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Hi Back in 2002 I met a couple of middle aged chaps who ran a diesel engine workshop near Cambridge. I've been trying to think of the name but it just won't come back. I'm sure it is on the west of Cambs and could well be on the route to papworth. They were very knowledgeable and very fair...

Sounds daft but an friend sold his boat in Spain and the new owners were not upto a passage back to UK, so they had shipped by cargo boat. Can't remember just how much but was a huge amount less than the quotes he got for a road job.

Hi You've taken on quite a job especially as it seems you are new to this. The people at Thornycroft engines are VERY helpful and will offer all sorts of advice and tips. Their web page is:http://www.thornycroftengines.co.uk/

I used steel plates beneath the deck, about 6mm thick and made to cover as large an area as possible just to spread the load. I used ordinary steel well painted after drilling etc. After several years mooring in bays and coves we found the biggest risk with the davits was for another boat...

Check each firm on-line; they will give you coverage for where you are and 02 were honest enough to say they didn't recomend their system for where we are but 3G works fine.

Totally agree! Used thin ply which we suck the vinyl lining to with PVA glue. Then glassed in some battens then fixed each panel with short brass screws in brass screw cups or you could use the white plastic screw cups. I made the battens 25mm thich then before fixing the headlining panels I...

It is very difficult to get hold of in the shops!! Name Carol, works wonders when motivated and can hold a small plastic container upside down over a sink waste outlet as good as any other "kitchen aid".

We had the same arrangement on our second boat and found the best way was to use a hose pipe going into the skin fitting and flushing "backwards" out through deck fitting or the sink. Works every time.

From personal experience, don't waste your time complaining!!

How about putting your post on items wanted.

Must be where you are, for just south of Taragona the speed was acceptable and practical. Costs €35 a month and bought from Carrefoure. There again, am using a PC running XP which though not as good as Win 98 or Win 2000 is vastly superior to Vista. Too many fancy things running in the...

A friend had a similar problem and he gave himself the "security" feeling by glaasing a couple of L shaped brackets to the hull so that the other end rested on the jubilee clip and hose then used Amalgamating tape wrapped round the rubber and the bracket. The tape sticks to itself, is...

Re: Anyone in Spain - What\'s the price of..... Why use the auto route?? There is a VERY quiet costal crossing north of Roses and much more attractive and the road is free. There are also several other crossings on National roads that do not have any border controls at all. Have crossed the...

Hi We once had a NASA paddle wheel transducer which was fitted into the very bottom of the hull of our Colvic motor sailer where the thickness was over 25mm and that had plenty of length still. Be very careful when fitting not to overtighten the nut as to do so will put too much pressure on the...

This plastic skin fitting was infact the NASA speed log fitted by previous owner in the engine bay virtually out of sight and VERY inaccessible. It had failed between the flange nut and the hull and the wooden peg driven into the original hole knocked the remaining part of the fitting out making...