Recent content by Ruffles

Excellent point. A perfect excuse for being overtaken.

You do need to block up the centerboard slot when you're towing. There's nothing quite like hanging off the transom with one foot in the dinghy to bail it out.

Awesome idea. And an excellent use of those unidentified keys that accumulate in the kitchen draw.

Ex hire are often available.

It's a good time of year to pick up bargain dinghies from yards. Any owners moving on will tend to leave old tenders in the store and they need to be disposed of before the new season.

I'd source a piece of mild steel plate and see how in affects the temperature in the rest of the oven.

Yes, it does. Surprisingly well. Commonly used to by bike mechanics where the owner has tried and failed to replace internal cables on time trial bikes. If you search YouTube you'll find examples. example You need to be able to close off other holes. And you use your hand on the nozzle...

If you can get them to drill the holes do so. I hate drilling SS! Or you can use it as an excuse to buy a pillar drill :)

Mmmm. Seems likely to have been 3/4" and vigorously sanded over the years! Mine were similar: 1"; just measured them; 23mm! Veneer gone in places. I guess Sadler could have veneered it themselves but seems unlikely! I'd recommend having a new set for the season and keep the old ones for...

A proper time web site! (Just illustrates difference versions of the truth - still uses your PC). The web page dates from the millennium! I love old web sites. GPS, UTC, and TAI Clocks Note that many GPS boat thingies show UTC rather than GPS time by calculating the difference...

Actually I'm thinking 2030. Don't think there's an HR version for the 2020. Sorry, and good luck!

Use 4 pieces of scrap steel to guide the hacksaw blade. That way you can concentrate on sawing not worrying. I have a 2' x 1/16" teak plank in my scrap bin cut with a hand saw years ago using the same method. Serves me right for buying the wrong size in the first place.

I'd always use heat to shift a stiff bolt like that. I believe there are two sorts of VP exhaust fittings: standard and high rise. I wonder which was originally fitted. The cost of a replacement high rise unit may be why a non-standard part was used. How high is the manifold wrt the water...

I replaced my old DeWalt with the current DeWalt 18v offering as the old batteries were no longer obtainable. Unimpressed with the new one. The chuck collet slips and even when it doesn't it has nowhere near the holding ability of the old one. Also the case is larger than the old one even...

Hiya Got the old dinghy in the garage for a little tlc. Am replacing the steel strip attached to the keel that lets me motor up concrete slipways and pebble beaches :) It was 5mm x 15mm galvanised steel. It's been there for 20 years so not much left. So planning on replacing with 3mm x...