NormanS

It's a well known fact that if you're aground and waiting on the tide coming in to float you off, it's always later than you hoped. On...

Now working! Just needed to prime via the strainer. Kicking myself that it was something so simple.

Here in Scotland, it's noticeable that the Northern Lighthouse Board use PV panels on navigation buoys and lighthouses. I am not aware...

The point is, you don’t need to. You don’t need a stream, or a height for that matter, to 1%, or even 10% accuracy, that’s too fine a...

Try pouring water into the strainer to prime the pump.

Look at the other model that they advertise on the same page. 8000W ! Draw your own conclusions.

From the second picture, you can see that the threads of the screw are full of alloy. This tells you that the tapped hole in alloy...

You could just use a wire brush to remove the rust, and then paint with a zinc rich paint. Any moment now, there will be a rash of...

It happened in August 2007.

Sorry, I can't give an actual link to the incident. It took place near Loch Carnan, in South Uist. I was in the area at the time. If you...

Unfortunately, the cadet died because her lifejacket DID work. She might have been saved if the gung-ho OIC had bothered to count...

That's good. It works for you. I don't need to.

The last thing on my mind is to put you on "ignore". I quite enjoy seeing how quickly you can get astride your favourite hobby horses of...

I didn't think I had "cocked up" when I was anchored in Loch Seaforth, Isle of Lewis, when the wind was 70 odd knots. That was in the...

It's pretty obvious that if you're anchored in 2 metres of water, you'll never get a useful catenary. There are ways to reduce yawing.