Recent content by brokethebox

I'm going to bump this cause I found it interesting! I'm in a similar boat, little kids, keen to get something that would let them and us explore and that would keep their interest by not being deathly slow, traditional rig would be good but plastic not wood, 20' ish, day sailer and trailer...

Sorry TSB240, typo, yes, i meant the TS240

Hi pij27, and all, I'm just posting a wee message so I'll see all the future posts, mostly. I'm also interested in a trailer sailer, for many of the reasons you are such as the ability to take it home and work on it outside the house rather than a 2 hour drive to the boat followed by the faff...

thanks clive, I saw that one when i googled but I'd have thought things should have moved on a bit from then. But probably not... James

Why zygrib? Can you elaborate? James

Hi all, currently going through setting up an iridium phone to connect to a computer for running weather on our offshore trip in the summer, and I wondered if any of you had a preferred GRIB viewer. Mailasail have a few recommended, but before i picked one of them i wondered if you lot had...

Hi all, I'm soon to be doing my SWBKE assessment, and wondered if any of you have done it before. It is mandatory before I can convert my ticket to allow me to drive a Dutch sailing boat, but I cannot find any info onthe format of the exam anywhere. On the Dutch website it calls it an oral...

Hi all, its the Assessment of Dutch Statutory Regulations for foreign ships Officers, which allows me to convert my RYA Yachtmaster into a Dutch ticket, required to skipper a Dutch yacht. Info on the exam itself is fairly sketchy, so I've no idea if it's an oral exam, or multiple choice, or...

no one? you guys know everything! J

Hey all, has anyone done their SWBKE dutch law conversion exam? I'm off to do it soon, and wondered what the experience was like! Kindest Regards, James

Hey all, yes, intend to do drain down to max level, start, get warm, then change oil again when i'm next down and see where we are from there. It was a huge relief to hear her start, not least because my arms were about to fall off from spinning the flywheel! The didn't get a bath in wd40...

I worked for a guy once, and whenever the fridge or freezer needed regassing, he would go to his favourite kebab shop and ask them who their fridge man was. He swore it was always cheaper than anything marine... J

Hi all, thanks for all the advice. So i spent yesterday afternoon and evening until i couldn't see anything anymore down at the boat, and did the following. pulled the dipstick and watched a fountain of water come out, then used my Pella to empty sump. refilled with oil pulled injectors and...

Thanks LW, and yes daydream, found that out, and least said, soonest mended!

Thanks JCorstorphine, I had meant remove injectors to fill the cylinders with diesel. I'll try the trick with starter/alternator, cant make it any worse, right!? I'll check tank though it's much higher in boat and therefore wasn't flooded, thankfully. How much is a "small amount"? She's a...