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Skylark
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Roberto's post
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Chemicals for flushing out cooling system of indirect cooled engine
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Fwiw, here in France it's common practice for that purpose to use a cheap commercial product named "lessive st marc", non-foaming...
4 May 2024
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There's plenty of good advice above, especially regarding the small 'boltholes' where you could drop your hook for a break, wait for the...
2 May 2024
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Lots of useful experience offered and all useful in the planning stage. However as the old saying goes; man plans and God laughs. The...
2 May 2024
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Chemicals for flushing out cooling system of indirect cooled engine
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In the last 5 years, I’ve flushed three different old car engines using soda crystals, bought for a pound or so from the supermarket...
1 May 2024
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Calorifier is it worth it
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Bah humbug, we had no hot water as kids, did the washing up in sea water 'cos the fresh water was in plastic containers .... also no...
29 Apr 2024
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Calorifier is it worth it
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Absolutely unthinkable. We are not "wild campers". As a sail cruiser, creature comforts are mandatory, not optional. That's why we have...
29 Apr 2024
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I don't know if some of the posts are tongue in cheek but if they are not there must be a few hair shirt wearing smelly buggers out...
29 Apr 2024
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Route planning, Solent to the Clyde
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Sounds as though you have the right attitude and are taking a sensible approach. Don’t think of it as one long route, better to break it...
28 Apr 2024
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Route planning, Solent to the Clyde
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That sounds perfectly reasonable. It’s not a difficult journey to plan. Between the Solent and the Clyde, there are many ports “a tide...
28 Apr 2024
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I wonder why anybody with up to £50k would want to do that when similar size boats 20 years or so younger with generally far better...
27 Apr 2024
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Lifejacket safety and crew amusement
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I had a life jacket inflate on me last season. It was quite a lumpy sea at the time and the rain was lashing down, too. I needed to go...
27 Apr 2024
Skylark
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First boat and novice
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Welcome, @Nudgie You’ve probably had as many different suggestions as number of replies. Sailing is a broad church and there’s plenty...
27 Apr 2024
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Torqueedo new Travel outboards for daysailing
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Interesting comment, Steve. I’ve always believed outboards to be virtually indestructible and only die by lack of use or neglect. What...
26 Apr 2024
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I need an ICC practical test to apply for a small sailing craft Sailing ICC as I will be sailing my yacht overseas soon
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I am not at all suggesting you ought necessarily do it for your current purposes, but I think you are very mistaken to think that...
26 Apr 2024
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