Westerly Owners Association

Hi, Forgive the lack of knowledge on technical names but the black plastic ring that sat on the top of my winch has been cracked for years and yesterday it popped off and fell in the water. Can I buy replacements readily? I've also seen rings that claim to make the winches self tailing; are these an...

Hi, I bought some from Trafalgar yachts based in Fareham, Hampshire. You'll find them online and they'll know what size you want.

Hi, My Konsort has everything in place for warm air heating except the unit itself. When I had the boat surveyed, the surveyor thought the warm air heating was probably fitted by westerly as a client extra There is a box with electrics in it, a pump and all the exhaust and fuel pipes. The metal box ...

Hi, I have a Konsort based in Kent and wondered if I could have Jolly Roger's upholsterer's details (£800) and wanted to know if HW was completely happy with the result or would he have done anything different?

Many thanks.

Konsortium

Hi, my fm radio has a poor signal and started to look into splitters so I could use the vhf aerial. You can buy a marine styled splitter for about £30 but equally you can buy 4 way splitters that claim to do uhf/vhf/fm/tv for about £4 but you have to put connectors on the wires yourself. Is there a ...

Hi,

i've got a Konsort but up until now the boat has had a standard old fashioned car battery charger to top up the charge when necessary but the charger has just died on me. Should the replacement be a 7amp CTEK charger? I'd be grateful for others suggestions.

Many thanks.

Thanks for your replies. I'd been tinkering with the engine so based on the last mail, i checked the switch panel in the engine bay and indeed a wire had been pulled and once reinstated the lights were back on. quick and easy when you know where to look. thank you.

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Cabin lights down the starboard side suddenly stopped working? This includes the heads and starboard side of the fore cabin.

Any ideas where to start eliminating?

I've stained the tiller. It looks fantastic!

I've stained my teak handrail etc with a honey tone wood stain/sealer. It really looks good and the wood looks like brand new teak. My question is: is it ok to stain the tiller or is there some type of convention that dictates that the tiller gets varnished. I had always intended to varnish but the ...

Hi, The deck has crazed because of heat of being under a solar panel. The paint is crazed but so is the fibreglass. I want to paint the deck but I equally don't fancy taking a grinder to the deck. Someone suggested car body filler is not an unacceptable solution. What are people's thoughts on that? ...

The engine had a major overhaul about 3 years ago (including a new head gasket) I had a season with an excellent engine, then had the boat lifted and an engineer did the winter prep on the engine with anti freeze, new oil, filter etc. Before the boat went back into the water i started the engine and...

Hi, yes it was.

I've flushed the engine oil a few times but it doesn't seem to get any better.

The head gasket was only replaced a few years ago,so really shouldn't be that.

I'll speak to Bukh and see if they have any suggestions.

Thank you.

My boat has been laid up for nearly two years. When it was put on the hard all the oil and filters were changed. I've was checking the oil level and it was a bit high so I pumped some out of the sump to get it back between the two marks on the dip stick but the oil that came out was like cream. Also...

Hi,

A friend of mine, polished my brass three bladed prop with a standard wire brush attachment and an angle grinder. I presume it wasn't done aggressively but it looks amazing and has lasted well.