Recent content by Chimp

Re: What\'s wrong with teak oil?? I'm no expert, but here are my experiences. Teak is difficult, not least because it does get shabby, and you need to keep it clean, but you can very easily take all the filling out from between the grain of the wood, and end up damaging it. I don't think teak...

What is the best reference book on the COLREGs?

I'm trying to think of a name for my next boat..... What is the most absurd name for a boat that you have seen recently?

Where do old boats go to die? It strikes me that more and more are being built and launched each year, yet you never hear about an old boat scrap yard. Presumably if the trend continues, we will all be able to walk across the Solent before too long.

I haven't found it too difficult - and I'm not very technical. It's all a bit methodical really, as long as you take everything to bits methodically and don't have any components left over when you have finished. And try not to drop the little pawl springs overboard. Clean all the components...

Thanks, I'll try that. You don't happen to know what these filters are called, do you.

Has anyone witth an aluminium water tank experienced a white deposit coming through into the pump strainer (aluminium oxide?). If so, is there something that you can do to prevent the problem?

Has anyone witth an aluminium water tank experienced a white deposit coming through into the pump stratiner (aluminium oxide?). If so, is there something that you can do to prevent the problem? <font color="blue"> </font>