Jessica has just rounded cape horn ....atta girl... good pictures on her blog jessica watson.com.au hartley
hartley :) ,Just a bit on the australian political situation as it pertains to japanese whaling.firstly the whaling has been going on for years...
hartley Just heard on the news ,the bat boat has gone to the bottom,could not happen to a nicer lot of scumbags ,one less ugly boat to look at...
hartley So the eco terrorists are at it again,but one thing is certain you can bet your last dollar ,or piece of gold , that for all their chest...
Frosty re uni joints and thrust I dug out an old book by Dave Gerr titled Boat Mechanical Systems Handbook ,under a section "universal...
Frosty I don't know why you are telling me this either:confused: you say and i quote ''a universal joint can take thrust'' I say it cannot...
prop shaft tube FROSTY i thought better of you .universal joints ,such as the hook type typified by dana spicer ,hardy spicer etc etc will...
thrust bearing Bit late with this but here goes ...The type of bearing that was commonly used with your setup many years ago was a double row...
Detroit 6-71 Pascal Following might be some help 6A just means 6-71 engines .your range of serial numbers denote build 1974----1975. The...
Jessica left Mooloolaba harbour this morning 10-30am EST on the first leg of her around the world voyage .She left for sydney ,where the record...
Overheating If your cooling system is in order perhaps it is time to look further, is your engine overloaded,what gear ratio,what size prop?...
hartley I rather like it frosty,especially when i am feeling crook (too much rum) but then thats just me......cheers
hartley we're in orstraia frosty we don't eat no spam ,nothing but the best for us ha ha ha .but the way we are going in qld under that corrupt...
g'day yowie ...funny old place this isn't it ,now to get on to a lighter subject please tell me if you can still get the worlds best fish and...
hartley g;day yowiepower,south west victoria eh ,warrnambool my old home town born in hamilton,a looong time ago.where are you going to use the...
yanmar are crap Bad news frosty,I am no yanmar expert ,detroit,perkins are my go ,i suggest you look up ''boat diesel.com, lots of info there on...
hartley Apex you still don't get ti do you??? FF was referring to yourself as the "armchair expert'':) now to the main topic.on a previous post...
hartley I think the original question was for a used marine diesel in the 150hp range the name Gardner came up ,an excellent choice ,big heavy...
hartley I don't know where the " safety boat or following boat '' came about as far as i am aware there is neither .The local paper has had a few...
a young lady by the name of jessica watson ,just 16 years old is about to try and break the around the world record by a female singlehander .the...
