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    Identify alternator terminals

    Assuming it is for a Yanmar. Picture of original Hitachi alternator not your Bosch replacement The extra wire is the W for a rev counter (should have an inline fuse)
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    First boat for a tallish sailor

    How about a Parker 275?
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    What type of stainless, please?

    At work we had trouble with stainless parts galling and resorted to using Silver Goop which seemed to work well. If you think marine stuff is expensive take a look here: Silver Goop
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    What type of stainless, please?

    If you still want high tensile Bumax are a good make. Try here: ACCU-Bumax
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    CQR anchor chocks.

    I think you can only get super expensive bronze ones. I have a used plastic set minus the double saddle part which you can have. I will PM you as you will not be able to use the PM system until you have made a few more posts. Can't PM you yet so make a few more posts and I will try again.
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    Cockpit enclosure

    I used Exe Sails for a sprayhood and would recommend that you avoid them. Ordered in November and no communication all winter and suddenly fitted the day before I launched in April. It wasn't the design I wanted and had to go back for alterations as it fouled the jib sheets. Other friends have...
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    Pullout hand held shower

    If it is a marine rather than a domestic fitting you could try looking here for spares~; Penguin Engineering
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    River Dart, Singlehander for Newbie

    How about a lifting keel? Seal 22
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    My dinghy is too big

    Check that you can row the small dinghy. Unless you have very short legs or the seat is very adjustable you will find the oars hitting your knees. I have a 2.3 roundtail that is just big enough to row and I can still lift it. The 2.2 roundtail hypalon one I had previously for 30 years folded up...
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    Pontoon problem .... straps snapped after winter freeze.

    The company I worked for used a lot of strapping for underwater sensors and loggers. The usual options were either the above tool with titanium banding from Band-It or a reinforced plastic serrated band called Smart Band. If you have an contacts in the subsea world you might be able to borrow...
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    Northstar 5505 Plotter antenna plug

    Lots of very inexpensive GPS antennas are available with SMA connectors. GPS antenna At that price you can carry a spare. My plotter uses a similar one and works perfectly inside a GRP hull.
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    Expected Resistance of VHF Cable?

    Fine if you have a connector at the top of the mast and can get up there to disconnect it. Typical values: So about 0.8ohms for 20m of cable but most meters don't have much accuracy at low readings and you also need to subtract the resistance of the meter leads.
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    Expected Resistance of VHF Cable?

    I have no idea from the information you have given. Assuming that is the DC resistance across the plug it seems a bit high but could be correct. The impedance of the cable is 50ohms but the DC resistance of 10m of cable is less than 1 ohm. There is often a matching coil across the coax at the...
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    Charging an electric outboard with solar battery pack

    That's why I included the specification label which indicates that the input can be 12v to 28v. If the input is 24v it will only draw 4A to produce the required 29.4v 3A for the charging. A solar panel should be fine for this but I would check with the manufacturers. The only problem I can...
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    How much power from Solar? In the uk.

    0.3kWh = 300Wh Watts = Amps x Volts So for a 12 V battery: 300Wh/12V = 25Ah Google is correct
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