Yippee Manis, looking forward to this.
Gents, as always, thanks for the thoughtful responses. My carb testing friend also regularly cuts old fuel drums in half with his cutting torch,...
My thinking currently is to take the air filters off, flood the carb with ether (Easystart, Pilotstart, something like that) and start. That will...
I apologize for not describing properly. The two fuel tanks were filled with fresh fuel, and oil added 50:1 ratio. Breathers were definitely open....
Both the 30/40 hp 2 stroke 1995 Mercury's on my boat died within seconds of each other, and have remained so. The motors were starting easily...
Hi Aussiecraig, For what it is worth, I have been playing with this class of boat a little. In short , I have not used either boat you mention,...
Exactly like you describe. We fell off, thankfully the throttle closed and I could swim after the boat and reach it. Threw a lifejacket to my dad,...
More hard earned wisdom with small skiffs: You can and will fall of the thing easily. My 79 year old father and myself ended in the drink...
Hi PAR, yes you were absolutely on the money. The pine just keep separating. Thankfully the very vast majority of the boat is built using good...
I used to have (and since misplaced) a very comprehensive generic bill of materials for a typical large sailing yacht, it was called something...
So our gruelling winter is over, no more 25 degree celcius days for us anymore..........The summer fish are starting to arrive, and I have changed...
For what it is worth, I have loaded some Queen Mackerel on during the winter season here.....
