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These are the Findings of the 2023 Coronial Inquest held in NSW Australia into the sinking of a vessel built in China by Polymarine in or about 2012 bearing the brand "Halvorsen 42 Coastal Cruiser",and the death of a crew member...

The "float activator' is the switch to operate the pump in the presence of water. "Best switch" is akin to discussing anchors but types with no external moving parts are often favored, eg the Johnson Ultima. It`s the moving parts of the "flipper" type switches like you have which I think cause...

I`m no mechanic but I think it would be ok. The glazing of the bores on my 3 cylinder engined genset came after a much longer period of no load running. Unknown to me, the compressor powering the eutectic fridge and freezer had died and was drawing no current, ergo, no loading. I fixed it using...

"Carbon build" up is not "glazed bores". Bores are the vertical "holes" bored in the engine block to accommodate the pistons.

Naturally Aspirated(NA) means no turbo no supercharger. That`s what you have. I no longer have the Instruction Book for my 120s but do not recall an instruction to use half throttle to start in warmer climes. I set it at idle, about 800rpm. I would run it at around 1200rpm, not 1800, during an...

There is some helpful analysis above. I`m not sure you were evicted. You were told to leave, it seems without it being related to your occupation Agreement, and you did. If you wanted to test your rights you could have held firm and waited for developments. Obviously there needs to be a third...

Ever noticed tyre sizing? A blend of imperial and metric, eg.the rears on my car are 20(inches) x265 x35(both metric). Weird, been like that forever.

Scratches in wood can more or less disappear if fine brush touched with a matching stain, before re-varnishing the whole area as FWT advises in post 3 above. Stain may go darker under varnish but if you look at it wet before it dries that`s how it "should" turn out. Practice on somewhere not...

Unable to access the attachment, invalid according to TF. Perhaps not completely on point, I had that cooker on my 1981 IG36. I could not get it certified as part of the gas installation due to leaks at the valves. I would have had to add a safety sensor too as it lacked a "flame out sensor"...

My post 3 has the opinion of the delivery guys about my 386. I haven`t forgotten a text msg from them one night, off Batemans Bay, "Surf`s Up, we`re going into Batemans Bay". The 386 is based on the IG36, the extra 2ft 6" is making the swim platform part of the hull. It`s a way better boat...

There are even electric guns. But I`ve never had trouble using a standard manual gun from Bunnings, the Australian big hardware chain. I`m suspecting not the gun but the caulk. I`ve used polyurethane caulk not long out of the freezer (put there to stop it going off in the tube) without so much...

Whitworths sell CMP. It`s not cheap.

There was another offered around the same price recently, slightly older but extremely well kept(I`ve been aboard) by a professional boatman with a TF "connection".

Not sure its ongoing, I read recently that Clipper had ceased operations for financial reasons. A shame, such a well known brand back to the 1970s, though I think ownership of the brand changed. Their main sales guy, Andy Diehm set up on his own 3 years ago, seems to work as a used Clipper...

In USD it`s < 600K! You are very wise to agree with your wife but, sneaking a look can`t hurt, can it? 40ft of boat is enough for many of us but...it looks a lovely boat.

:) Just a polite show of resistance?. Thought it was 2017 build, but checking, it`s 2007, 1900 hours, looks remarkably good for age. Lots of the fittings, windows, doors, woodwork, portlights are similar to my 2005 "little boat". Reasonable value too, a similar vintage GB52 would have a $1.2M...

Larger Integrity Boats Despite owning an Integrity, I`d not realized they were building boats as large and well fitted out as this: https://www.boatsonline.com.au/boats-for-sale/used/power-boats/integrity-526-raised-pilothouse/299449

Built in 1994, this is probably beyond target age and size Pricey too, but still worth reading about: https://www.boatsonline.com.au/boats-for-sale/used/power-boats/island-gypsy-32-flybridge-cruiser/303810

The Integrity 350 has 2 sleeping cabins. Master is semi walk around, second cabin has a smallish double and may have a bunk bed above.

Our first power boat was a Masters 34 which started life as the CYCA Committee Boat(big fridge!). Excellent sea boat but limited creature comforts led us to the IG36. We rejected a Qld Integrity 426 post survey before finding the 386. We saw the Integrity 340 at Bobbin Head but only from a...

2 fills, one per tank works for us. We open a window both sides and pass the filler hose through to fill the far side tank.

Australia is in the grip of another Covid wave,expected to peak around Christmas. We caught it while touring Tasmania(island State to the south of the mainland), either on the overnight Spirit of Tasmania car ferry(which crosses the notoriously rough Bass Strait from mainland to Tassie and vv)...

I thought of Don`s liking for Steely Dan when reading a review of the Australian Lark Rebellion Single Malt Whisky( $200 for a 500ml bottle!) "graceful,supple and smoother than a chest wax performed with melted Steely Dan records". Maybe Don enjoyed a good whisky too. Not suggesting Don or...

Sounds like the work of the well known universal used goods supplier "Midnight Spares".

Sad news, received only now. Simi had a dream, of heading north from Australia in his much loved boat. If you have a dream, and you can, do it now, tomorrow may be too late. A great loss of a forthright independent spirit who in recent times, perhaps presciently, shared on TF some of his life...