Saving Old Seagulls

i was wavering about coming to cholsey----now decided i will come----must see how you attach cardboard box to transom----regards blue

trying to come ------got a wedding to go to------hope to miss church and sneak in for the dancing-----regards blue

i know very liitle---but did have a very clean tank and a mashed mesh-----regards blue

pea shingle + dishwasher tablet+hot water +latin american music and maraca practice will leave tank very clean------------------and destroy mesh filter on fuel tap----regards blue

might try and get a seagull in some sort of order---or skip the pretence that i am any sort of engineer and come with no outboard at all and drift helplessly waiting for charles to tow me to the pub--------------regards blue

i have got 2----1 has large tank----1 has standard tank----1 has amal 2 jet----1 has amal 416-----any help??---regards blue

thanks keith----tried the hss before-even with plenty of oil blunted very quickly----will try carbide regards blue

fitting a second hand bilge pump to my boat----needed to remove stainless nut and bolt going through aluminium body of pump----nut was easy but bolt had corroded solid----i don t think the aluminium body is threaded------tried soaking in diesel for a week ----gave it a gentle tap with a hammer daily...

hi manifold---where did you get your rev counter?----thanks blue

two boys from the next village won the three legged race at our annual village sports day---don t know whether we disqualified them---ignored them or just pretended they didn t exist---we checked their legs and they seemed standard and race compliant--- but we didn t give them the cup------bloody fo...

got a couple of spare anchors if anyone wants to borrow one let me know regards blue

i think my wife would like to come for the boat trip---- but if its a boys only night camp out i might try and dissuade her-----regards blue

enjoyed cholsey last year----great day out----hopefully i won t need towing this year-----regards blue

definitely coming---- camping probably----regards blue

hi dd--as other posters say try soaking first----if that doesn t work you will have to fibreglass----regarding ribs---take out one rotten rib at a time and replace like this------get a metal tube with one end sealed ---fill with water and boil----put new rib in and boil for 10 minutes-----now you mu...