Recent content by Mrnotming

A place to start: http://www.jefa.com/products/general-info.htm

Most sensible reply!!! or change boat!

Simrad SP10 uses a mechanical cable drive box and can be driven from a Raymarine AP computer if and ony if, the Raymarine unit has a clutch switching output.The cable can be as short or as long as liked and two bends at least are permitted. http://octopusdrives.com/type-rs-drive

I,ve read the thread, and can only add by way of help that if the entire shaft could be withdrawn with prop attached, the lot brought to a engineer's would be better than destroying things.As I cannot see the photos for some reason, Perhaps this is bull*shit.Good Luck!

Roofing lead is useful if bashing threaded portion (with nut loosely made up to be flat with the threaded portion).It will have to be moved for each bash as the imprint will come through after a while.might save the bolts from becoming belled and useless.Good luck with it!

Glad to be useful Grehan!

Well at least you will be more informed about the dangers of neglected raw water impellor pumps,and others on here will find the link to the sites useful if in the same predicament. Cost me €18/£15 to overhaul mine as a bolt on spare.I also bought a new replacement for my Volvo 2030 due to...

Yes bring it home to the bench,I had a look at Vyv's share point site and his explanations cover all you need to know as regards a feasible rebuild,especially as he covers shaft wear and faceplate reversal,possible on some Johnson and Jabsco pumps.If the shaft is not scored,you can carefully...

I find that closed fairleads,or ones with S/S trapping bars offset are most useful if using canal or sea locks where the lead of lines will be from above before the lock closes and fills.Same applies if mooring in say Port S.Mary IOM where the tidal range means rafting boats maybe 20 ft below as...

Know how you feel Dylan,glad the wheel did not injure anyone,as has happened to others in the past.Makes for a hellish complication when personal injury claims are involved.

Good observation Grumpy,sure enough 6.5kts was achievable as per the usual criteria,and expensive if more than 2 following waves were generated! The only time this was ever exceeded was when on inland big lakes,before the ballast was poured in! (Boiler punchings/concrete mixture) when the boat...

I built a motor sailor,traditional trawler hull form a little slimmer than a fisher 25 and a bit lighter in ballast.She was powered by a BMC 1.5 mated to a PRM 100 oil operated 3:1 gearbox coupled to a 1.5" s/s shaft running a 22"x 13" prop with a big blade area (mickey mouse ears). The setup...

Hi mikenfi, We did the transit to. The end of the rhone exiting at Port St.Louis du Rhone,a very satisfactory day having battled a southerly 20kts southerly wind over Rhone current from Arles south.quite violent motion. The years till recently brought a modest amount of cruising in...

We had a nice time in Port l'ilon in may 2003. The staff were charming.We noticed that many berths had a wired phone connection.useful for those working from the boat.We were curious as to why a group of swimmers had congregated mid lake.It turned out there was a hot spring there bubbling up...