1. INTRODUCTION

The Seal 28/850 manual consists of data from the original handbook plus reprints of all the Newsletter items in which members have described alterations and additions which they have made. They have been arranged as far as possible into sections and are referenced by author and subject. The diagrams, where required are printed on separate pages.

2. ARTICLES

Fitting Out Part 1 - Ted Randell

Fitting Out Part 2 - Ted Randell

Bukh 20 Engine Tips- Denis Fastnedge

Motoring Astern - Denis Fastnedge

Additions - Denis Fastnedge

More Tips about the Bukh Diesel - Denis Fastnedge

Rudder Skeg Reinforcement - Mike Pilkington

Keel Mechanism Failure - Colin Chatfield

Beaching Legs - Michael Passmore

Cockpit Table for Seal 28 - Ted Randell

28/850 Modifications - Maurice Ratliff

Further Mods to a Seal 28 - Denis Fastnedge

Seal Magna Modifications - Lawrence Coe

Further 850 Modifications - Paul Clements

Blue Water hoods for Seal 28 - Bill Lydiard

Yet more mods to an 850 - Laurence Coe

Wheel Steering for Seal 28 - Don Guilbert

More General 28 tips - Don Guilbert

More about cracked Exhaust Pipe Elbows - Paul Clements

That 28 Rudder Skeg! - Rainer Friedrich

More mods on an 850 - Michael Passmore

Stepping the Mast - Brian Radford

The Sea Fever Saga - Don Guilbert

Questions and Answers

Doghouse for a Seal 850 - Bill Lydiard

Modifications to Bumble Bee in 1989 (main items) - Rainer Friedrich

Mast staining and Lowering - Paul C1ernents

Keel Maintenance Hoist - Paul Clements

850 Rudder - Bill Lydiard

Rudder Plate Shape - Robert Hamilton

Keel Screw Modification - Stuart Mortimer

Propeller Guard and other things - A.E. Barron

Location of Hull Number - William Seright

Bukh Engines and Systems - Bill Lydiard

Keel Maintenance - Cledwyn Howell

3. INDEX OF KEY WORDS

The following is a list of key words that are to be found in the index at the back of the Handbook.

Accommodation

Keel maintenance hoist

Ammeter

Keel options

Anchor

Keel position indicator

Anchor windlass

Keel repair

Angus Primrose

Keel screw

Autohelm

Keel screw nut

Backseat

Key switch

Ballast

Kit stages

Battery

Leaking chainplates

Battery charging

Leeboards

Beaching legs

Length on waterline

Beam

Length overall

Berth tops

Lifebuoy

Big-end bolts

Lifting keel

Bilge keels

Lifting keel weight

Bilge pump

Lights

Boarding ladder

Louvre doors

Boom length

Lower shrouds

Boom section

Main

Brown stain

Mainsheet position

Budget sailaway

Makers details

Bulkheads

Masking tape

Bunks

Mast length

Cavitation

Mast section

Chain

Mast stepping

Chain stowage

Motoring astern

Chainplate leakage

Multiplug on engine

Chart table

No.1 jib

Cockpit

No.2 jib

Cockpit table

Oil changing

Colour

Oil filter

Compass

Oil leak

Construction

Options

Cooker

Paraffin heater

Cooker heat

Plywood cutting

Cool locker

Pre-combustion chamber

Cushions

Pre-combustion sleeve

Deadwood fairing

Primrose, Angus

Deck fittings

Prop shaft flange bolts

Deck pack

Propeller guard

Deck-hull joint

Pushpin

Diesel

Quarter berth window

Dimensions

Rig strain

Displacement

Rigging

Doghouse

Rigging spec

Draft

Roller reefing

Drawings

Rotostay

Echo sounder

Rudder

Electrical

Rudder blade

Electrics

Rudder cracks

Engine

Rudder plate

Engine disaster

Rudder reshaping

Engine not starting

Rudder skeg

Engine removal

Rudder uphaul

Engine ventilation

Sail area

Exhaust elbow

Sailaway

Exhaust water trap leak

Sails

Fitting out

Shrouds

Fixed keel option

Sink

Floorboards

Skeg, rudder

Forehatch steps

Solenoid

Forestay

Spacer for prop shaft

Fuel capacity

Spars

Fuel capacity

Spinnaker

Fuel de-aerator

Spray hood

Fuel system

Stability

Fuel tank

Stain, brown

Fuel tank rust

Stern platform

Galley

Storm jib

Gash bin

Stowage

Genoa

Tall rig

Ground tackle

Teak

Gudgeon

Toilet

Hatch

Transom rudder

Head gasket

Voltage drop

Headroom

Voltage regulator

Heads

Warning improvement

Heater

Warning systems

Hull number

Washboards

Hull-deck joint

Water capacity

Injectors

Water impeller

Inner

Water leak

Forestay

Water pump

Internal anode breakage

Water pump leak

Kedge anchoring

Water separator

Keel

Water tanks

Keel banging

Wheel steering

Keel corrosion

Winches

Keel housing

Windhaven steering

Keel lift

 

Keel lift mechanism

 

Keel lock

 

Keel maintenance