Recent content by finbarr

Here's mine. 1914 Falmouth Quay Punt "Teal". South of Baltimore Harbour last Tuesday. Sorry it's gigantic, I don't know how to shrink it?

in Wales but they do deliver nationwide http://www.btswales.co.uk/

Here's mine

Dylan, I lifted mine with a block and tackle suspended over the companionway, similar to the picture colvic987 has. My mirror has an access hatch on top of the companionway step so I can hook onto the engine and lift it. It is fairly simple to lift it off the engine mounts and leave swinging...

Hi Dylan, I have read page 1,2,3,4 and 9 so if this is posted already sorry. If you want to replace the engine mounts take a look at this crowd...

cable ties?

Ah, fair enough so. If somebody doesn't respond reasonably to a reasonable request then you have to do something. You are right that the Yard should have stepped in and said to the contractor to stop and put up some sort of screen, and I expect they will do so in future. And if the Yard /...

Just my 2c, but I think suing somebody because they made your boat dirty seems a bit ott, as does throwing a bucket of water over someone because the wind blew smoke into your house. Usually talking to people in a reasonable manner gets better results than aggression and or force. Surely when...

But you can't necessarily adjust the hours you are working to suit. With BST it is like you magically gain a long evening. If the time wasn't changed and you decided to get up an hour earlier it would give you more daylight but not in a large free chunk after 5 or 6pm. Leaving it as BST (is it...

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I have my md1b engine resprayed with tractor primer and tractor paint. I chose Ferguson grey, but you can get Ferguson red, Ford blue, John Deere green, etc. etc. :D It is heat resistant and pretty tough stuff. Degreased with regular engine degreaser but it was outside the boat so it got a good...

I have a 'throw bag' as used by white water kayakers. It is 100' of floating line and the weight of the line in the bag is what you use to throw. Very effective on rivers when kayaking, I haven't had to try it on the sea. The rope is stuffed into the bag and you hold the loose end and throw the...

but, but it's not a real hurley 22 unless its got a full keel :p http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170609387715&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

Pretty sure it is a mk2 mirror offshore.Tthe mast may be stumpy but it is less stumpy than the mk1's by 3 or 4 foot and the genoa goes to the mast head instead of giving up half way up the forestay :) The mast foot is moved forward to compensate for the extra sail area. It has proper rigging...

Evantica, go another foot and get a folkboat or derivative.