Gordon

It is possible to get scart to VGA cables http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hama-SCART-To-V ... B0002W69MY I could not guarantee that it would work though you would also need to get at the audio from the scart plug somehow to divert it to the af input on the monitor

Don't forget the highly visible contortions to find and undo the nuts that hold the headrest in. But the real downside is when you have got the steps out of the way to get more access, say to the weed filter, climb onto the back for whatever reason, i.e collect aa tool or do something to the engine, go bounding back in and forget you took the steps away. Yea Ive done it ( few times) works quite well at the front as well

I can see where you are coming from Jonny but I was put off of some boats by the thought of the noisy smelly diesel inside.

Wow that looks fantastic Clive, look forward to seeing her next year.Do you reckon you will follow this with some more? Something I have always wondered is what materials are used for the interior these days, surely not the good old ply with Formica veneer as of old.

That makes a great deal of sense Paul. I have learnt something today

That would not have a chance of starting an engine, I don't even know how to pronounce it. It is essential to use the correct wording and the time honoured phrase

Andy Does the answer lie in your signature, ie a magnet, unless it was brass or some other non ferrous metal

Interesting point there Jonny

Wow nice one Clive, but can you keep it hidden if you are going to put it on the fleet. If Jenny sees it she is going to want it done to ours. Might stop here hankering after a single level boat though. Have you got any plans to make any alteration to the "blunt end" Actually would like to have a look at it when you have finished I am sure there are other modern ideas that we might like.

Hi Jonny, It is a subject I know little about however painting outside in our climate has to be a nightmare, particularly when you try to do it to a specific date rather than when the weather suits. Preparation is not so weather dependant but to actually paint the working day must be very short even in the finest weather, ie for all the dew to dry off and then the paint to dry before the evening gets damp. ( probably get about a 4 hr window) The other thing to take advice on is paint type compatability, it can be a nightmare. As for using domestic paint I aint sure but I do know that white boats seem to stay white but the house paint always seems to go yellow. Hope to see you soon Gordon

At least it is better than cardboard Earlier in the year I bought a mirror dinghy. The guy proudly showed me a repair he had done on the bottom. Bit of I mess I thought really, involving piecinga bit in and glassing both sides with a 9" square of matting When I loooked into this I was able to pull the glass off both sides in one piece I then decided to do the job properly as he had used what I thought was 6mm ply ( the mirror is made of 5mm, hard to get and very expensive) having cut out his bit I discovered it was a sort of oak veneered cardboard. Not sure what it was certainly not MDF but you could tear the layers with your fingers in the form of little bits of paper. Nice new 5mm in there now

Interesting point about the craving to be modern and involve plastic and chrome that happened in the 60s, indeed we consider it naff now when we see pictures from that era but there was clearly a craving to move on from was was seen as tired and austere. Maybe a desire to start anew following the war. My comment re the white hulls was based that as a kid I was convinced it was to cover up damage repair that would have looked tatty otherwise. On reflection with the wisdom of years, (well a little bit )it is obvious that a skillful boat builder would do a perfect repair

Terry Whilst never had a holiday on those specific boats, I have a soft spot for the broads cruisers built in the 50's and 60's, at that time we either hired the sailys, Golden Dawn, Stella Genesta Leander2 and others or hired houseboats. All the wooden boats have special memories, I admired their beauty as a lad and was specially sad when I either saw one badly handled or saw a previously varnished one painted white. Like you I watched the building in various yards with awe and admiration.

Thanks for posting that, I have spent many hours looking at Craigs database but have never actually looked at that page. Certaily brought back some memories the broadsventuresand Fulmars must have been some of the most magnificent of the Broads cruisers. I clearly recall the introduction of the Carabeans and realising they were the begining of the end of a special era

Stangely through the mists of time I cannot remember them but my slow brain has just clicked that there must have been another 11 of them, wow are many still alive?

Great pictures there Terry, and I am sure some great memories for you. Clive yes I was up for the weekend, saw your brother a few times over the weekend, sure we will meet up soon. I hope to be up for a week from 10/7. Are you going to give Broadsventure here old name back? Great news on the bus

Had a good nose round her before it got dark when in for the western bash. What a magnificent boat

How's the bus project going,Clive?

If you don't have a strap wrench handy you can inprovise get a length of rag tied in a loop then twist it with a bar or screwdriver, table knife etc torniquet style then you can use the bar as the lever to turn it. If it slips too much give it another twist. I have been using this method for oil filters for years, no strap wrench ever seems to fit in the available space. Pay heed to Jills warning re stressing the hull

And whatever you do transfer the contents to a bait box rather than fishing them straight out the tin. Those tins bear an alfully close resemblance to a coke or beer can.

Barry. All sorts of solvents discussed there and as someone has already stated could be really quite dangerous in the confines of a boat. Just a thought and it will be painstakingly slow but if an impact adhesive has been used can you lift the edge and whilst applying upward pressure pare away at the glue layer with a stanley knife. Alternativly have you enough room to use the old carpet as an underlay for the glue. Incidentally as suggested in one of the links for superglue water is in fact a solvent for superglue, or so I was told by the technical people at Loktite, takes a damned long time though

I am sure you are right Clive. It is great for the soul just to sit with one of Luke's brews and watch your customers starting or even finishing their holdays, they do look happy

Andy I would have thought the Maplin ones would be ideal for what you want.

Andy, Depends what you want them for. I use a couple of the Maplin 1.5 watt ones just to keep the batteries topped up in the winter, probably totally unnecessary if the batteries are in good nick. These deliver about 18mA into a fully charged battery on a dull day, roughly if my maths are correct about 1A/Hr a week in the winter (don't work too well at night although they do respond to Richo's flood light Hope Clive doesn't read this or he will put up the rent.) If you want do anything other than maintain full condition of your battery you will need something with an output in terms of amps not miliamps. If your batterys are not maintaining their charge with nothing drawing any current you may be better off spending your hard earned on new batts

Jonny.. Another plan. Rather than formatting and reloading thus destroying the photos would be to get hold of another hard drive, a small one would do people have them lying around or 10/20 meg ones are available on ebay for a few pounds. Load windows onto the newdrive , and then set your old drive as a slave and then rescue the valuable pictures from the old drive. ( may not load windows proerly but the files will still be there Its up to you which drive you use for the PC then, if the new drive is bigger maybe leave it as main, if not get the pictures safely on the temporary drive and reform the origional. Top tip when you are shuffling between drives, if you are reformatting disconnect the one you don't want to lose. else one slip of concentration and you could trash the wrong data