Practical Boat Owner - July 2018

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Readers may recall the letter from Simon

Neal in PBO May 2018 issue asking if

anyone could help identify an ancient piece

of electronics fi tted to his boat (see images

and caption right). Well, we have now

identifi ed it thanks to another reader who

sent in the following:

Reading Simon Neal’s letter in the PBO

May 2018 issue, I looked in a 1985/86 Aqua

Marine catalogue I had lying around and it

shows the ‘mystery’ box and gives its use.

The bit at the bottom right of this page

PBO review of

the Cornish

Coble from 1980

Cornish

Coble

review

Old copies of

PBO are a

treasure trove. I’d

been looking for

the ideal family

dayboat to take

two adults, two

juniors, and a

picnic hamper,

down the river

from Tuckton to

the beaches of Mudeford Spit.

It had to fi t my parking area,

have a soft-footed main and

look the part. I spotted a

Cornish Coble for sale but,

being unsure of its handling

qualities, needed some expert

guidance. An old copy of PBO

(January 1980) carried the

original test report, praising its

sweet handling and its variable

rig. A short trip down to the

harbour and back confi rmed

every word, and I was able to

sail it back onto the jetty as

though I’d owned it for years.

Thank you PBO, and former

editor Roger Witt for his

perceptive appraisal.

Ted Vary, Christchurch

What is the

meaning of the

“V” switch

(above right)

connected to

the box (right)?

plan will save me having to
strip it all down yet again. At
least taking it down to clean
wood is gradually reducing
the weight of the top hamper!
Nick Teage, by email

CO alarm

correction
In your article ‘Mandatory CO
detector call...’ (PBO May
2018) you state: ‘Under the
Smoke and Carbon Monoxide
Alarm Regulations 2015, all
rented properties must have at
least one CO alarm’.
Not true: private sector
landlords are required to have
at least one smoke alarm
installed on every storey of
their properties and a CO
alarm in any room containing
a solid fuel burning appliance
(eg a coal fi re, wood burning
stove). After that, the landlord
must make sure the alarms
are in working order at the
start of each new tenancy.
David Wilkinson

Editor replies: Apologies. We
stand corrected on this point.

V signal for safety?

describes the electrical box as a ‘visual

Pan-Pan emergency signal’ – A micro-circuit

pulser box from Aqua-Signal which, when

wired into an all-round white light, will

automatically fl ash Morse letter “V” meaning

“I require assistance” in the International

code of Symbols.

Colin French, by email