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  • in reply to: Circumnavigation… The Uk, not the world! (yet!!) #10043

    Bill & Sandra Lagoda are leaving in June, doing the same thing but going the other way round.

    in reply to: Leaving your boat in a marina on shore power #10038

    My advice would be to not leave it plugged in.

    If you want to keep the batteries topped-up, get a solar panel.

    in reply to: Chart table cover #10030

    Goto eBay, and search for “clear pvc sheet”. You’ll find what you’re after there.

    in reply to: MD22L timing belt #10026

    For anyone else who’s interested, we’ll take a load of photos of how we do John’s cambelt change, and I’ll write it up as an article for the yearbook.

    Bob

    in reply to: Circumnavigation… The Uk, not the world! (yet!!) #10025

    Keep turning left.

    Keep a diary and take photos, and if you send them into us, we’ll publish your cruise in the BOA mags.

    in reply to: Forestay tension #10024

    The genoa should be cut to take account of a degree of sag in the luff, so pulling it tighter than that will just flatten the front of the sail and push the draft further aft, making your pointing worse.

    I would suggest that you want it just tight enough so that it doesn’t “pant” going into a chop, but certainly not so tight as it rips the shroud plates out.

    in reply to: MD22L timing belt #10020

    It’s easy to do. I did mine (for the 3rd time) last weekend.

    I can do it in about 20 minutes now. Happy to do yours for you in exchange for a bottle of rum if you like.

    Where’s the boat (ours is in swanwick).

    Bob

    in reply to: Chart table cover #10014

    B&Q sells sheets of clear acrylic.

    in reply to: Squeaking Bulkheads #10001

    @saloma wrote:

    We have a Bavaria 34 and the joinery squeak in the aft cabin was terrible. We found that the panels surrounding the engine land on the horizontal board that is the base of the double berth, at the rear of the engine bay. These sections of timber are not fastened together and wood rubbing on wood squeaks. Our solution was to form a dam with blue tack and pour in some teak oil. It does have to be repeated after a few years, but it works. You can check which panels are moving relative to one another by placing fingers at suspected joints whilst the boat is under sail and squeaking.

    I had the same in the stbd aft cabin. Just ran a bead of choccie spread round the joints (epoxy with microballoons).

    in reply to: A SAGA CONCERNING ANTI-FREEZE…. #9987

    As soon as you can really. Jacqui is putting the next newsletter together as we speak.

    Bob

    in reply to: A SAGA CONCERNING ANTI-FREEZE…. #9985

    Fancy writing it up as a magazine article? It’s very valid, and most people don’t realise the problems that mixing them can cause.

    Bob

    in reply to: New boat prices #9983

    I suspect it will have more to do with the price of oil and the strength of the dollar (which oil is priced in) than anything else.

    in reply to: Squeaking Bulkheads #9973

    First place to look is the door frames. They are just screwed in with a bit of silicone behind and are prone to creaking. Otherwise, put your fingers on the joints and you will feel where the movement is coming from (quite often joints between pieces of joinery that are rubbing against one another). Once you have found then, mix up some epoxy with microballoons (known as chocolate spead in the trade because it looks just like nutella), and push this into the joints with a finger to make a filllet. Most of the bulkheads are actually bonded to the ceiling and not just sat in grooves as they appear to be.

    in reply to: Talking SH#T Again #9972

    Ant

    I think it is you and Bill that have the stories to tell (and an article to write). I was just seen sitting in the corner and chuckling.

    in reply to: Switch Panel #9966

    Can’t help you with the circuit breaker. I would have thought that Clipper would be your best bet.

    As far as Bavarias doing ocean sailing, they are plenty tough enough. Mine has done the Atlantic circuit, and there are plenty that have circumnavigated.

    This video shows a little 31 doing a single-handed Transat. His youtube channel is worth a watch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F38EDfEGrS8

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