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    3gm30f Exhaust elbow

    Found one here; Exhaust Mixing Elbow 128397-13530 for Yanmar 2YM15 3YM20 3GM30 3YM30 3GM30F | eBay Reasonable price. Not sure why I couldn't find them with Google 1st time round. Me, likely... cheers
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    3gm30f Exhaust elbow

    Hi, I bought a non Yanmar one 6 years ago from exhaustelbow.com Alas they no longer do them. Has anyone bought a stainless one recently? Where from, price etc? Not the high riser, but the standard one. Many thanks. Tbh cannot see Yanmar ones either(!)
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    Noise from Yanmar 3GM30

    When we got our 3GM30F, I was told by a friend who ran 100 of them (non marinised, in golf course buggies) that they idled "like a bag of spanners". That was 15 years ago. I have not checked the valve clearances nor had the injectors serviced, it still goes great. Sounds smooth and relatively...
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    Ex Para rowing around UK, trying to break the record

    Ex-parachute regiment officer from Lewes aims for rowing record Looks an interesting wee boat. Apart from his press release, I cannot find anything else about him, or e.g. how to track his progress? Anyone?
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    Agound on Cook Island

    It was at dark o'clock, we've all done it or nearly :-)
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    Agound on Cook Island

    Been up Mt Warning too. Amazingly historic, considering who named it.
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    Help! Lost key

    Yeah, I turned the key switch on in my Yanmar control panel years ago, never did find the key again. Makes sure that I isolate the starter battery when engine off as the alarm blares until I do...
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    Faroe Island Passage Planing and Cruising resources

    S21 One UI 6.0 Android version 14
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    Faroe Island Passage Planing and Cruising resources

    i know there is some way of typing "a"'s with the thing above it, but not a clue how to on my phone. if that makes sense!
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    Faroe Island Passage Planing and Cruising resources

    googled Rak - got some app no idea what it was. googled Rák - got the right one, downloaded in seconds. (i copied and pasted the Rák from a google search for Rak Faroes app)
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    Robertsons Golly for sale

    I thought £3k was a typo - that is a lot of boat for that!
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    Are boat builders tone deaf?

    Can you not reverse the wires at the amp end of the cable of the affected speaker?
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    Extra ship's propellers?

    Of the nearly 3,000 Liberty ships built, 200 were lost during World War II to enemy action, weather and accidents. Only two are still operational today, the SS Jeremiah O'Brien and the SS John W. Brown. from Liberty Ships and Victory Ships, America's Lifeline in War (Teaching with Historic...
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    Cockpit locker lids falling on arms

    bungee loop over winch barrel works well. current boat has wooden struts, which work well with the heavier lids. gas struts i am not so sure about - suspect they would rust like a rusty thing? but have not had them on a boat.
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    How do you board your boat when at a mooring?

    benefit of boarding amidships or just aft is in waves - boat moves the least there. still scary (watched that Pitcairn vid again!)
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