Recent content by john_q

I know of 2 boats that are now Polish registered, 1 did it over the internet, no problems, the other used an agent and had a few problems (mostly the owners lack of paperwork) but was resolved OK. 1 owner was French who bought a US registered boat, the other was Italian who had a Dutch...

We use Towergate Holiday Home insurance

Maybe look at Polish registry instead?

And possibly the dread of heading off into the southern ocean again, it did not end too well last time

I have seen TBT for sale in Guatemala and I can buy TBT from Costa Rica but only in 27 gallon lots form a commercial paint company TransOcean/Becc

I have a Perkins 4236 (3.8 litre 12V 80HP) which, I think, is very similar to your engine. I use a battery between 850 and 900 CCA with no problem

We had a Redstart and used 7 foot oars instead of the standard ones, It rowed MUCH better. We were in Barbados, which in those days was a quite lively beach surf landing. We quickly gave up on trying to use the old seagull outboard (wind the cord around the top type) as it could not be started...

I know this is for a petrol engine but it may help. How to Check resistances in cables from Lug to Lug A vehicle that is getting poor performance from its battery can look to a number of causes, but a common cause is a corroded battery cable that is high in resistance. It is usually a good...

Same problem here, space, our hatch is very small, The last Plastimo lasted 11 years and we live aboard 24/7. The previous taylor was really good but we could not get new gas valves

They still have evening racing on Wednesdays at Burnham, but like all the other racing, much fewer boats

Perkins 4236, surging caused by a very old fuel pump, replaced the pump, problem went away

My boat is in Rio Dulce Guatemala, and I am trying to get a Marine Leisure/Plastimo HOB/Grill which will need shipping to Maimi to a shipping agent, I will organise shipping from there to Guatemala, so far, Marine Leisure do not sell to the public and very few of their dealers want to get...

Thanks, I will give them a try.

ArticPilot I know this is an old thread but I have the same problem, what stove did you buy in the end and who did you buy it from

I looked at Savvy Navy, liked it BUT has no facility to download my own waypoints yet