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Hi thank you ; I am loking for a good quality Outboard Thumb Screw lock , reads that you have such an item ; if you can please get a quote for postage South Devon we might well be in business ; My o/b is a Honda 10 4 stroke ;thank you CP

Ahoy ; I have purchased a reativily cheap (but sound) Craft ,16ft loa in GRP , and an now having issues insuring it ; I used to like /use Navigators & General , for my older Craft , but when going to take Insurance out today , they would not entertain my application , because I could not provide...

Hi I have been haggling for a few years now , with Outboard resale Engineres over the / any warrenty) that they offer us ; most seem to offer 3 months from purchase date , which is all well and good , but if Outboard bought in mid witnter , with my boat laid up for a few more months , then I...

Oh yea , whats unusual about our life , then ?

Hi is Sailorman of retired age yet , because I understand that us of retired age have a 3 year renewable driving licence , which I guess is a good thing ! Plus I recall a recent Photograph

Ah you maybe right there , kind Sir , me only seeing her phot in adverts etc thougth Jesus was a dark colour , thought black , but dark green it is theh. Still makes the point about dark colours drying out to reveal the Cauking seams to easily

Might mention that the Colour the boat is painted can also effect its ability to remain watertight and not dry out in warm airs , Recall that there was (maybe i still is) a well known local Craft to Waldringfield , named afer a religious fella , that was painted Black , its timber sided really...

Quite so quite so : A boat , especially a Racing Dinghy is quite carefully constructed to sail fast , not act as a Water container; After all Rain Water is surely a Timber boats worst enemy ; Keep rain water off and out of timber boats , always

I visied Chatham Dockyard many times before it was cloaed up , often to view the Small Craft Disposals on view ; do not recall any Ponds for the Timber Craft there , only Ponds for the Masts and Spars ; But the Small Craft were stored in sheds ,with windows blanked out . to keep the Craft cool...

Humm still think that its not good practice to run Engine to use the boat Pumps , if it needs a powerfull flow to hose down etc then that facility should be a option with engines running not entirely dependent upon the Engines running , otherwise as poss in this case a Non Starter Engine puts...

Humm my experience is that East Coast boaters are quite used to going aground on a falling tide , ofter taking a Nap is a usuall way of dealing with it , why watch the Water just catch up on some sleep and rest : Some of them Sandbanks etc can have pretty steep to sides to them , not apparent...

Yes well , moved to Medway Towns in early 60s from South London , stayed in are for about 20 years or so , I found that Peopes in the Medway area were far more like Peoples from urban London than from any are in Kent , the main part of Kent being agricultural in the main , interspersed with High...

yea well from boating in North East Kent on the Ouse , Medway , Swale for about 20 years i can expect that sort of reaction (:((#

Might mention , that there are tales of craft running aground , on a underwater bank (Sand Shingle ) then as the water level drops , the craft is tilted to such an angle that the Stern takes on water untill it slips below the water level as the craft fills up with Sea water as the Water level...

Yes well I recall an incidentthat involved two local fellas drowning , (Felixstowe Ferry) some years ago now, I recall that they were on a Delivery Trip , ran aground , could not refloat the Craft , so both went to sleep in bunks , to wait the turn of the tide , both found later the next day ...