Recent content by Stemar

At what point does that morph into a "hold my beer" scenario?

I've never met the guy, so I don't know how he got where he is. It's likely that bad decisions were involved, but being born middle class and comfortable, then getting a decent education gives people a far better chance in life than being raised on a sink estate by a drug addict mother. Yes...

If your fittings aren't quite the right size for the pipe, and you're having to overtighten the clips, I could see that causing the deformation you describe. As an alternative, Hep20 maybe? Not as flexible, but easy to fit and designed for mains water pressure.

I rather doubt that it was his intention to sink the boat there. As for cleaning up your own mess, I can't imagine that anyone who has the means to remove a sunken boat would choose to spend a winter on a small boat without mains power. Yes, he lost a boat - his home and possessions. Yes, his...

Or go to a car breaker, who will have plenty of cheap 12v diesel pumps. If you do go electric, I'd have a switch somewhere handy for the various bleeding points. If you go squeezy, mount the pump somewhere handy. I didn't, and bleeding the injector pump gets messy.

And a week later, you'll discover why you desperately need it...

I'm with William, make yourself a rudder. There are plenty of illustrations online that will give you the shape and size relative to the boat, if not the precise measurements. I'd go for marine ply with a foil shape, covered with epoxy and a couple of layers of glass cloth.

On my previous boat, I tried everything on a drying mooring off Quay Lane. Nothing worked well enough to be worth the cost, so I gave up and scrubbed off once or twice a year more. Jazzcat got a dose of hard Racing AF last year. It doesn't work any better, but it stays on better, so an...

I was fortunate enough to have a large lazarette that drains over the side, which became my gas locker, when Calor were being silly, and takes a pair of 7kg bottles. Twice the gas for only £6 more - three times the gas for a fiver less compared with Camping Gaz

Of course, no wind does make things easier, but Tally Ho would be less affected by wind than an AWB - or my Catalac, which will go downwind sideways quite happily

My "dilemma", provoked by having some difficulty getting my Delta to set in thin mud, is whether it's worth making it possible to use the standard equipment Danforth (clone?) which is already available as it was standard equipment on the Catalac. Clearly, it is, so all I need is a shackle that...

Thanks for the warning - leather gloves will be worn!

That works until your nearest and dearest take the next plane home from the Caribbean and refuse to set foot on the boat again.

I'll leave you to do the sales pitch to Madame

Indeed. Much piss was taken. Still, it could have been worse. The wrong tide in March or September could have left him there for 6 months