This weekend my boat came out the water...taking up the todo list for the winter I wonder if you still could measure the the lenght & diameter of the forestay,...
Hi Bert, Be carefull, there are different masts and the length can be slightly different. My boat has a Proctor mast. Attached is a drawing from my headstay it...
Can I just bang the drum for the new RNLI website at http://www.rnli.org.uk , lots of information about how they do what they do with mostly volunteer crew and...
Hi - can someone please send me a diagram or dimensions of the area that I have to cut out of the front of my lifting rudder blade in order that it becomes...
Adam, Martin here, Come and see my rudder it has the appropriate cut out and is the same stock shape as yours. I remember mentioning the cutout and lockdown ...
With Egret about to be brought ashore for the winter (A great sail in an F3 under blue skies yesterday! I'll be doing all that is normal for a winter session...
Adam, Even in the relative shelter of Anstruther harbour, BETH skiffs around on the surface tugging on her mooring lines when its rough outwith the harbour. My...
Hi, I'm pretty new to this E-boat thing myself. The way I and my partner learned to do things was this: 1. To remember - in future = to pull up the rudder when...
Hello Peter, great to read you! I'm day by day more confident with my e-boat. I'm very satisfied! Thank you for your suggestions! Have a good wind! Paolo from...
I have recently looked at my stanchion bases and have noticed that at least 5 of them are cracked. Has anybody replaced them and if so who did you manage to...
Er, um, we don't have stanchions on our boat. Happy Australia Day to all, (especially those who come from Australia, have visited Australia, or think about...
Peter Batty
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Feb 2, 2006 12:59 pm
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... at ... Martin, They are a standard part available from most chandlers. Some are designed to fit directly onto the deck whilst some bolt through the ...
I am currently working on the main website, clearing out some old adverts and dormant photo's which are taking up web space, but which are no longer linked to...
Going through the photos I discovered one of "I-Hyper" at the border of South and West Australia, pointing towards WA. Does anyone know where this boat is now?...
Peter Batty
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Feb 6, 2006 12:29 am
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Hi Pete, According to my records (don't know how up to date info is) the owner of "I Hypo" sail no. N 840 is Jim Marriot, Perth, Australia. e mail:...
Thanks Ray for the info. Spot on! I emailed him this arvo and he rang me tonight. He was able to ascertain that "TenPly" was built early 1984. As he lives...
... Hello Martin, Maybe a bit late, but i bought 1 year ago 5 original stanchion bases at Bosun's Locker in Queensferry. They built the boats there. Best...
Goodday E-boaters, At the moment i prepare my boat (E-Boat 155 Empyrean)for the coming season. One of the things which i have to do, is to replace the keelbox ...
Rolf, last year I bought 1m² 8mm EPDM(+/- 20 euro I think)at a store with rubber products for industrial use. I cutted a seal from this like described on the...
Rolf If you are a member of the class association you'll know how to get into the 'members pages' on the E-Boat website. In there you'll find the seals being...
Just had fun over the winter fitting an adjustable backstay, and all went well. As I had also renewed the wire forestay inside the roller reefing I thought I'd...
We found on E-by Gum that saltwater collected in base and then corroded and split the aluminium. When we replaced them, we drilled holes in the bottom - 6 or...
Hi all, Could someone please send me a photo of the neoprene seal for the keel/keel box? Also a photo of the locking pins and method of securing same? We have...
Peter Batty
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Mar 20, 2006 7:09 am
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Dear Peter There are details on the membership section of the website. Members get the password. Would you like me to send an electronic invoice via PayPal for...
I have just moved from the States to down under Perth Australia. I am starting to have withdrawal symptoms, on account I had sold my sailboat before moving...
... am liking what I am reading and hearing about the boat. What I am wondering, has anyone tried to put more ballast on the boat, or put a heavier keel on...
My e boat is about to go back in the water and having had her mast down I have also purchased a rig tension gauge. Anybody got any idea what sort of tension I...
Many years ago I attended a 'yacht tuning' presentation by Bruce Banks (yes, the man himself) who took the entire evening to explain your mast should be...
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