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well WD40 was designed to displace water, might be worth checking those connectors for corrosion. then giving them a squirt, especially as you say you had a lot of condensation in the engine room

I seem to recall on the trip onboard MTB102, their main complaint was that the turbos oiled up when run for extended periods on tickover, apart from the grins on the faces of the crews after the high speed runs, there was the incident when smoke started billowing from the engine room, when the turbos got up to temperature and burnt off the oil, plus the great gob of black oil the exhaust spit out as we parted company with the RN ships at full throttle. the result after the runs was nice clean dry turbos.

having done a risk assessors training course at the hse laboratory, where the whole point of the course was to assess the risk assessments others write for the tasks they perform, the main point of the whole course was to find a way of doing the task, that avoided all of the risk areas involved. eg if part of the task involved carrying boxes down stairs, the resolution is either a goods lift, or move the storage downstairs. not think of an easier way to transport the item on the stairs.

You all seem to be concentrating on the insurance angle, but Clive has already stated its not to do with the insurance. Now health and safety - once a risk has been perceived (no matter how small the actual likelyhood of the risk occurring, then the risk either has to be removed or reduced or mitigated. So let us suppose the risk is for a sole responsible adult falling overboard. the consequences could be the boat sailing off into the sunset either on its own or worse with a couple of frightened children on board. then you consider the person who has fallen overboard, if they are not rescued a fatality could occur. You then ask yourself - can we remove the risk - the sad answer is yes, if you dont hire to lone responsible adults, you remove the risk. if you ask what could be done to mitigate the risk, well wearing a life jacket might help, but you still have a boat heading goodness knows where, maybe like ribs with outboards a safety lanyard to cut the throttle - would this work on a 40 foot boat while mooring - maybe - maybe not. so summing up the answers you decide that it is safer not to hire to lone responsible adults, thus removing an identified risk. The basis of health and safety is the best thing to remove a risk is to replace the task with a different way of doing things that removes the necessity for the task, no task - no risk. no lone responsible adults - no risk- problem solved.

just a thought on the controller heads, there will be some form of resistor or position sensor on the throttles, if this has been sitting idle, it may just need proper maintenance with contact cleaning spray. resistors particularly can get iffy if not moved regularly to keep the track clean, then suddenly they are used a fair bit and dirt builds up on the contacts breaking the circuit occasionally, the upper helm has been sitting out in the weather, so will almost certainly have some corrosion somewhere.

not really, it was on my Volvo

top rails have been sanded down to the deck level and cleaned up, a little filler has been applied along the join with the hull to ensure its well sealed and smooth. progress was delayed due to spending a good part of the day trying to find a brake problem, turned out to be unusual wear on a set of handbrake shoes.

I once drove back from southampton to kent with no clutch (the pedal had bent as the cable had jammed) stopping involved stalling it, and starting up again was on the starter in first.

Thank You MM, yes that is the main reason we wont be adding a boring reaction, (another being I'm not sure how to do it)

just dont get upset if it is ignored

So, more work has been progressing, the clamps are off and the top rail is being planed and sanded flush to the deck, and any small gaps will be filled and sanded back, you can barely see the joint between the front and side sections, these joints were staggered over an inch or so.

just for Lulu to prove an answer - for details of the ceremony try this. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=3sYbDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA13&lpg=PA13&dq=unseen+university+ceremony+of+the+keys&source=bl&ots=UJxoggvo8v&sig=C1uCn91MWVaPHgsRDjhT5FdMptU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi298j4peHZAhWFLsAKHfpnCPYQ6AEIbDAL#v=onepage&q=unseen university ceremony of the keys&f=false

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Code_of_Signals

look up what the signal 'uniform' means, I bet all the salty sailors will get it.

Jay, I have just one thing to say

does that stop the bodies floating then JM

Polly I have uploaded a couple of new icons you might wish to use in this situation for those that understand such things.

Ah well I have driven through more than my fair share on the A2 over the last few days - someone elses turn.

only boy racerist

answers to your points above in Red MM

not just beer - weatherspoons, I am not sure if they missed out on a weatherspoons at any of their chosen harbours

that looks like a meal I may try to copy, does it need to be deep fried in the oil, or can the same be achieved with less oil in a frying pan?

it looked something like an snippet from something like a spotify playlist, usually happens when a copy / paste goes wrong and pastes the previous item copied instead of the one meant.

yes - Norwich drivers