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so in answer to a few points on here....... 1. who is worst when going into a chandlers, I seem to have this problem that I am unable to go into one without coming out with something...... 2. La'thams..........guilty as hell !! 3. Timbo - best and greatest idiot that I have the pleasure to know, long may you continue to be that person. 4. MM - a passing aknowledgement as per no. 3 5. Griff for prime minister....... 6. I thought flaming was a posh way of barbecueing......... 7. Been stuck behind a blond in high heels doing makeup in mirror, trouble is she was driving a 44 ton artic and using the wing mirror.. 8. timbo for deputy PM 9. MM for home secretary coat firmly on and running...................................................................................................................

I love a good mystery Bill. If you want to either post the circumstances or pm me, this is something I would love to try to get to the bottom of. I have one theory but need a bit more info and evidence before I make an idiot of myself. Trev

good luck Robin, hope you get the coveted licence very soon. Trev

To reply to BB specifically and back up what timbo has said, YES these devices are sensitive and do trigger false alarms. Bill where you in the same place every time it went off for example your mooring? If this is the case then it is possible the alarm is being triggered from outside sources which could be any number of things. Co is ever present in the air in varying quantities and for all we know always has been but we didn't know it was there. We now have devices that detect it and therefore make us aware. CE regs have dictated that the units are very sensitive but you have to put it in perspective by having a digital one, you know what the reading is, they can be set off by the co from a fag. If it goes off, monitor it, if it don't rise much above the trigger threshold, don't worry too much, if you have no appliaces burning ( remember candles and incense sticks produce co ) then it is either an ambient or residual reading. if the reading climbs, then it's time to worry. Co can hang about and a boat is the perfect reservoir to collect it. This all sounds ridiculously complicated I know but I am just trying to provoke a bit of lateral thinking. Trev

Just to be pedantic CO is actually very slightly lighter than air and therefore in a perfect world sinks, so on a boat it would collect in the bilges first, just the same as LPG. However because CO is inevitably a combustion byproduct, if created onboard by an appliance, it will be mixed with hot or warmer air, so will have a tendency to rise. Based on this physics it is probably best to place any detector around half to two thirds up a bulkhead, or alternatively have more than one unit placed at high and low level. This would also accommodate detection of " cold " gases invading the boat from outside i.e. someone else's engine or heater, as the density could be either side of neutral and could be blown in via an open door / window by a breeze or such like. I have seen the results of CO poisoning on sadly more than one occasion and it is not nice . I absolutely and utterly advocate these devices, they DO save lives. so go on, do the right thing and fit one asap.

Does anyone know the radio channel they are working, either pmr or vhf?? Thanks

We are at cockshoot dyke moorings and first ten have just passed.

There wasn't last night, bitterly dissapointing. Instead there were burgers and sausage sandwiches at 6 quid a throw, YES 6 quid plus a quid extra for toppings. Not impressed I am afraid.

Kiddie or dicon are the types that the fire brigade usually hand out or for. Beware buying this stuff off eBay, one day your life may depend on it. Trev

Moored up here now. Off to eat later, really looking forward to it. Trev

Said it before Geoff, they are great. Keep em coming please. Trev

Bon voyage Griff. We are at Stacy arms now, moored for the night. Guess you will not be down here till about 0100 so probably won't see you but have a safe trip. Trev

Passed the corsican at Barney arms yesterday all is now well with the engine. Got overtaken by Vaughan too, exchanged waves and salutes, hope to see you around the southern waters sometime this week. Was great to meet everyone at the weekend you are a great bunch. Happy sailing to you all. Trev

Good on yer Chris. I know exactly how you feel, I lost my wife of 36 years a couple of years ago. You have done exactly what I tried to do i.e. get on with it and I have total respect for you for that. Happy boating and if you pass me on Giddy Kipper, please give me a wave. Trev

Tim you are a natural and we are not worthy. Brilliant and unhesitant presentation, by the way, did I mention NBN .. .... Looking forward to the next bit enormously. Trev

Had one of them when I had a Norman 23 years ago. Worked brilliantly.

Riby street fishmongers is a top place too.

Always always haddock, cod was for fishcakes only. Best fish in town was always from coxs. Best bar none but now sadly gone

So were we !!!

Nope, that looks like a grease nipple and i suspect it is a plummer block or thrust bearing as the motor appears to be bolted via its mounting flange, to a plate of some sort. Given that the tailshaft is free floating berween the stern gland and motor, ergo making no provision for thrust or radial stability, i am fairly sure thats what the plate contains. Type of grease for that _?, i would use general purpose lithium based bearing grease, of the type used for car wheel bearings. Hope this helps. Trev

Where exactly is the grease nipple? Usually hydraulic drives dont have them on the actual system apart from very occasionally possibly on the motor bearings but it is most unusual.

Winteringham??????? That was the posh school. I went to Chelmsford gentleman's academy!

Good book that John. It's just a shame to see what little is left of the docks and nothing of the fishing fleet. Still if we do break from eec we may get one back or am I being too optimistic????

Very true but it does give you a rough datum point and in reality is better than nothing.

What, Grimsby ??????