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Vaporetto I'm every now and then in Venice due to job reasons. Naturally they have quite an array of various vessels there. The ordinary water busses - Vaporetto - are probably my favourites. Especially the older and sleeker versions move seemingly effortless through the water. They accelerate...

Parsons was an English company that made marine versions out of Ford/Fordson Tractor engines. This particular engine - Fordson Super Major - is indeed well beyond powerful enough for the hull, but it's good with a few extra horses at times. For example I ended up towing a heavy speedboat this...

Thank you all for your warm welcome! SoF// Those Allweather Boats are certainly nice. I'm very fond of the type. Markpierce & SoF// At the moment I simply use a pump to get the diesel over from the cans to the tank. A little bit of extra work but not a great mental obstacle - yet. One day it'll...

Hi, Well then... Thought I'd just as well post something in this department of the forum, before adding posts or comments in other threads. I'm not really owning a trawler. I do have a boat, but I'm not sure of the proper definition of it in English - or among English speaking communities...