dylanwinter
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Wells
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mikeinkwazi
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An outboard in a well needs some form of gasket (could be ply) to stop water surging up the well and into the cockpit. If teh O/B is removed for sailing the bottom of the well must be sealed to stop horrendous drag! I had 3 boats with wells so thats how I know.
Salty John
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I thought you meant Wells, not wells. You have to get over this obsession with having outboards inboard. It's not healthy, Dylan.
dylanwinter
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sailorgirl
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+1 And its definitely not healthy - everyone else I know is obsessed with reducing the number of holes in their boat except it seems Mr Winter who seems intent of creating an enormous gaping one
jac
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Much better.
Wells = good
wells = spawn of Bealzebub.
Wells = good
wells = spawn of Bealzebub.
Cymrogwyllt
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methaught you meant a hole with water at the bottom
dylanwinter
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ah... I am swapping three holes for one
sounds like a good deal to me
incidentally, did anyone notice how far u0p the well the water comes in Steves cockpit
and if no-one else had posted on the thtreads then there each would have had no responses and sunk like a stone
as it was there were 450 posts - mine accounted for less than ten per cent I reckon
I do so hope that the Orkneys will be as pretty as Wells
D
sailorgirl
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My first thought was "Just how are you going to shut it off?" then I thought what you need is a giant bath plug... but having been out twice on a boat where the waves have damaged the outboard bracket to beyond motoring in fairly dodgy conditions I have to concur an outboard well might be the answer... just I prefer Wells to a large hole in the cockpit. What happens if you have a party on board or will sundowners now be taken on the foredeck?
dylanwinter
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well since you ask
my 315 mm diameter pipe with 400mm of water in it will account for a loss of boyancy equivalent to 28 litres
or about the weight of a fat labrador
when I remove the engine and associated gubbins then I will be losing at least 250 kg or ten labradors
so come join the cockpit party and please bring either a labrador or a bag of gravel
D
northwind
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Perhaps some rebranding is in order,
Calling it a "forward motion moon pool" instead of a well, makes it sound less threatening?
Calling it a "forward motion moon pool" instead of a well, makes it sound less threatening?
UncleAlbert
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Ive got the Lab
and Ive got a centaur with a fully serviceable MD11C,........ and I've been to Wells
I still doubt that I am what Dylan is looking for though.
KenMcCulloch
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You will not want to leave once you get there. Do not however refer to 'The Orkneys' within earshot of locals, it's Orkney or the Orkney Isles.
josephmoore
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Can I join the party?
Have a well, with some weed, and some fishes!
Notice how water is not gushing up in a spout and there is no kind of impending doom happening. Remarkable.
Those lugs at the side accept the grooves in the plug which just drops down the hole.
(I too thought this was about the place...)
Have a well, with some weed, and some fishes!
Notice how water is not gushing up in a spout and there is no kind of impending doom happening. Remarkable.
Those lugs at the side accept the grooves in the plug which just drops down the hole.
(I too thought this was about the place...)
LittleSister
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I cruised long and far in a boat with an outboard in a well. Sky didn't fall in.
I did used to dream of having a proper, inboard engine though!
I did used to dream of having a proper, inboard engine though!
uxb
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Well,
(Sorry)
I'd just get a bracket knocked up and save all the sawing, filling and sealing.
(Sorry)
I'd just get a bracket knocked up and save all the sawing, filling and sealing.
dylanwinter
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AngusMcDoon
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The slipway in Wells where you spent many a month with the Slug and the Beast is now known as Dylan's slip. Your fame remains long after you have departed.
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Dylan,
I thought it was about Wells too.
As for wells - you're bonkers.
I know you've had a bad experience with the Slug's inboard
But that isn't normal
Get yourself a nice reliable little inboard diesel and have done with it
Who wants a stinky engine in the cockpit?
Typed in your style of writing in the hope that you'll read and sea (intended) sense
best of luck whether you go stinky inboard outboard
or lovely little quiet reliable diesel inboard
rob
I thought it was about Wells too.
As for wells - you're bonkers.
I know you've had a bad experience with the Slug's inboard
But that isn't normal
Get yourself a nice reliable little inboard diesel and have done with it
Who wants a stinky engine in the cockpit?
Typed in your style of writing in the hope that you'll read and sea (intended) sense
best of luck whether you go stinky inboard outboard
or lovely little quiet reliable diesel inboard
rob