Forum: Say Hello | New Member Introductions
12 April 2024, 21:32
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Replies: 13
Views: 930
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Forum: Inflatable boats - SIBs and folding RIBs
12 April 2024, 21:18
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Replies: 6
Views: 196
Spartacus,
Yeah, it;s been a while... I think...
Spartacus,
Yeah, it;s been a while... I think I've done more sea miles by Calmac than I have by Inflatable boat recently.... (other Ferry companies are available! :) )
Do you mean use the oars...
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Forum: Inflatable boats - SIBs and folding RIBs
11 April 2024, 20:55
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Replies: 6
Views: 196
Avon Sportsboat Floor - a couple of questions
Evening all.
Following a bit of a fight with my Avon S3.4 to assemble the floor single handed last weekend, I tried searching the posts here to see if there were any "hints & tips"... Bottom...
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Forum: Other stuff
03 October 2023, 22:43
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Replies: 71
Views: 8,839
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Forum: Other stuff
03 October 2023, 21:57
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Replies: 355
Views: 83,143
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Forum: Engines & props
03 October 2023, 21:46
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Replies: 8
Views: 512
A.MAc,
thanks, but time has now run out to...
A.MAc,
thanks, but time has now run out to even get a chance to pick the thing up.
Back to Plan A - over the winter Take my longshaft Johnson 20, and replace the long shaft leg with the...
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Forum: Engines & props
29 September 2023, 10:46
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Replies: 8
Views: 512
See above post!
Cheers for that link tho' ...
See above post!
Cheers for that link tho'
I think the one on Gumtree might be a 70s machine - the pullstart comes out through the bottom trayl! (it is thru' prop exhaust tho') Unfortunately...
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Forum: Engines & props
29 September 2023, 10:30
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Replies: 8
Views: 512
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Forum: RIBs & ribbing
29 September 2023, 00:19
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Replies: 44
Views: 1,991
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Forum: Engines & props
29 September 2023, 00:06
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Replies: 8
Views: 512
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Forum: Downloads
26 September 2022, 20:20
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Replies: 4
Views: 8,921
Avon Sportsboat HP
Nos - as requested, here is my copy of the old Avon Sportsboat pages of the 19 canteen brochure.
No idea of the date, but based on the engine I'd guess the mid / late 70s
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Forum: Engines & props
26 September 2022, 19:30
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Replies: 9
Views: 930
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Forum: Engines & props
26 September 2022, 19:08
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,270
Where was the vapour coming out? Somewhere at...
Where was the vapour coming out? Somewhere at the back of the top of the leg?
My 1970s 20 and my late 80s 5HP both have no real telltale at idle, but spray water out a small vent at the top of...
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Forum: Engines & props
26 September 2022, 19:01
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,442
Maybe a post or two late here, but I had...
Maybe a post or two late here, but I had remarkably similar issues with one of these back in the day.... From memory, a blip of the choke whilst opening the throttle cured it, and I ended up...
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Forum: Other stuff
08 August 2022, 23:05
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Replies: 71
Views: 8,839
Hello again!
Nah. 'Course not!
I...
Hello again!
Nah. 'Course not!
I also, for various "other life reasons" (Including half a ton of bricks, sand & mortar blocking the garage door for the best part of a year & a bit of global...
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Forum: Engines & props
08 August 2022, 22:34
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,130
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Forum: Engines & props
08 August 2022, 22:25
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,789
Keith,
I used to get loads of bits for...
Keith,
I used to get loads of bits for engines much older than yours at David Anderson Marine in Newport-on-Tay (Over the bridge from Dundee)
He used to have a shed full of dead engines breaking...
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Forum: Engines & props
08 August 2022, 22:17
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Replies: 8
Views: 840
yes.
When the engine is running, the...
yes.
When the engine is running, the exhaust exits through the middle of or behind the prop with enough volume to clear the "pipe" andf evaporate off anything that is left behhind. When you...
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Forum: Say Hello | New Member Introductions
08 August 2022, 22:05
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Replies: 5
Views: 695
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Forum: Trailers & towing
08 August 2022, 21:57
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Replies: 26
Views: 2,568
Probably a bit late now, but back in the day I...
Probably a bit late now, but back in the day I did 3 Fiestas and a MK1 Focus... But back then wiring was easy - 1 wire per lamp & a common return!
I did the metalwork / dedicated wiring install...
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Forum: RIBs & ribbing
13 September 2019, 17:01
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Replies: 5
Views: 587
Un-siezing NFB steering...
It's happened again. Life has got in the way of a good time and although the battery has been kept alive by a smart charger, the steering has seized. :(
So, I have detached the helm end so that...
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Forum: Electrics and electronics
10 May 2019, 00:28
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Replies: 22
Views: 2,837
The OP was pointing out that web based systems...
The OP was pointing out that web based systems may have a delay when compared to reality.
I'm pretty sure if you were using an AIS transponder working on the VHF channels it was designed to work...
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Forum: Electrics and electronics
10 May 2019, 00:14
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,807
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Forum: Engines & props
17 April 2019, 11:41
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,230
I've not crawled the specs, but assuming the...
I've not crawled the specs, but assuming the three are all the same lump with varying degrees of de-rating, I would also vote for the 60 if the transom can take it.
Most of the reason I have a...
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Forum: Engines & props
17 April 2019, 11:34
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Replies: 27
Views: 8,408
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