Search results

Any luck with solving the leak? For those that know, how do the shaft bearings come off? I have the same problem and appreciate guidance on the technique, if anyone's feeling generous!

Mind you, understanding how it went in would be fairly fundamental to solving the problem, so not so super err err wot you said.

Lucky you didn't trigger your lifejacket!!

Even the Arnolfini pontoons aren't safe from drunken midnight would-be thieves swimming across from the harbourside. A friend had to chase some out of his saloon last summer.

I used to know it as a 'Highwayman's Hitch'.

I'll have a quick rummage and take some pictures if I've got something suitable.

the rope's not a problem, but where are you?

I was going to use it every winter to protect the boat and do things like varnishing in relative comfort, so residual value isn't a great consideration - durability would be more important. Sadly my time isn't that valuable either - being retired I can find a few days to spend on building...

I liked the idea of a custom shelter, but need to keep the cost in perspective. I've accumulated enough scaff tubes and clamps to make a framework for free, but the potential for structural failure and consequent bodily, or boaty, harm had me tempted by custom solutions, such as the one you...

OK, thanks for the comments. I'd been wrestling with scaffolding and monarflex and wondered if there was an easier way, but wanted something that I could use for winters to come rather than a one-off project.

How long has it lasted?

It looks useful - please let us know what it's like when you've fired it up.

I had a large bronze prop by the door. One day I realised it was no longer there and we couldn't remember when we'd last seen it, despite it being a really prominent feature. I imagine someone with a white van had grabbed it and weighed it in.

Provide them with something to focus on and attack other than the rudder. Tow a series drogue of FB meat pies or something.

Vampire clips, which bite through the insulation and make contact, provided you can get pliers in there.

Before taking the drum off, cut a suitably-sized hole in the bottom of a carrier bag and place it over the drum, then start work within it. If/when the gubbins springs out you'll know where to find it!

Give your house a new flagpole!

I had a quick look at the boat this morning to check that my comment was correct. BTW, mine's a Mk 3, which I'm convinced has a different underwater profile to earlier models. The keels are asymmetric, there's slightly more draft, and the deck doesn't puddle - though I could well be wrong!

My keels are definitely part of the hull, not grafted on, so I think it might be a three or four part mould: there seems to be a transverse join running across in front, and behind, of the keels, plus marks on the leading and trailing edges of the keels, so perhaps there's a saddle-shaped bit...

I misunderstood the thread title at first... I was going to say, I usually aim for about 60mph around the M25 with the Corribee on its trailer behind the Landrover...