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Sorry Peter, you are less than correct - or to put it another way, you are wrong. I can say this with confidence because I have just had the ends off the main cooler of one of my engines (SP135). When I unbolted the centre bolt of each end cap - salt water - and it flows THROUGH the tubes - why...

Mike, Fear not- the raw water enters the cooler at one end, passes through the tubes then exits at the other end to move on to cool the transmission oil via its own heat exchanger then ultimately into the exhaust to cool that too. If you will excuse the pum, the poor sea water must be...

Bruce, - pretty sure the pictures were of 135s. Thinking it through, Capt Bill probably has it - that the eng oil should have first crack at the water before the tranny..... OR hows this for lateral thinking - the engines run at 160degrees at 1700, which is coolish. MAYBE the PO used Capt...

Our boat has twin SP 135s. Browsing through various threads, it seems that the transmission cooler is normally mounted across the rear of the engine, above the transmission, with the oil cooler strapped below the main engine cooler on the right side. On ours they are reversed. I have no idea...

Steve, I haven`t been a member long enough to comment but it sure looks like it. I thought Berettaracer and Menzies were going to offer some opposition but no, they only gave some options - I took their posts as a vote for ball valves. So, ball valves it is - stainless?

Our new to us boat has a mixture of both - looks like the PO was in the process of changing from gate to ball although all look new. From my point of view a ball valve is preferred as its a visual check to see whether its open or closed - a gate valve needs turning to check. I hope this...

Bruce, I bought a chain hook from Muirs a month or so ago - it hooks onto the chain and has a large loop at the rear - plenty of room to attach two good size ropes - need to do the rope work yourself though.

The above are all on board systems - what about the remote sort where a guy wheels a trolley up the dock, extracts your fuel, gives it a polish then puts it back.

Murray, I suspect that 90% of members of this forum with older teak decked boats (including myself) will also be following and eager to see the pictures

Hi Loadmat and welcome. If your memories are of your dad crewing on a fishing trawler, please be advised that this site plays fairly fast and loose with its definition of a trawler. Some fantastic people with great boats but very few, if any, "fishing trawlers" cheers

Was there much involved in converting from 110v to 240v? What did you do about the generator? Oh, and the fact that it was Left Hand Drive - was that an issue:D plus doesn`t the water drain anti clockwise down a drain in the northern hemisphere and vice versa down here. Did you have to change...

Hi Katie, This is a very friendly and supportive forum for boaties - those that are and those who aspire to be and those who hang about with boaties in the hope that intelligence is contageous!;) NOTE - that last point may be contentious -the yachties will naturally assume I am talking about...

Hey Dragonfly, Don`t be too harsh to judge this mob, there are a few Aussie members and we do what we can to keep the septics in check :) Depending how thick the line is, bind the rope with electrical tape, cut it (yes, with a knife) then singe the raw ends with a match or lighter. Assuming...

David, I get it alright. For the non Moreton Bayers - I get a chuckle when I read the threads about how many hundreds of yards of chain and rode people carry - in my experience in the Bay - I am happy if I have more than a metre under the the keel at low tide when I anchor - so for me, 2...

Europa 24 In your first post when you spoke about your shelter being blown away, I had visions of a plastic tarp strung up to cover the foredeck. When you guys say shelter - you are really fair dinkum!

34 Europa Once you had the top glass and the old core out - how did you move about the deck - with only the bottom layer of glass- could you walk on that? PLUS how did/will you get the two levels to match - the old deck surrounding your cut and the new?

Bruce, They look AOK - Malagari still has the boards but a PO used screw on chrome letters - which look good to me too. cheers George

Wow, great discussion so far, although my question was how to physically recognise when I am at or near it, not how to theoretically calculate it. It seems to be the sweet spot that we all want to be able to peg for fuel burn. So....... as I said I should have taken a picture however if I can...

Took our boat out for a run today as it had been a couple of weeks. My mind wandered around all sorts of things, finally settling on hull speed - probably because I was looking out the side door at our wake. I have followed - sort of - the discussion re theoretical calculation of hull speed...

When I lived in Sydney I crewed for a friend (on a yacht) who was a member of Royal Sydney - very old world experience -snooty is a word that comes to mind although the facilities and the location were fantastic (car parking was a little tight if I remember) CYC at Rushcutters was the more...

Hello Ian, Welcome to a US centric forum - something that I am not complaining about however everyone should be warned..... by you joining, we are slowly shifting the centre of mass (I say slowly) to the Southern Hemisphere :D. A meet up would be great - One Mile with a BBQ at the Little...

I had a crack at the flushing today - Got a little cunning and used the off take to the domestic hot water heater - disconnected it from the service and held it into a bucket whilst running the engine - I had a hose running into the header tank. First three or four buckets were mud, but after...

One of the jobs on my must do list that I developed after buying our boat was to flush the stb engine and add coolant - there wasn`t any in it and the water had a hint of brown rust. So, I want to back flush the engine to clean it out before I add new coolant. Any suggestions as to how? I...

Thanks Meridian - do you mean that there are many suppliers or many boat builders currently use the "pretend" wood. If the latter, any owners of boats with this decking care to offer a comment?