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Well done angel, you confused me again. That stuff you put up was brilliant but now causes loads of confusion because of different views and opinions of the use of "kedge" I am very simple and a kedge is used ti "pull" me out o troublle" But , yes, ICan see where it could work in a dangerous...

Hello, as I undestand it, A kedge anchor would be deployed to yer stern, more than possibly from a dinghy and would be used to pull you out of trouble if you hit a sandbank or ran aground in whatever shirt that happens

Hi, been thinking more about possible engines and the Perkins 2 litre turbo I think could be a possible thing. If I remember correctly it has wires from no.1 injector only and a throttle position sensor on the pump. This engine produces 110hp and changing injectors from SD1 engine gives about...

I think you should keep a small "kedge" anchor onboard too. Your anchor design certainly looks like 'the business'. Cheers.

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You put an LED with a series resistor in parallel with the fuse, if the fuse is good then the voltage across it is millivolts but when/if the fuse blows there will be 12volts across it and illuminate the LED. This could be mounted in the fuse box or externally. jehardiman, did you ever visit...

Nice looking welds you have there.

Hello, bit of an old thread but I thought that I could posibly make a suggestion here. If each battery in parallel in the bank was individually fused then you could wire an LED with associated value of resistor across each fuse and you would have an instant view of which battery was down. Hth.

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Hi, two ecu controlled turbo common rail engines is what I'd like but I have to know that they do not have a mind of their own. Going deep sea I think that it would be better having it all easy and quick to repair asap.

Hi, if your is 40' and ten ton and its a sail boat ( or is it a motorsailor?) Then why not just go with a basic engine that just gets used on occasion? Keep it as simple as you can, last thing I want on the boat is problems with electronics (once upon a time I was a tv engineer) . Little...

Try diy marinising thread on VW diesel, hth.

Hello and yes, go VW, there's a thread on here about VW engines and how they are getting around the problems with ecu stuff. Trying to find it but too tired at the moment,(just got home 3am) think its about somewhere on this page or next. Been thinking that if I could get 90hp engine per engine...

Hi Steve, I'm up for this interesting challenge. Currently I have a Fairline Fury 26 which I am in the early stage of re-engining, it had two Volvo petrols at 120hp each which I was thinking of changing for two ford endura 1.8 non turbo's, however I think it would be slightly underpowered with...