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Was not the fridge. The calorifier chamber had split and weeping. It of course took another year of fruitless searching to discover...

This will not be popular but ....... taste the water - is it salt or 'fresh'. Could be a fresh water tank/connection/calorifier...

In the case of East Farleigh, EA was forced to find the extra money from elsewhere .

Chatting to a skipper with an absolute peach of a Princess 45, boat known to the trade , owner used to get phone calls from brokers...

Had every intention of doing a few pictures of the repair before refitting to complete the tale. :(

Might also depend if your boat is ashore or afloat in the winter. Long ago purchased a boat with pair of raw water cooled Mercruiser...

Do recall some carping from our "boating" community regards Tims boating skills and also those of Timothy Spall, but both took on...

When ordering some small parts for my Yanmar engines the two main UK agents did not have any stock and were the most expensive and...

For those who might be in similar situation. The problem. The 25 year old turbine housing on the Yanmar turbo exhaust system had rotted...

A while ago around a considerable sum was earmarked for remedial work on the lock at East Farleigh, believe it was originally for lock...

Correction..... stuff that Wickes is selling is DI. at £3.00 per 5 litres. Having gone to much trouble in order to have sufficient...

Can remember when RCC could actually persuade club members to untie their boats from the moorings, had a dozen boats arrive in one go at...

Apropos not much ... Poster on these forums did an experiment a few years ago. He installed two temperature sensors on a boat kept in a...

Thanks all. An admirer of my friend has just given him 20L of undiluted Red, probably just to get rid of him. Our local Wickes is...

About to refill cooling system on a Yamar 4LHASTE 240HP. Asking for a friend :) Requires about 15 Litres of "Red" diluted 50 % water...