Recent content by cliff

£40 + import duty + VAT + clearance fee - maybe circa £80-£90 when finished.

Aye, a petrol driven Stil saw is the doggies bolleaux for cutting stone or metal - just change the blade

Funny, I used on my first boat for years worked fine - max draw 4 amps, cooled to 20°C below ambient which in Scottish waters is -10°C to around +5°C in the cooler. Michet not work too well in the former penal colonies where it tends to be a little hotter. Keeps food and drinks cool and with a...

Ok Girls put the handbags down. What i do is knock the mandrel back ans smear some Duralac around the ball and stem making sure I have covered the ball completely then fit in hole and pop. A bit of Duralac in the head of the rivet and seal with the little plastic plug supplied. The remains of...

No. WD40 helps seal the rings, aids compression, lubs the bores and assists the compression/ignition

May I suggest you google Huntingford Helm Impeder or Davis Tiller Tamer or go to http://forum.woodenboat.com/showthread.php?117485-Tiller-Tamer-anyone-got-one-any-comments-or-opinions Personally I use George when single handing

The boy in the boat is there as punishment for not performing his duties in the barrel nor taking his turn tied over the barrel - common punishment on these old sailing boats. Float? pair fishing - one end of the net. Triced sail - allows the boat to sail slowly under command/control while the...

A deck scrubbing brush, a couple of broom poles one or two 2l "Coke" bottles for buoyancy, a few bits of scrap wood to make adjustable coupling for the broom poles and you have a hull scrubber for a few beer tokens rather than £80 .

Let me Google that for you...... http://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/epoxy-resins-adhesives/0850940/ £5.31 + vat / 32g (2x16g tubes) => £19.9125 /100g http://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/epoxy-resins-adhesives/0514701/ £56.45 + vat / 150g (50x3g sachets) => £45.16 /100g...

http://www.bukh.co.uk/index.html Sorry only 48hp unless.........

Correction - chap's name is Alan Rix - what was I thinking?

Ah, the days or Rum, Bum and Baccy.

Fouled anchor?

So the OP plus one or two who claim they have heard the term vs all the others who claim they have never heard of this archaic term not to mention numerous references to to a multitude of nautical almanacs and nautical terminology books (modern and ancient) makes "dip the rope" a "widely used...

Nearly spilt my coffee over the keyboard at that one.