Bilgediver

Boiling water is not a very useful means of softening the hose. A hot air gun is by far the best tool for the job. Heat inside and out.

As well as opening at the correct pressure do they snap shut as you operate the lever slowly and then crack again without any dribble in...

Horizontal bolts through vertical 5MM GRP. Glassing in a ~15mm marine ply backing plate should do a job.

All sorts of things can give problems.vWe have stiffest that row in the river Forth. One team recently went to one of the legs of the...

Nothing to do with The Red Duster. More likely due to less workload as les control over operation than American registration. Even...

I agree with this Vyv . The biggest killer of anchor chain is not so much surface corrosion but the interlink wear . This is the places...

Injectors should be free to lift out as the seal is achieved using copper washers or in the case of some Volvo's the base of the copper...

If you remember those old RDF sets as well as the long wave beacon frequency had the medium wave receiver also. This was not for...

As ever journalists and the general public have faulty memories.Very many years ago, a journalist presented me with 5 or 6 “wrong”...

The best way of checking and every boater should have one is to test the circuit using a test lamp and preferably at least 36 Watts...

Early engines with an isolated electrical system have two fuse blocks B versions onwards have just one fuse block

The degassing coils on old ships had nothing to do with the compass. They were fitted to reduce the chance of a ship triggering a...

This can often be a result of incorrect procedures being carried out at the sale of a boat. The call sign and MMSI should always...

The ban is not tools. The ban is in relation to objects that can cause harm. Screw drivers fall into this category (stabbing) so should...

I've carried a heap of parts by plane (recently £1900's worth), with a list clearly marked in caps "for vessel in transit vessel name"...