Forum: RIBs & ribbing
21 June 2023, 00:51
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Replies: 1
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Forum: RIBs & ribbing
19 February 2023, 20:50
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Replies: 37
Views: 2,510
Are "project ribs" generally a viable endeavour
As in buying a rib with knackered tubes, having it retubed by some fella, buying engine and doing all the other wiring and installing yourself?
New RIBs from the factory usually cost a lot more...
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Forum: Engines & props
07 September 2022, 18:34
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Replies: 1
Views: 609
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Forum: Engines & props
07 September 2022, 12:04
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,319
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Forum: Engines & props
21 August 2022, 11:21
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Replies: 1
Views: 609
Magnet glue for Mariner 60 flywheel
I am after dislodging a couple of magnets while removing the flywheel off my Mariner so need to glue them back. I have seen Loctite 331 mentioned but would have to order from the States. Any...
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Forum: RIBs & ribbing
06 June 2022, 11:49
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Replies: 13
Views: 3,194
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Forum: Trailers & towing
05 June 2022, 16:18
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Replies: 0
Views: 467
3D printed trailer flush nozzle
I got my trailer a bit more covered in salt than I would have liked at the weekend but none of the off-the-shelf nozzles would fit in the pipe so I designed my own
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Forum: Inflatable boats - SIBs and folding RIBs
11 May 2022, 09:44
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Replies: 57
Views: 5,053
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Forum: Electrics and electronics
10 May 2022, 20:30
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Replies: 21
Views: 2,319
Ordinary NMEA is very slow and an ASCII based...
Ordinary NMEA is very slow and an ASCII based protocol. While it would in theory be possible to write a bit of code that would slowly transfer map data using proprietary NMEA sentences you'd be...
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Forum: Inflatable boats - SIBs and folding RIBs
09 May 2022, 12:41
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Replies: 1
Views: 494
3D printed Leafield A7/B7 valve tool
Just thought this might be of use to someone. I didn't feel like buying one and paying the customs charges so quickly designed my own. Worked a treat to loosen valves that hadn't been touched in 20+...
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Forum: RIBs & ribbing
30 June 2021, 15:03
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Replies: 2
Views: 547
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Forum: RIBs & ribbing
28 June 2021, 20:39
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Replies: 21
Views: 2,747
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Forum: Engines & props
28 June 2021, 19:44
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,770
Have this completely sorted now with the past...
Have this completely sorted now with the past while - the pee hole tube was replaced at some point and was too wide so water wasn't getting the hwole way up to the sensor at idle speed. Have a little...
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Forum: RIBs & ribbing
15 March 2021, 14:02
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Replies: 21
Views: 3,521
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Forum: Engines & props
25 August 2020, 19:28
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Replies: 1
Views: 404
Twatsoo 40hp->60hp
It would appear as though the MFS40A is the same engine as a MFS60A so does anyone know how feasible it is to convert? There's a whole €1,500 of a difference so obviously that money is better in my...
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Forum: Engines & props
27 April 2020, 21:17
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,770
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Forum: Engines & props
05 April 2020, 16:41
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Replies: 6
Views: 961
Weak spark Mariner 60 2 stroke
I am after changing the ignition coil which seemed to improve things to some extent but pretty sure it is running on 2 cylinders now. The engine is from about 1998 and uses one of these CDI modules
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Forum: RIBs & ribbing
15 February 2020, 12:27
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Replies: 78
Views: 9,488
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Forum: Upcoming RIB cruises
07 January 2020, 19:49
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,910
Closest place I launched from is West Cove
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Closest place I launched from is West Cove
https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=18/51.76969/-10.05561
you won't have problems tying up or anything but it would be more exposed than Sneem...
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Forum: RIBs & ribbing
06 January 2020, 20:00
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Replies: 31
Views: 4,390
In the States you are nobody unless your boat...
In the States you are nobody unless your boat burns petrol faster than the pump can pump it in order to get to your fishing spot. If you can´´t hang 3 or 4 v8 outboards off it nobody will buy, that...
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Forum: Engines & props
05 January 2020, 22:07
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,770
It never really caused trouble while cruising,...
It never really caused trouble while cruising, but a few times it did start to overheat at 2-3k rpm. Have cleared the tell tale a good few times and that does seem to improve the flow now and then ,...
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Forum: Engines & props
05 January 2020, 22:04
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,770
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Forum: Electrics and electronics
06 October 2019, 00:42
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,855
DSC radio with easy to change MMSI
Just wondering is it a pain to change the MMSI on any radio or are there some where it can be changed relatively easily?
Is it part of the DSC specification that it has to be a pain to change...
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Forum: Engines & props
27 July 2019, 00:01
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,770
Some crap lodged in engine cooling circuit
I am convinced there is some stuff floating around in the cooling circuit of my mariner 60. It did get to overheating a few times but I have always managed to free it up fairly easily. Would the head...
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Forum: RIBs & ribbing
24 July 2019, 20:47
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,339
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