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Thanks, Yes they are full until end of October, we wanted the yard to do the work

Hi all, we are shortly returning to our 42ft Bristol in Punta Gorda Fl, we need a bottom job soon and all of the yards in Charlotte Harbor seem to be full until the end of October. Could anyone recommend a good yard for bottom paint between Charlotte Harbor and Ft Myers area? We are full time...

These were on Journey (Vendredi)Rich, did you ever use them? Merry Xmas, Steve

No I don’t have booms David

Does anyone know if these items have any use or value on a trawler? They came with my boat and are connected together with rope, may have been used for anchoring? They are constructed of fiberglass or carbon fiber. TIA, Steve

Just grind a flat on the cutting edge of the drill (negative rake angle)and clamp a block of wood on the opposite side

I had nothing but problems with these type of connectors, forever replacing them. I switched to Bulgin bulkhead connectors on the house and on the end of my shore power cords and they are great. Screw ring for tight connection and integral seals make them water tight...

Thanks for all the great information, I’m digesting it as I’m not great on electrical systems, Steve

Split system Thanks Frosty, would it be of benefit to split the system so that 2 panels are controlled by an MPPT on one battery (Port) and the other 2 panels are controlled by a second MPPT on the second battery (Stbd)?

On my Bristol 42 I have 2 x 8D 1400CCA lead acid batteries designated Port and Starboard Engine and a 6D1100CCA designated Genset. All batteries have an on/off switch. The port and stbd start batteries double up as house batteries and I can switch between them or combine them as required for...

Hi Miss Rachel, I’ll be interested if the shipping to 32411 Florida is not too outrageous, could you confirm part #, thanks, Steve

Hi Capn Craig just to let you we’ve found a bronze one so shouldn’t need yours, thanks for your responses though, cheers, Steve

Ok thanks Capn Craig, let me know if you find them

Hi Capn Craig did you find out the sizes of your rail gate hardware?

Hi Craig my rails look they are 2 1/2inch x 1 1/4 inch with radii on all 4 corners. I am only missing 1 but may replace all 3 so they are matching depending on price, thanks, Steve

I don’t have a clue where the middle photo came from, it’s not mine!

I know it’s a long shot but I need to purchase a bronze or brass rail gate hinge fitting and latch for my Bristol 42. (see photos). Mine was lost overboard during hurricane Michael, I have the replacement teak but no hardware to match the other rail gates, any help or advice would be greatly...

Our boat was in Baypoint marina, the marina suffered severe damage to all except the newly built in 2017 main dock, it is now closed for reconstruction which we’re told will take at least a year. We secured our boat in our slip on Dock 3 and suffered some moderate damage which is repairable. We...

Our Bristol aft door has a lock that looks similar to yours dimensionally. It's made by Perko...

Correction to my post it was $415

Mine was about $350 from coverquest.com about 8ft x 9ft 4 bow in sunbrella great value and service, quality looks good

Thanks to everyone for the posts, RT, I had thought about filling the HX with water to protect the inner tube joints during soldering but immersing it also should be even better, thanks. I will check the mounting and bonding Diver Dave, I have always maintained a good pencil zinc in the HX, the...

No no freezing, the casting you see goes into a recess in the end of the HX main tube, as RT says it looks like the solder has failed. I will pull it at the weekend. I plan to grit blast the mating faces to get a better look and maybe re-solder it for a spare. In looking further I have noticed...

Cleaned thoroughly about 2 years ago and checked regularly for build up since.

We were taking our boat out to run the engines on Monday, I just throttled up once the engines were up to temperature when my bilge alarm sounded continuously. Turned out the end casting with seal and cover attached had blown off my Stbd Engine heat exchanger (Lehman 120) and we were pumping raw...