Recent content by Rocksteadee

An inflatable dinghy is still a boat. Good start point

What boat? What speed? Fill up in guernsey as no fuel in Alderney. Go for north direction tide in Alderney races or if I doubt slack. Aim for needles fairway bouy to avoid needle races. Once at mid Solent just before precautionary area watch out for lobster pots if cutting corner to calshot spit...

Welcome to the boating world. Don’t know what boat you have but from zero to day skipper is quite a leap. I teach Powerboat 2 aimed at beginners in a Rib (or other small power boat ) It is a 2 day course and cover a lot of stuff but at a very early level and will give a very good grounding

Problem I found was the fixed jet in the casting adjacent to the closed throttle butterfly. Difficult to clean due to the blind bend

Who was the supplier for that?

That filter is a bit too coarse. Left that where it was and fitted a small (shown in earlier posts) in the pipework

I did, was agreeing with you

Should have read the original post better. if revs are down that much look for engine fault first

Rule of thumb, every inch reduction in pitch gives another 200 rpm

Fairline Turbo 36. Like a Tardis

The two best days of owning your boat are the day you buy it and the day you sell it. The rest in between, shrug your shoulders, get a bigger wallet and enjoy it. Use it for what you want, be that clocking up the miles or going down at the weekend read the paper and drink beer

Beachbuoy CSO, combined sewer overflows. Pic of the Solent today. This is permitted during times of flood and can include untreated sewage. And there was me ensuring holding tanks and head flushing is done 3 miles off

Beachbuoy CSO, combined sewer overflows. Pic of the Solent today. This is permitted during times of flood and can include untreated sewage. And there was me ensuring holding tanks and head flushing is done 3 miles off

And rams as these have swollen and seized

Could also be that ATF is a water based hydraulic liquid whereas standard hydraulic oil is oil based. The plastic used could be oil hygroscopic