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Anybody out there?
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Hi all, just wondering where everyone had gone....its very quiet again!! Went out at the weekend...it was flat and we cruised at 25 knots on 'Sorcerer'.....don't know how much fuel we were using...not sure if I really want too!! Hopefully I have posted a link to see 'Sorcerer' at cruise! http://w...
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New Autopilot
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Hi All Just taken delivery of my new autopilot! I've gone for the Raymarine SPX10 course computer with the ST70 control head. The shock was when I found out I also needed the ''backbone'' cable to make it all work which was an extra £160!!! With the pump and compass etc. it all arrived this AM. Just spoken...
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Fire extinguisher brackets
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Hi all,
Got a couple of nice shiny chrome like 2kg CO2 fire extinguishers for the boat but does anyone know where you can get spring clip type brackets for them? They fit around the bottom of extinguisher with a fixing plate up the back and clip around the neck.
The ones supplied are just a lug so the exti...
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MG Duff Anodes 30% Discount
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Hi All, ASAP SUPPLIES currently have 30% discount on all MG Duff Anodes if anyone requires for the new season http://www.asap-supplies.com Regards Geoff -- Edited by Blue Swell on Saturday 22nd of January 2011 09:49:21 AM
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Any plans for 2011
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Hi Everyone,
Wondered what plans you all have for your boats this year whether refurbishment, repair or just getting out and using and enjoying your time afloat.
Blue Swell is due a lift,scrub and hold if i decided not to have lifted ashore for a few weeks in a month or so.I have found using micron ex...
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Happy Xmas
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Wishing you all a Happy Christmas and New Year!
Lets hope for flat sea's, full fish boxes and great days afloat in 2011.
Best wishes Geoff
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Synchonous windscreen wipers.
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Hi all, hope you've had a good season. Have any of you fitted synchronous windscreen wipers? I would like to upgrade my wipers to 2 speed with intermitent. I'm quite happy for the passenger to operate their own wiper which would leave the other two to be modified. The vetus control units look nice, are t...
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Oxalic Acid
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Hi All,
Just in the process of giving Blue Swell a good clean and am going to use oxalic acid to brighten the topside gelcoat as has gone slightly yellow.
What i need to know is the best thing to mix acid in and how many parts acid to water do i need to use, i was thinking about using a hand spray bottle and s...
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Lochin Owners Visit
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Hi All,
I recently enjoyed a pleasureable visit from Simon Thomas and Harold Timmer. It was great to see you both and nice to catch up with news and also put a face to a name meeting Harold. Just wished i had a little more time before i had to leave for work.
Harold, thankyou for your advice also, I have s...
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Lochin on TV
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Hi Folks Thought you might be interested in this. It is a link to the BBC I player for a kids wildlife programme called Deadly 60. It was filmed on Mull and aboard Lady Jayne last year. It was only the second day of having paying passengers aboard so we were really nervous and still fixing things - note the d...
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Daves' new Lochin
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Hello Dave, Sorry for the slow reply and my lack of posts lately. I looked at your photos and the boat is really now coming together nicely. You were writing that the trim is done in Iroko. I believe it is a family of teak. The original factory Lochins all had Iroko frames. Very nice looking and durable tim...
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falling dry
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hi all, question: if I let Tommie fall dry with low tide without legs, will water come on the deck through the drains before she starts floating again when the tide comes in ? best regards, kees.
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frige
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Hi all, As the frige I placed last year in Tommie appeared to be much to small if Chantal's thirsty family comes by, and the space under the front bench was used for storing things we don't realy need, I made a 80 ltr. refrigerator in it. the compressor I placed on the coolest place deep down under the wheel...
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sounproofing
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hi would like some input on soundproofing . when steaming the noise level in my mitchell's wheelhouse is loud enough to stop all conversation. i have insulated the engine box but to no avail i have a n/a ford 120 and i know that they are noisey but any help would be appreciated. i think the main problem is t...
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power option
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Well after a productive trip to edf france i have some more details for you guys the system consists of a fuel cell of hydrogen and other components which together get slotted into a generator which they supply, it is put in where the engine would usually sit, it is slightly heavier than the 450 iveco i w...
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Auto Pilot
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Hi Folks My Raymarine 4000 auto pilot has gone useless and it looks like I am going to have to replace it. The current system uses a wheel drive which I am told should not be fitted to hydraulic steering systems as it can't cope with the slippage of the pump. Having said that it was just about adequate for my...
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Prop size for my Lochin 33..... cormorant
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Hello to all, im doing a few jobs on my boat and one of them is to put the write prop on it, as i can only get up to 2000 rpm, not 2400 rpm. im running on a perkins HT6 6354, my prop size at the moment is 21.15, and i think its to big....... and when i got the boat i was told that the prop was changed, so i dont have the wr...
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hello
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Hi New guy. Brother baught a Lochin and I am shanghied. begining to like it. Boat is 333 with twin perkins sabres 300hp blown. Would appreciate any info on transmission and load. Props g'box etc. Nice forum
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Seawork 2010
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starboard
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Hi all, Since the 4 x 22 x 19 R prop hangs under Tommie, she tends strongly to starboard. There are no return valves mounted in the hydraulic system. When i let go the steering wheel above 9 kn. she immediately goes hard starboard. I cannot feel any play on the rudder shaft and there is no air in the hydrauli...
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New on this forum
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Hello! Very nice Forum .... Me and my brother has bought a Lochin 33 sports cruiser. -- Edited by HanssonBrothers on Wednesday 28th of April 2010 08:53:55 AM
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Lochins at work
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Hi All I would like to share a few of our last days out with you. We have, with the permission of the RSPB been visiting a Sea Eagle area and getting them to come to the boat to take fish. I have added some pics taken from the boat and a link to a Youtube video. (not my work as I am too busy with the boat) We have had...
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Grinding and Painting
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Alot of grinig paper and filler, a nice dark English green paint and a Perlwite stripe -- Edited by HanssonBrothers on Wednesday 28th of April 2010 12:15:53 PM
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Lochin 33 Value ?
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Hi, I am a new member and would like some advice on finding the value of a boat, it is a Lochin 33, built in 1997 in very good condition. any advice on how to value would be much appreciated or perhaps you already know an approx value? She has a six cylinder Mermaid Marine 250 HP engine.
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hello new member
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thought i would introduce myself
my name dave and i not a lochin owner yet
but have been looking i really like the look of the lochin 33 sports fisherman and lochin 38
i own a mitchell 31 mk 1 and had her four years ,i run out of langstone harbour so i fish all around selsey bill and the isle of white ,at t...
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Lochin 33 Original Layout Plan.
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Hi All After a bit of resizing and editing i have attached the original layout plan. Lochin 33 Extended Wheelhouse Twin Engine Layout. Year 1988. -- Edited by Blue Swell at 21:06, 2009-02-24
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Rodder fishtail model
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A new design of our rudder fishtail prepared for "flap" rudder -- Edited by HanssonBrothers on Wednesday 28th of April 2010 10:59:58 AM
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Replacement Bow Roller Needed!
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Greetings All As the regular forumites will know, I spent much of last winter removing the old fendering, filling the old fixing holes, repairing the toeboards and outer gunwales then refitting the original fender with stainless fixings (only lining it up properly this time). My fender is soli...
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Has this site developed a problem?
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It it just me or is anyone else having problems posting? The site seems to have slowed right down and at times almost locks up. I tried replying to a couple of posts a while ago and gave up.
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Removing Antifoul
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Hi all, I have 13 coats of antifoul on my Lochin 333, which I would like to remove. Pressure washing has removed the barnicles and weed but the surface is still very rough. Caustic has been suggested, what are your views and recomendations. Hope you can help, regards, Will.
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