Steve Curtis, a mate, has won 7 or 8 World Championships (forget how many, a lot). His control of the sticks and trim is pretty good these days,...
As Classic Week starts in Antigua, I thought I would share this photo of my late friend Kenny Coombs. He was one of the founders of the Classics...
This is Jaguar's new all electric SUV, the I-Pace. This is the kind of car we will ALL be driving in the very near future. Yes, gas fueled cars...
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Most of the contents of my wardrobe in Antigua is labelled Smallwoods. I still have a pilot shirt from 1986 that's in good order.
You could apply a 2-pack polyurethane varnish for hardness and then a single clear varnish over that, as single has better UV protection and easy...
My Power Commander units were mostly rock solid for reliability. I had 3 sets, bridge, fly and aft-deck. The only issue I had was the aft-deck one...
This just proves that high-concept design dates so badly. Stick to clean and simple classic, can't go wrong.
To be honest, my newest cellphone has got a colour screen now so must have been built in this century. Most of my texts just say "Your parts are...
I lost my elder brother over the side once. I was skippering a 30' racing yacht and I asked him to lean on the boom on a down-wind leg. A sudden...
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2018/03/19/oyster-yachts-bailed-administration-tech-entrepreneur-richard/
Ask just about every Trucker hauling for a living and they will tell you how long lived these units are. The real problems are the usual Cummins...
The crew of Indian Princess has had the yacht impounded after no wages have been paid for 4 months....
I have had 2 Yacht Line RIBs 20 years apart, one is sitting on a trailer outside now, and are hypalon. Maybe it's a Serial Number job to check...
This was an interesting concept from a few years ago. http://www.islandengineering.com/mm56-testcraft.html [MEDIA]
They were all Hypalon. Use MEK solvent too, works really well.
What he said. I'm too old for messing with fixer-uppers now. Find a really well loved older boat with simple systems and you will not go far wrong.
Try and pull the connector and clean each contact, then do the other end in the E/R. Damp gets in them and they really don't like it.
I've worked with Volvo EVC's for many years and have no idea what you've done that would stop it starting. Are you getting lights/power to it or...
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