Recent advantages in boat propeller technology have made choosing the correct propeller for your boat both easier and more difficult--easier because the number of choices has doubled, and harder, for the same reason. The two most important things to remember in choosing a propeller are that it meet your individual needs for your individual application and that it allow the engine(s) to run within the specifiedRPM range at full throttle. Each boater is trying to meet his requirements, but ...
As a retired inboard marine mechanic I though I would try to make an easier, cleaner and greener way of winterizing (flushing) inboard marine engines. I though that if I could run a hose from each drain port so I didn’t have to crawl around the engine room, l could figure out a way to drain each hose fast and easy. I made a manual hand pump that was reversible (pushes fluids one direction and with a simple twist of the wrist, pushes fluids in the other direction) and that connects to each hose through ...
"Chasing The Horizon" by Derek Wynans is one idiot's account of the 2008 Round Britain Powerboat Race- and yes, I am that idiot. This book tells of my adventures as I tried to cover one of the toughest offshore races ever held- 1,300 nautical miles around the UK. I managed it- somehow- without even owning a boat of my own. Instead, I resorted to begging and bribing total strangers to let me tag along for each leg of the race, and you know what? It actually worked! Of course it wasn't ...
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