jonnyswamp

Sterling Pro split R dual battery split charge unit in original box etc

Only taken off my boat so I could fit a 3 battery unit, was working as  it should

Had been on my boat for less than a year

£40

3 blade bronze 19" prop, was given to me by a friend who found it while diving off the south coast somewhere 

Tapered shaft approx 35mm at widest, 28mm at narrowest 

Will need a refurb, a small area of pitting that I can see

£50

2 hours ago, Odyssey said:

No bait… it’s lures to avoid the dogfish… they are around In plague proportions 😭

Are they on the reefs ?

Nice, that is a "clonker" too

Well done

That's nice to see, makes a change from reading about the odd couple between a full charter

Well done

Bristol Channel not producing much either side so it seems

That snowballed a bit then 🫣

Well done on sorting it and not just settling on "it'll do"

Got to get mine out in a few weeks time, didn't get chance last Oct/Nov 

Pretty sure the cutlass bearing is on the list too 😭

Nice one Mike, so the bream are hanging around again

Always good sport if you go light 👍

On 2/12/2024 at 2:53 PM, JonC said:

Last time I tested a spark plug on an outboard it spat a load of sticky petrol out like napalm all over me. It did have a spark and I blew myself up🤣🤣

That shouldn't be funny, but I had a little chuckle to myself when I read it 😁

1 minute ago, GPSguru said:

About 1” long and half an inch wide.

my threshold of pain is very high, my daughter (who is a nurse) said I was a thicko for not realising it was in there 🙄🤣😇

How the fack didn't you know that was in there

3 minutes ago, JonC said:

How big is that? 

Nothing to scale it to

Could be miniscule, or the size of a Ford Anglia quarter pane window 

48 minutes ago, JonC said:

Still better than dogfish. 
What food did you have? 

Local free range eggs, mixed with a bit of mayo and some chopped ham

And beef space raiders

Not quite as sophisticated (or satisfying) as a Beef and Tomato pot noodle, but a close 2nd

Oh and a 6 pack of Tunnocks teacakes

2 of us out for 4 and a half hours, not a bite

That's 3 blanks in a row

Getting embarrassing 

You did better than me

12 hours ago, JonC said:

The rubber version just pulls off, if you can get a pair of pliers on it . There are two nylon screws that need removing that are usually painted over. When we did @KennyPowers 210 there was nothing to get hold of so he used a flat kebab skewer with a barb cut into it ti dig it out. 
I have no experience with the brass version, not sure what you have?

Mine is the rubber type, had a quick go at it the last time the boat was out, but didn't want to mark the shift

Will try the skewer method when she comes out next 👍

1 hour ago, JonC said:

I’ve done mine a couple of times, they cost about £20 so it’s something that’s worth doing if you’re taking the prop off. 
The first time I did it was after I fouled my prop, I had to get my prop refurbished and there was play in the shaft. 

How did you get the old bearing out without taking the shaft out

3 minutes ago, JonC said:

So you need to remove the whole shaft? 
I was told to score a line with a thin grinder blade so to know where to re fit, though I’ve never needed to remove mine. 

Have you replaced your cutlass bearing ?

Haven't done mine yet, but need to this year

Are you going to remove the shaft ?

Don't think mine will come out unless I remove mine

37 minutes ago, JonC said:

Not even once? 

Not yesterday, but I once felt a bit of resistance going over a sand bank that should've been at least 15ft lower than it actually was

That tends to sharpen one's senses for a bit

Update for those interested

Picked up a 2nd hand Garmin 18HD radome this week and fitted it Friday morning

Didn't have time to give it a proper test as I had a few jobs booked in, so left it until the Saturday

When the mfd's are switched on, none of them showed the radar option, checked power cable at radome end and it was dead

However, the heading problem I had after removing the knackered radome had been resolved, result !

I thought it was a couple of degrees out, so opted to carry out a factory reset at sea

Bad choice as all 3 plotters were then 180 degrees out and we appeared to be going backwards

Tried the recalibration procedure on the fluxgate compass a few times and got it back to 90 degrees out again

Got up on the roof and unplugged the network cable, left it a minute or so then reconnected and it was OK again

Which was a relief as we had to navigate some shallow water to get back in and it gets a bit confusing when your boat doesn't know it's arse from it's elbow

I couldn't trace the power cable as some panels need to come off, but will get it done as soon as I get chance

Also noticed something that never happened before, when at anchor and I switch the 2 older mfd's off and leave the newer one turned on, I get a message saying that the heading sensor has been lost ?

I'll get power to the radome first, then go from there 

But, I may need the services of a teenager, they're usually pretty good with tech stuff

Nice one Sevans, Don't know what was going on up this neck of the woods (Penarth area) but none of us could even buy a bite

Quite a strong rip, but we've caught in similar tides 

Were you in the Haven, or did you venture to the reefs

Caught the 7.30am lock out, along with quite a few others

Was first out of the lock and sped off to our mark

Apart from dragging anchor and repositioning twice, we caught the 12.45 lock back in

Quite easily my/our worstest day out on a boat

Not one bite between 8 rods

But I didn't run aground

2 hours ago, daio web said:

no mate sorry mine are on the boat i was going to buy a spre power cable so i could do all my updateing at home but havent got around to it yet sorry butt are you going out tomorrow the tide is 14  .2 meters there will be hell of a pull 

Yes going to give it a go mate, probly tuck in to the rannie when it's ripping and try out wider when it drops off a bit

If it does drop off a bit....

I have a short power cable (has been cut when the unit I bought was removed) if I don't end up using it, you can have it

Can't you put the updates on an sd card at home then take it to the boat

Does anyone have a 20ft network cable and a 20ft power cable lying around they want to sell (could use longer, but not shorter)

Picked up a 2nd hand 18 hd radome, but got no power going through the existing cable 

I didn't have chance to do any checks/tracing cables today, but will have a go tomorrow whilst I am out blanking

The network cable I will replace, as it has a small amount of corrosion on the end fitting

I shall be out Saturday, excellent forecast but big tides, not sure where I'll go yet