JanetAnne

Or how about these? in this. In the days before my current 4mph lifestyle!

Tyres eh? Have I even mentioned the Austin Allegro panda car currently residing in my workshop? It came with a collection of paperwork including a copy of this advert for Uniroyals... Mine is not the car in the picture....

Excellent!

I have two pairs of trainers, one for work and one for best. Thats it, just two pairs of trainers. Then again I own a wooden broads cruiser, I am lucky to have any shoes at all

Dont listen to him peeps he's clearly not using a proper calendar We meet OBYS Thursday and cruise Friday. Saturday is show day!

By the way, I had the chance to return Chloe Jane (now back in my ownership) to the broads last week. A damp and misty Monday greeted us at Windsor a few days ago where she was carefully loaded and secured for her return journey to familiar waters.

The survival rate of Martham Judith's is actually pretty good. With Maggie Jane, Judith M and Judy all going strong with their original raised decks and Judith Windmill and the two still in hire representing the later modified versions I reckon thats 6 still in existance, all of which will be afloat next season.

Single issues are available by post from Chelsea Magazines (Classic Boat's online distributor) but the postage makes them expensive. W H Smith and Martins the Newsagents are stockists and both can get you a copy in should they have run out.

We are prepared for the cold snap as well...

Off playing boat are we?

If you do add a heat exchanger, be it car based or purpose built, and find the engines sealed system water pump is struggling to push water the extra distance, you can buy little in-line 12v pumps that will boost the circulation tremendously for very little cash.

I see you went by limo again

Twas nowt but a playful nip... And welcome from me too

Phew! Googled 'kegworth key' and nothing so was watching with interest.

I'd go for a fairly fine disc on the angle grinder - it keeps the sparks to a minimum Foam rollers are a good idea though. The 'gloss' rollers are excellent for getting product on evenly and then just 'laying off' with a brush. This is rolled and laid off - about the third coat here so the shine is just starting to appear

I find a scotch cloth between coats gives an excellent key without removing half the last coat. Like I said, can of worms!

Laxative in his coffee?

Now you have opened a can of worms Put 30 regular varnish users together and you'll get 30 different answers to that one.

The experts reckon we lose the equivalent of two coats of varnish a year to UV rays even with UV protected varnish so you'll need to be looking to put at least two coats on a year just to keep up. Always be prepared to remove deck fittings, hand rails etc to maintain varnish levels underneath them where moisture can hold on. You also get to re seal them properly - prevention is better than cure. Investigate leaks and black areas as soon as possible, I have seen missing chines and bulkheads with the bottom rotted away because of a leaking handrail that was deemed unimportant and left. Wet sheds are a bit idealistic though a boat badly stored in a wet shed can deteriorate faster than a boat stored well in the open. Ventilation is key. Let your boat breathe both inside and out and give it a chance to dry out when it gets wet. You always leave the fridge door cracked open when you leave a boat, think about windows, cupboards and drawers. Cracking boat Ray. There will be a lot of pleasure to be had varnishing that little lot.

Nigel! Are we talking about the same engines that developed into the watermota and are still powering thousands of Normans Birchwoods et al? And we all know that large tolerances mean that parts don't rub together and therefore can't wear out Shall I bring you something bench seat and column change to Beccles so you can renew what I suspect was a secret love affair with such a fine engine?

I hope you have treated Aurora to a little something?

Come and give us all a good thrashing at the quiz? Metaphorically!!

You do need a modification to the out pipe that will allow the tank to be sucked empty from the bottom. Sucking it from the top just ain't going to work! From the top of the tank you also need a vent to outside the hull of the same diameter as the pump out pipe to allow air back in at the same rate. Forget this bit and you can suck the seals out of the toilet. Apart from that you are pretty much there.

No it didnt