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Why do shore hose connectors always leak ?
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They don't, so I suspect your set up to be peculiar (or the yard's). Can you describe your arrangement, or post photographs? On my boat...
Friday at 20:56
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How Not to Fall Off
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I've not (but this maybe a bad thing since it has engendered a rather bad attitude; I almost never wear a lifejacket) but I have had two...
17 Jun 2024
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Help : Selden Mast track gate - cannot open
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<nerd alert> Beware the difference between Philips screws and Pozidrive. Philips are American, were invented around the time of Henry...
15 Jun 2024
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Could be either Asphaltenes or dead bug ... but the indicator of stickiness - makes me consider the former. Dead bug before it dries is...
12 Jun 2024
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What diesel fuel do I get at the Marina pump?
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From comments on previous threads by people with seeming knowledge of the industry, and my experience of life in general and...
6 Jun 2024
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Little land birds, how to keep alive?
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Coo, I didn't think of that! It would have seemed callous but might have done the trick. Have you a reference or video? The bird did...
5 Jun 2024
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I think the problem is that they have fast metabolisms that require a high food intake. Many small birds eat a substantial proportion of...
5 Jun 2024
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The two oddest land birds I've encountered one was a grey heron, the sort that eat your goldfish, about 300 miles from Bermuda. The...
5 Jun 2024
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Little land birds, how to keep alive?
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Quite a few birds over-winter nearer the Mediterranean, even tiny ones. A day after the chaffinch joined us, a flock of chiffchaff (I...
5 Jun 2024
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We frequently have little birds flop on to our deck, quite exhausted. We always try to rescue them, and put them in a warm and dry place...
4 Jun 2024
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Seriously Sticky Diesel Reside
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I know this will sound odd, but I've found that white road diesel with its 7% FAME is a much better solvent than FAME free red, so if...
3 Jun 2024
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jdc
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What did you enjoy throwing away?
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+1 on the fisherman's. I bought it when first sailing to the west coast Scotland since all the pilot books blathered on about how vital...
2 Jun 2024
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Garmin hand-held GPS12 - shows wong date - does this matter?
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It's still sh*^
29 May 2024
J
jdc
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Garmin hand-held GPS12 - shows wong date - does this matter?
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You have to consider why you don't have a 1998 mobile phone - some of the reasons are: - it only works on now obsolete networks, with...
29 May 2024
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Polyester Rode
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I use polyester 3-strand for the (extension to chain for the) anchor rode. It was recommended to me for the purpose by a man from...
27 May 2024
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