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Jazzcat has a pair of Beta 20 engines. Last year, they both wanted a few seconds of heat, then they'd start immediately with throttles...

Cold start procedure - at least 3/4 throttle - if it's being stubborn, full throttle, but you want to be near the throttle! Pull out...

Buy the crystals and make up a strong solution. Add a bit of wallpaper paste so it sticks and you've basically got Y10 without the...

Maybe for the mooring fees, but I reckon that dishonest appropriation of the diesel happens when they scarper, and an intention to...

Ain't that the truth As for the boat, I'd love to be able to afford one, but if I could, I'd have something more like this I think...

I totally agree about the convenience, but I just spent most of this afternoon just lazing aboard on the mooring. It just isn't the same...

Read some books, watch some YouTube videos and get out there! God is surprisingly sympathetic towards incompetent sailors, up to a...

Doesn't work. If that old thief, Neptune wants your tools, he'll just make 'em bounce higher. The bugger stole one of my sail battens...

Years ago, Madame tutored French, and one of her clients was a rather snooty lady living in Hampstead. "We went to St Tropez for the...

Plus a variety of names when things don't go right...

By name only to people who know her/it. Even so, I am more likely to say "I'm going down to the boat" to anyone. My boat is of somewhat...

My experience of 20 years on a mooring in Portsmouth Harbour is very positive. We wouldn't be able to afford a marina, at least, not one...

Bear in mind that bronze/brass screws are a lot weaker than steel. It really isn't hard to snap them or destroy the head, either of...

Absolutely. As the saying goes, smart people learn from their mistakes; smarter people learn from the mistakes of others. Sharing our...

I've always loved the sea and boats but, as the song goes, life got in my way. Besides, boating is a rich man's hobby, and we were...