Much agreed! As a fresh out of college engineer I was assigned a technician who was to work “for me”.…
Hi Karl, One other thing I just noticed, he is relying on prussic hitches in several places for fall arrest.…
Hi Karl, Yes, various versions of that system have come up from time to time over the years, but never…
These washers can help if your holes aren’t aligned with your backing plate: https://www.mcmaster.com/products/self-aligning-washers/
Hi Peter, Good to hear you fitted emergency stops, good on you. And I agree, part of the problem is…
Hi John, International (AkzoNobel) Thinner No.7 Epoxy Thinner. Label on tin says… “Formulated specifically to be used to reduce the…
Looks great John. I love my sail drive with a flexofold two blade prop. I have to negotiate a marina…
Hi Robert, I’m confused. Why would you short circuit (I assume that’s what you mean) and trip a breaker with…
Hi John I came across a video which shows and explains a method of securing against MoB. The concept is…
Interesting DIY solution – please come back and post when you have any data whether it works! I can’t stomach…
This was inadvertent but my winches are single speed when electrified. We usually haul the line around by hand until…
The later Gunboats that we built had emergency off buttons for their electric/hydraulic winches. Safe operational procedures need to be…
Yes these switches need to be pressed to operate the winch. The problem is that they could fault in the…
All these winch switches will get faulty over time. They are not industrian grade switches, which you could mount instead.…
Hi Nan, Good point, I have wondered about that too. My guess (and it is just that) is that it’s…
Epoxy thinner? I’ve worked with West System Epoxy a fair amount and haven’t run into any thinners except maybe denatured…
Did you use a primer? We tried the same on our shaft drives / props and it mostly sloughed off…
My saildrive is now twenty years old and going strong. I have the Volvo MD2030 with the Volvo SD paired…
Am I mistaken that a good, sharp knife close at hand would have been the quickest way to free the…
The Yanmar SD25 sail drive housing on our Dragonfly 32 was coated with an epoxy primer and then had Interlux…