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Naming a new boat. Conventions, superstitions, legalities etc?
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According to Bernard Cornwell, when Utred son of Utred re-named a captured boat, he said you had to get a virgin to piss in the bilge...
Yesterday at 21:46
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PBO Article from late seventies Conversion of Outboard to TVO or Paraffin
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I did not know if it would work until I tried it. Petrol was four shillings and sixpence a gallon IIRC. Paraffin was half a crown. No...
Yesterday at 20:04
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we have a very old Pasquali rototiller (correct term?) with a Lombardini petrol/paraffin engine. The cilindrical tank is divided in two...
Yesterday at 20:02
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PBO Article from late seventies Conversion of Outboard to TVO or Paraffin
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I have done this with a motorbike. All I did was turn the paraffin off and let the engine stop. A small -one pint-oil tin with a tap...
Yesterday at 15:46
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Seacock failure
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They are wriggling! Composition is obtainable from amounts too small to see in a scanning electron microscope. Not an expensive...
Yesterday at 15:38
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rotrax
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Emptying water tanks on Beneteau WPB
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Every couple of years I drain our tanks-300 litres each-and then remove the feed pipe. This is extended into a bucket of 25:1 bleach and...
Yesterday at 09:50
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rotrax
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Broken screw on Volvo Penta impeller pump housing
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If you can’t fix it yourself, you could take it to Portchester Engineering. They will do you a quality repair much cheaper than the cost...
Tuesday at 17:14
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There's no metal to corrode and cause friction so I guess yes it's better but not necessarily because of the spindle itself.
Tuesday at 15:33
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When I wanted to test some spliced rope, we used a 20:1 leverage from a scaffold pole., there were some handy posts concreted into the...
Tuesday at 15:32
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rotrax
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Seacock failure
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Spindle sheared off on one of our boats. It was the heads outlet. The heads had been used before it was realised the outlet was not...
Tuesday at 14:01
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Sounds like Berthon to me.
Monday at 13:41
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Practical Boat Owner's Reader to Reader
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When we were hauled out at the Hayling Yact Company at Mill Rythe two weeks ago I was surprised to see the weed shoe was missing. The...
Monday at 10:58
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If a mate asked me to deliver a Shrimper for them then I'd have little hesitation doing this trip (fully disclosure: I am an...
Monday at 09:14
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Insurance - A new con discovered today
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Try Porthcawl Insurance Brokers. Very happy with their very personal service and price.
Sunday at 16:53
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Terminals are indeed often bolted to busbars etc with stainless fittings, but the bolts do not carry any current.
Sunday at 12:59
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