's a cheaper way using a £100 table top freezer and a £50 inverter....

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05-12-19, 20:01

lw395 replied to a thread How much anchor chain? in Practical Boat Owner's Reader to Reader

I don't think the maths really show anything of the sort. The difference between a rode being actually straight and looking pretty straight is...

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05-12-19, 16:25

lw395 replied to a thread Inverter. Pure sinewave or modified? in Practical Boat Owner's Reader to Reader

Plain old inductive ballast.

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05-12-19, 15:30

lw395 replied to a thread Inverter. Pure sinewave or modified? in Practical Boat Owner's Reader to Reader

No reason why a 'pure sine' inverter cannot be pure to a very small %. The mains is often not all that clean. But then again, sometimes things like...

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05-12-19, 15:26

lw395 replied to a thread Inverter. Pure sinewave or modified? in Practical Boat Owner's Reader to Reader

I'd advise being careful with induction motors, but I used to run a plain old 4ft fluorescent from a cheap 500W inverter with no problems.

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05-12-19, 10:15

lw395 replied to a thread How much anchor chain? in Practical Boat Owner's Reader to Reader

Fore/aft trim is one thing. Moment of inertia is something completely different. Weight in the bow, like weight aloft, adds pitching inertia. That...

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04-12-19, 21:26

lw395 replied to a thread How much anchor chain? in Practical Boat Owner's Reader to Reader

Yes I'm reasonably familiar with the maths, have a look at the online calculator I posted a link to. ISTR seeing a better one which directly varied...

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04-12-19, 21:06

lw395 replied to a thread How much anchor chain? in Practical Boat Owner's Reader to Reader

Weight in the bow is, in waves, Noticeably, horribly uncompetitively slow. Whether that matters for cruising is a matter of opinion, we all make...

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04-12-19, 20:38

lw395 replied to a thread How much anchor chain? in Practical Boat Owner's Reader to Reader

How it looks is not very relevant. Straight things can look curved when photographed on land, let alone under water. If you want to buy an anchor...

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