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Ah thanks . I’ll have a look .

I’ve been looking at these . Schenker do a suitcase version for about £5000.00 ( Aquatrek) , but also found a Chinese manufacturer on Alibaba who will sell single units for under £800.00 which promise “up to 150l/hr” ( suspicious ) Wholesale Solar powered DC12V DC24V Suitcase type Small water...

[ QUOTE ] just thought how much I enjoyed being in Castiglioncello, pretty new place, great restaurants and walks along the sea path to them, lots of activity in the park area above, very nice people there and they will negotiate a price for a longer stay, still expensive though. Good access...

Aha. Thank you!

I'm living in Italy for a year and have left my boat in the UK in mothballs. Having withdrawals, I went to look at a Beneteau first 311 today to charter for a weekend from a new Marina in Rossignano (Castiglioncello). The boats are moored stern-to to pontoons. They are not anchored at the bow...

Spoke to Home Marine who service the engine. They say prop is on spline and that most likely rubber hub mounting is worn and slipping - particularly as engine worked ok in reverse.

I am a little more worried now as i found this pn the internet: outboard thread this is kind of the same - prop turning but no forward motion

Thanks for the confirmation. I hope it is just the shear pin. Yes I could probably wrestle it up but it's a very snug fit in the well and took me about an hour last time when I took the engine for a service. I'll beach it to give it a scrub as well (bilge keels) - kill two birds with one stone.

I took my five year old son out today for a mini motorsail round Chichester Harbour. I put up the main, started the engine (8hp yamaha longshaft in a well) and off we went. After about five minutes I realised that we were going very slowly and quickly worked out that it was the mainsail alone...

Ring Avon. I did and was rather surprised to find that the X series black boat that I bought for £30.00 on a whim was made in 1965! I'm retiring it BTW.

I know nothing about boat design so wondered if someone here could satisfy my curiosity about hull speed. If the standard equation for calculating displacement hull speed is correct (Square route of boat length at waterline x 1.34 =maximum displacement hull speed) then why is it that boats in...

Just a quick follow up. I installed the Midland last week and it worked fine. The GPS picked up a signal through the coachroof with no problems. Solent Coastguard were good enough to respond to a radio check and they said they could hear me loud and clear and likewise so could I. I'll see...

In the summer I installed an Origo 3000 cooker and used it two or three times with meths. It deposited black soot all over my coach roof which will will wipe off luckily. Is there a soot free fuel I can use? I know that it's possible to add 5-15% water which is supposed to help the meths to...

I got it from Low Tension Ltd. Webpage for ordering here: <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.lowtension.com/neptunevhf.htm>http://www.lowtension.com/neptunevhf.htm</A> I'm not affiliated BTW <hr width=100% size=1>

Yes I've been thinking about that. There's a sucker which could put it on a window. I'm going to fit it tommorrow. The lead to the battery is not that generous so I'll need to get some extra cable and connectors today. <hr width=100% size=1>