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Yep all done and dusted. A lovely couple I called to pick up the sail and had a lovely chat and a copper with Keith and his good lady. I was telling him of the get together's we have had with the North West Mob over the last 10 years or so. It's about time we had a get together again miss the...

Hi Folks, It may be me that CO8's Jib Sail is heading to, for Mercia III we should be able to hoist it off the bowsprit. We are about to start laying the teak planks to the substrate 10mm ply deck having got the companion way sorted. Just a shame for me daughters horses have taken so much of...

he was last known to be at Eric Bergqvist. Builders: Ferry Boatyard, Cheshire, You might also find something here:- https://www.google.co.uk/?gws_rd=ssl#q=eric+bergqvist+Morcambe+bay+prawner https://www.google.co.uk/?gws_rd=ssl#q=eric+bergqvist

They need to rise and drop without jamming so a bit of trial and error might sort it. The section is as important as the diameter so they slide freely up and down. Make up one hoop so you can try it on a test bit of something the same diameter as your mast.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~# Sorry, I have to take you to task on this but please don't take it to hart as a personal rant at you. If you read the OP quote:- My problem is that when tightening the dome nut ,I can not get the split pin and grub screw holes to line up with the ones...

You want some shim brass and make a washer to go under the nut. Set the nut up so the holes line up and measure the gap under the nut with feelers add a few thou for a good tight fit. Make a washer to the feeler size plus a few thou.

Good little engines looked after they would run all day just occasionally the front plug could foul up, the trick was to open the gap a few thou. A friend had one in a canal launch on the Bridgewater at Lymm, I rebuilt it for him in the 1980s as far as I know it is still running.

Ailsa Craig marine engine. Link:- to a Utube runnier.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GpWPi6yO08

Quote from chewbacca why not insert a stud instead,assuming you have the room to fit the exhaust over the top of it. To prevent any Lakering I have already suggested that one. :encouragement:

It is far better if you can fit Studs for manifolds and use silicon-bronz nuts or even brass nuts with graphite grease on them they should never seize up enough to brake the studs. Quote from Slowtack :- I have cut out my own from sheet (dirty black fibrous material - dont...

"Reeds"! It even used to instruct on child berth not too sure if it still does. :D My last Reeds is 1980 kept in the office and good for the occasional reference.:nonchalance:

It it is anything like the above photo then:- Is the clear cable with the pan head screw, it looks like it is a low tension ground from the generator coil if it is then if it is disconnected from ground does it kill the spark if so then fit your kill cord switch in to it.

Is it a boom free sail? make a quick fit boom it will flatten the sail, we did it on a Drascome 19 and it improved the performance to wind a huge amount.

As an ex merchantmen with as many mls as BOB 42 trips across the Atlantic plus many more around the Irish sea the English channel the med and inland Holland. I whole heartedly agree with him. I would love to see some little yachty cope with a bollard with a 40,000 tonners wire on it. Mind...

On a real ship above the wheelhouse it's called "The Monkey Island"