Recent content by James L

Politicians will just rely on the market deciding for them. Just like with Electric cars, the politicians didn't do anything to develop them, but once it was obvious that ICE cars won't make financial sense in a few years they all jumped on the bandwagon to ban them. The same with fossil fuel...

Assuming this was all working for the previous owner, I would try running with the battery switch in each position 1, 2, all and see if any position gives you a higher voltage. If they had wired the switch incorrectly, it might be that it worked ok in the position they normally used.

When I had that setup what I did was pick one battery as the engine start battery and one as the leisure one. On startup go to 1. Once running change to all to charge both batteries. After shutting down the engine go to 2 so you don't drain battery 1 on leisure stuff. You should be getting 13.6...

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Hi Paul I have a Jamaican 35 that I might be willing to sell later on in the summer. Negotiations with the boss are ongoing about going bigger :-) PM me if you want any details. FYI - I tried to PM you but it looks like you have PMs blocked in your privacy settings.

An SD hull is basically a planing hull that keeps more of the hull in the water. As it doesn't produce as much lift at the same speed as a full planing hull, you end up using more fuel as more of the boat is in contact with the water, but you don't leave the water as easily as you would in a...

I find every day is different, but conditions are very changeable here. Try speeding up and see how it goes, no matter what boat you have going faster will work up to a point. At some point regardless of hull shape or weight you will end up with air under your hull and then you're going too...

I like to spend a lot of time at displacement speeds as well, weather and company allowing. But if I see a big wash approaching I'll just add a few knots to stabilise things until it passes. I don't go to planing speeds, just up to 11 or 12 knots and I find it's enough to keep things relatively...

Personally I would call it in over the VHF, and if I thought they were in any danger would standby to render assistance. If their Dinghy was sinking I would launch my dinghy, let them board that and tow them to safety. If that wasn't going to be enough and they were in the water I would pick...

You don't need to worry about being stuck out at sea, unless you're going to try crossing the Atlantic. Just make sure you have your mobile charged and you are only a phone call away from being towed home. You'll also have a two way radio and every other boat you see will be listening on channel...

This has been a great year for Dolphins here as well and we even had this guy in for a look

Just be a little careful, driven nan miles, sounds like something you'd get from a script copying someone else's ad and reposting as part of a scam. NaN means not a number and could be the result of a script set up for cars not finding the milage.

best cure I've found for the gulls so far is Pirate Bunting from one of the kids birthday parties, only thing that's ever kept them away and the kids find it hilarious as it makes me look weird.

I would agree that boats in a marina are likely to get washed more than ones on moorings, the side nearest the pontoon at least :-) But from my experience boats on moorings leave the mooring a lot more often and thus are more likely to be properly maintained. I've never seen a boat left on a...

I found the trick was keeping the flame arrestor spotlessly clean. Any bit of soot and it seemed to make the boat difficult to start. Having diesels now, I really miss the big V8 (not the cost of fuel though). I loved the noise and the smell of it.