Recent content by jmmt

After many years in the petrochem business making and testing lube and fuel additives we came across many examples of what we called snake oil or indeed mouse milk that all claimed to enhance the fuel and or lubes that they were added to in the after market. None of them worked and only degraded...

So, If your not happy - stay away, the atmosphere will only go downhill with wet miserable faces of people that don't want to be there. I would say this was - very - personal Mr Sunquest! I think you should apologize to all those good folk who went there in good faith but didn't enjoy their...

Norwegian Numbus sale Hi It would be helpful for all the many Numbus Owners out there for you to give them a steer as to how much you actually got for the boat - net! As for the mags - how about the local Medical center or Hospital - plenty of hanging about in these locations...

Rough weather I can tell you that's it's much much worse on the 12-4 night time watch! You can hear the storm but it's so much harder to tell where the really big ones are coming from so that you have a chance to alter course and/or adjust the revs... You just hang on and keep an eye on the...

Sealine - Quality issues... Well he would say that wouldn't he...

All weather Scandinavian Boats Well I couldn't agree more! Check out: http://www.apolloduck.net/165821

That's odd - I got a lot of assurance in my "Eat my Wake" piece that this kind of blasting around at 34knots with no regard for other craft just didn't happen during SIBS...

morons...

I agree Skipper - it's NOT deeply funny to be on the receiving end of a big *power*boat ( your expression that I guess tells me that you are indeed an "Eat my Wash" person) wash passing much too close right down the middle of the fairway. I would further hazard a guess that you have an open...

Boat Show time again! Can it be only a year since the last one? You can always tell in Southampton Water though as the big boys are out to play perched up high on their flybridge prams just like the marine version of Mr Toad. There they go - max revs on the big diesels - creating the mother...

As the UK is in the EC and as Brussels is very keen on harmonizing everything lets have the current French road diesel price of around 1.10 Euro/liter and even cheaper in Spain as the universal price for road and marine and be done with all this 60/40 nonsense.

Dingbats No he wasn't! Although I always sailed on the starboard side of the ship I witnessed the blokes who lived on the port side having to deal with the most amazing emergencies down in the engine room - no sea start in the middle of the Indian Ocean. Amazing what you can do with a six...

Shipping out... I used to do that - once you had signed the Articles Blue Star had you by the balls for up to a couple of years... You could stretch that out by jumping ship where you fancied - might have got a double DR but what a way to see the world!

Who cares? Raymarine are dogmeat. It's not as if they were the only vendors in town

OK - thank you - I'm convinced - John Lewis gets the business...