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heading back in Sunday after the first run for 'some time' the oil pressure gauge went to 0 - didn't see it go there, but one minute it was normal and the next it was 0. it was so far 0 it was effectively off. the engine, Yanmar, also has an Oil Pressure warning light/buzzer and these...

Not having used the boat for some time I put the main battery onto a 20A 'smart charger' for a couple of days. It is basically a coach battery - 1000CCA, 180Ahr calcium technology designed for heavy loads and cycles. Returning I was told it was fully charged. On the boats instruments it was...

posted this by mistake in PBO - I should have been more careful. Need to replace the Trailer switch on the boat - preferably like for like with the Bravo III Mercruiser one initially installed. I've knocked the end off mine and am getting fed up using the 1/16th of an inch of metal left to...

I've knocked the end off mine and am getting fed up using the 1/16th of an inch of metal left to operate it! Thanks in advance.

windscreen has shifted over time and the sealing rubbers have somehow got caught up in a couple of places..... glass into rubber seal into aluminum frames is there a 'tool' available to help me sort this out, or am I better off pulling the whole thing apart and starting again (which would be a...

I have searched through here and come across some good weather sites overall for sailing in this area but wondered if anyone could recomend any sources better suited to the blackberry's more limited browsing capabilities? Siilar to the text version of the inshore forecast in the UK for example...

Anyone recommend any good sources of weather information via pda web browsers for the waters between Bodrum and Gocek - I guess we will mainly be around the Datcha penninsular and down to Gocek. Thanks

So you replace a 1.81:1 B3 drive with a new one, swap the 22" pitched props over and off you go............. except you are obviously lower geared from the off and openning the engine up to 3000 rpm has the gps giving 19 knots instead of the usual 29 at those revs. hull is clean, weight...

are there many boats planning to arrive in Cherbourg Friday night ?..........looking at the postings there is at least one that seems to be working around this schedule.

seen in Swanage on Saturday

planning to replace the softwood on a wood/casting garden bench that SWMBO particularily likes. the seat slats are currently 68 x 20mm with 2mm gaps between each slat. I have 70 x 25mm lengths to work with and the option of creating a single smooth curved seat or leaving gaps ............ any...

many posts have talked about this so I thought I would post an example to show it can be done not my fish, the captor is holding it! 8lb + caught this weekend somewhere on the route between Poole and Cowes

With many threads dedicated to the price of insurance, policy terms and conditions, small print and, I suppose ineveitably, more on claim issues than resolution I am delighted to advise complete satisfaction with Mardon following Phaeton's recent surprise contact with something hard in Poole...

Anyone know how this is working this year - what's the last time you can call up for the rib? Heading over to fish next weekend so I really don't want the tender on board!

long story but I want to remove a really difficult to get at transducer that I installed on a bed of 'plumbers mate' type epoxy filler inside a grp hull............... anyone know a magic substance that disolves epoxy, is harmless to grp and transducer plastics? my only plan so far is to...

real easy \'where is it?\' from Monday............

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can\'t escape forumites............ Got down to Poole and it was just like Sarasota a couple of weeks ago............well.............. anyhow, made a carefull plan only to find another from here had already had the same idea - and got there earlier too! what a lovely day to be out and about

well Jo and I got away for a celebratory week - I was looking to find somewhere I could sit out with a drink and a nice view as a birthday treat. plans came together and early offers from here materialised in fantastic fashion............... arriving in the marina after following detailed...