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This is a temporary fix for when the bl..y lever suddenly begins to slip.

That was the punitive breaker wave as he had stolen the boat :)

I once went on a boat which had the lever perpendicular to the centerline, shifting to port meant forward and shifting to starboard...

As you ask for personal experiences. I have a 2000W pure sinus inverter, hardly ever used. Most useful was in Brazil as they have 60Hz...

As a summer liveaboard cruiser (April to Oct) I don’t miss 240v AC, when off shore power. Cook off Gaz. Cafetière (stainless not glass)...

In case one needs a way of releasing the shore line from the boat without risk of snagging or fraying tens of meters of rope against...

Sandyman died this afternoon from throat cancer in Faro hospital, where his wife Lizzie passed away two weeks ago with septic shock...

IIRC - it is a long time ago now - after my debacle with these brushes I purchased from ebay some brushes for a VW Polo wiper motor...

Some consideration should be given to the construction of the JSD itself, the OCC Flying Fish magazine has a picture of what was left of...

Also useful to keep the hatches open when it's raining, at least tropical rains :)

Ideally extend the volcano profile into the water and imagine the depth at say 20m from the shore :) I passed there many years ago...

I am a geologist, but not an expert on slope stability. But my understanding is that any slope steep enough to approach instability...

I would like to answer to the initial question : "what do you think of this one?" - Buying a boat can be quite tricky and develop into...

Fortunately still attached, it's a big strong bugger though and with a redesigned fin and bulb keel is completely stable (and fast - max...

In France, the equivalence is ok for automatically recognized certificates obtained abroad (like the UK Short Range Certificate), you...