jfm
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Well I reckon we have it covered on the mullion front!
Not sure SWMBO would be too keen on the ton of water test though
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Nimbus 320 owners - what's good and bad
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jfm
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“Well I reckon we have it covered on the mullion front!
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You have indeed!. That’s a beautiful strong boat. A classic in the making.
“Well I reckon we have it covered on the mullion front!
“You have indeed!. That’s a beautiful strong boat. A classic in the making.
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jfm
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Eek yes I suppose people don’t tend to go on about their qualifications/professions. But yes I have a degree from imperial and early part of career in mech eng with a lot of fea and structural work.
oldgit
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Loverly engines. KISS.
Low reving proper diesels with lots of litres (6) and loadsa "grunt", plus simple and
Even have a little built in hand pump , making it easy and clean to carry out oil changes.
From memory the oil filters were upside down so oil drained out of the canister , making filter changes quicker and cleaner.
That heat exchanger is also simple to get at/work on and the internal tube stack is very basic affair.
Noticed that VP have over time increased the cubic capacity of smaller engines, presumably they can no longer squeeze any more reliable power out of the original sub 4 litre block.
Current money pit has a pair 4 cylinder stone age mechanical Yanmars, sadly lacking the cubes of the Perkins.
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Greg2
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Loverly engines. KISS.
Low reving proper diesels with lots of litres (6) and loadsa "grunt", plus simple andcheapinexpensive to maintain .
Even have a little built in hand pump , making it easy and clean to carry out oil changes.
From memory the oil filters were upside down so oil drained out of the canister , making filter changes quicker and cleaner.
That heat exchanger is also simple to get at/work on and the internal tube stack is very basic affair.
Noticed that VP have over time increased the cubic capacity of smaller engines, presumably they can no longer squeeze any more reliable power out of the original sub 4 litre block.
Current money pit has a pair 4 cylinder stone age mechanical Yanmars, sadly lacking the cubes of the Perkins.
Yes indeed. Only slight downside is that the engine bay is a bit tight and changing an impeller on the port engine requires the arms of a gibbon and the flexibilty of a ballet dancer. Unfortunately, whilst I have the former my ageing carcass most definitely doesn’t have the latter!
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oldgit
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We had club member with a Hardy, his main mooring was at the end of his garden on the Thames up near Shepperton ???
Recall that he fitted a pair of really monster engines in his boat, did meet up with him in Ramsgate prior to going over for a Dunkerque anniversary cruise.
Recall that he fitted a pair of really monster engines in his boat, did meet up with him in Ramsgate prior to going over for a Dunkerque anniversary cruise.
Time Out
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Yes indeed. Only slight downside is that the engine bay is a bit tight and changing an impeller on the port engine requires the arms of a gibbon and the flexibilty of a ballet dancer. Unfortunately, whilst I have the former my ageing carcass most definitely doesn’t have the latter!
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I know a good ex ballet dancer, I’m sure he would help
