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      DownWest reacted to Bouba's post in the thread Canal du Midi with Like Like.
      Doing the canals around the Camargue is a real experience…the while horses coming to talk to you on the fly bridge when tied up….tying...
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      DownWest replied to the thread Yachting on benifits.
      The system is abused.. Unless it gets them off benifits..
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      DownWest reacted to westernman's post in the thread improving steerage in reverse? with Haha Haha.
      When I parked my boat in Port Rosas in Spain, the "someone in a dinghy with an outboard" worked perfectly every time. Very efficient and...
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      DownWest reacted to Steve65's post in the thread Yamaha 2B Outboard with Like Like.
      Yes you do... Are you sure the issue is the impeller? A 3/8 hex drive fits the driveshaft...put a drill on the hex drive and a piece of...
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      DownWest replied to the thread Is this a recognised sail plan?.
      Looking at it, I suspect that while it is a working boat type, they likely race them, bit like the open heavily canvassed open boats in...
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      DownWest replied to the thread Is this a recognised sail plan?.
      Yes Likely the 'class'. of boat is a Z-6 ( 6 mts?) followed by the number of the boat and it's name. Owned or sponsered by the Prefecture.
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      Going back to cruising cheaply... Annie Hill's 'Voyaging on a Small Income' is a good read. One of the differences from Shrimpie' and...
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      DownWest reacted to Wansworth's post in the thread La Mer with Like Like.
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      DownWest replied to the thread What a shame.
      He posts a lot on the WBF under his intials. Forgot about being Avant's nav.
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      DownWest replied to the thread What a shame.
      Tilman was a supernumery on that last voyage, along for the ride. Kukri sailed a couple of times with HRT and knew well the limitations...
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      I think that one needs to be sure that it is what one wants. A year's trial nearer home first with a means to return to "normal" life if...
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      DownWest replied to the thread HR 36 Re-engine.
      I had the Perkins Prima base unit for the MD22 in a van and it was a very good unit. Worth looking at a rebuild.
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      DownWest reacted to Whaup367's post in the thread HR 36 Re-engine with Like Like.
      Seconded. Also note that Parts4engines sell a rebuild kit for the MD22: https://parts4engines.com/collections/volvo-penta-md22-parts...
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      DownWest reacted to Wansworth's post in the thread Shackleton et al with Like Like.
      Obviously we now live in a connected world and Pandora’s box is well and truly opened but we should not forget that from my point of...
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      DownWest reacted to Poignard's post in the thread Shackleton et al with Like Like.
      "When Ernest Shackleton resolved to cross Antarctica in 1915, he knew the task would require two parties of men. Shackleton and his crew...
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