Lash-ups and hacks that get you home.

[starfire]

What is wrong with one of these?

I bet that's the one for a UK domestic element, readily available.

There isn't such a thing easily obtained for the smaller element in most marine heaters.

I got the local metal basher to make one up.

Surprising the amount of force needed to undo one in a hard water area.

 

[Hurricane]

That looks perfectly good although a lot harder to make than my one?

Yep - but probably cheaper and readily available in the UK.

 

[Bouba]

Yep - but probably cheaper and readily available in the UK.

Mine cost nothing to make, the tools were old and cheap and surplus to requirements. And by making it myself I was able to use it the same day. And I still carry it aboard and (by chance) it provides double utility by being the perfect tool to remove the lid of the black tank (which can sometimes be a real pain to open without it) a job which, unfortunately, I need to do more and more frequently?

 

[noelex]

Losing the plastic filter cap to our Aeropress coffee maker was obviously a severe emergency.

It took several hours to make this aluminium end cap. This for a part that cost around £1, but in a remote place where delivery is unavailable a DIY solution was needed.

 

[Bouba]

Losing the plastic filter cap to our Aeropress coffee maker was obviously a severe emergency.

It took several hours to make this aluminium end cap. This for a part that cost around £1, but in a remote place where delivery is unavailable a DIY solution was needed.View attachment 122668

Yes, a coffee machine is a vital system in any boat ?

 

[Poignard]

Yes, a coffee machine is a vital system in any boat ?

Yes, I wouldn't be without one:

 

[Bouba]

Yes, I wouldn't be without one:

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Let the side down again P?

 

[Poignard]

Let the side down again P?

 

[Bouba]

Look I got told off for using a pod style coffee maker on a boat, but compared to you I’m a connoisseur

 

[Poignard]

Look I got told off for using a pod style coffee maker on a boat, but compared to you I’m a connoisseur

Yes well. It's alright for you millionaire power boat owners to talk but mine's only a little sailing boat innit?

 

[Bouba]

Yes well. It's alright for you millionaire power boat owners to talk but mine's only a little sailing boat innit?

If your boat is little then just make espressos

 

[penfold]

Man fined for driving Citroën DS on motorway with only three wheels

Schoolboy error; leave the wheel on, wait until dark then drive home.

 

[gravygraham]

I once stuffed a pencil in the stern gland water service tube when it broke off the gland. As a rookie it gave me quite a cold sweat to open the engine hatch and see water rushing in.