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Hi The sensor has two independent variable resistors, the small tab being for the alarm. To check which wire is which, with the “ignition” on, touch a wire to earth. If a buzzer sounds, it is the alarm wire. If it doesn't, it is the other one. NB On my BUKH, the engine has to be running to get...

Hi all, and thanks for your replies. I have been reliably informed that the exhaust elbow, before the water inlet, can reach 500C. This is where the crack is. I have ordered a new elbow and flange (don't fancy tryting to unscrew pipe from flange here) from Poole and await delivery. There are...

I haven't been able to read all the pages of this saga as I keep losing internet connection, so may be this has been covered..... A sailor I met, who was also an amateur pilot, told me that a twin engine small plane could take off with only one engine, but the other prop must be lashed down...

Help Just started holidays and arrived in Fecamp (the day before the 80 boats on the Royal Escape from Brighton). Having a routine check over, I noticed a 3 inch rust line on the outer surface of the exhaust elbow of my 1985 raw water cooled BUKH 20 HP. Positive it was not there a month ago! The...

Back to the question. Sail for 7 miles in a staight line and then tack through 90 deg and sail another 7 miles. The 90 degree tac for the calculation allows for a bit of leeway when sailing at, say, 40 degrees off the wind. You have now sailed 14 miles. The distance between your start and...

Hi Been having problems with the VDO Temperature Gauge on a 1985 raw water cooled BUKH 20. All OK for many years and then it started playing up. Readout was very high - sometimes > 100C, but as it was doing this within minutes of starting, the engine could not be overheating so quickly. Replaced...

Hi again Thanks for the comments. The point I was trying to make is that whether or not you have "free" nights allocated, they will be no use to you if the berth holder in the marina you are visiting hasn't told anyone he or she is going to be away. "No available berths" they say at the visited...

It's that time of year again – we all want to go off and visit new or familiar places for a weekend or more - for many of us it will be a marina. Our marina displays a notice asking that they be notified of our absence if we are to be away over one or more nights. Many of us think that the...

Re: Can\'t prove VAT status - anyone really had a problem Hi Last June, some 8 miles off Cherbourg, we were circled by a Douane craft a few times and then it followed behind us by few hundred metres. Calm sea (F2?) and motor sailing (with no triangle!). I thought I ought to turn on the VHF...