Next post will focus on Envoy’s cruising plans for 2013.Well-known and respected marine technical author Steve D’Antonio reviewed the last two posts re seacocks and added the following additional information.Ideally, any seacocks obtained in the US s…
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ALL ABOUT SEACOCKS – PART 2
Continued from last Blog posting.Polymer composite seacocksPolymer composite is another reliable material for the manufacture of seacocks, such as those produced by New Zealand-owned Tru-Design Plastics (TDP). These are sometimes referred to as “Mara…
ALL ABOUT SEACOCKS – PART 2
Continued from last Blog posting.Polymer composite seacocksPolymer composite is another reliable material for the manufacture of seacocks, such as those produced by New Zealand-owned Tru-Design Plastics (TDP). These are sometimes referred to as “Mara…
ALL ABOUT SEACOCKS – PART 1
This posting and the next one are definitely intended for the technos and are a précis of an article I wrote recently for a New Zealand boating magazine.Seawater constantly tries to find weaknesses in your hull integrity to gain entry. If a leak occur…
ALL ABOUT SEACOCKS – PART 1
This posting and the next one are definitely intended for the technos and are a précis of an article I wrote recently for a New Zealand boating magazine.Seawater constantly tries to find weaknesses in your hull integrity to gain entry. If a leak occur…
COSTS OF THE CRUISING LIFE
As many readers are interested in what it costs to live aboard I like to re-visit and update this important aspect of the cruising life periodically. Firstly I’ll re-state a few pertinent facts (see Blogs 16 April 2011, 10 June 2011 and 22 January 20…
COSTS OF THE CRUISING LIFE
As many readers are interested in what it costs to live aboard I like to re-visit and update this important aspect of the cruising life periodically. Firstly I’ll re-state a few pertinent facts (see Blogs 16 April 2011, 10 June 2011 and 22 January 20…
ENVOY’S END OF SEASON TECHNICAL ISSUES – PART 2
Lefkas Marina is well situated, being accessed from a canal so not subject to surge or swell, close to Lefkas town and well organised.At the marina we saw the sad sight of this sterndrive-powered cruiser lying on the hard with its propellers …
ENVOY’S END OF SEASON TECHNICAL ISSUES – PART 2
Lefkas Marina is well situated, being accessed from a canal so not subject to surge or swell, close to Lefkas town and well organised.At the marina we saw the sad sight of this sterndrive-powered cruiser lying on the hard with its propellers …
ENVOY’S END OF SEASON TECHNICAL ISSUES – PART 1
We are home in Auckland, New Zealand, for the northern hemisphere winter, while Envoy is in Greece’s Lefkas marina.There is so much technical activity at the end of a season’s cruising that I’m only going to mention specific problems or items of in…
