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by rnb
Thu May 21, 2015 7:42 pm
Forum: Personal Sales/Wants
Topic: Prop wanted for a Delta 1600 crossflow
Replies: 3
Views: 3937

Re: Prop wanted for a Delta 1600 crossflow

Sorry do not have a prop for sale but , Have ran my delta 1600 with a 9 x 10 , found it was bouncing of the redline all the time , was good for water ski starts though . Found the 10 x 10 a good prop , good a getting onto the plane and top speed of around 40 mph at 6000rpm with a relatively standard...
by rnb
Tue Apr 07, 2015 5:19 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Coat hangers and Glue
Replies: 2
Views: 3589

Coat hangers and Glue

News from Clacton ...........Essex :-

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-32201995
by rnb
Wed Jul 30, 2014 9:06 am
Forum: General
Topic: Lucky escape number 2, bit closer to home!!!!!
Replies: 7
Views: 6807

Re: Lucky escape number 2, bit closer to home!!!!!

Really terrifying incident , Hope your wife is okay and makes a full recovery and you also all rebound from the undoubted shock of the accident . I helped a friend launch a boat with his car equipped with a dashboard button handbrake and had a real pit in my stomach with trepidation on the slipway d...
by rnb
Wed Jul 16, 2014 9:31 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Bluebird footage
Replies: 0
Views: 2007

Bluebird footage

Interesting clip of car and boat , including a couple of classic merc powered support boats, halfway through clip :-

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-28308872
by rnb
Wed Apr 23, 2014 9:03 am
Forum: The Boatshed
Topic: delta v6 skeg position
Replies: 4
Views: 9171

Re: delta v6 skeg position

by rnb
Mon Feb 10, 2014 6:08 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Wraysbury Lake
Replies: 9
Views: 6970

Re: Wraysbury Lake

In the 90s I used to spend a lot of time at Princes Club, they were very safety conscious, so was surprised at that story. Just brings it home for me , we need to be very safety pro active when boating , yes I know safety is not an exciting subject and we don't want to be all wearing fluoro and har...
by rnb
Mon Feb 10, 2014 1:14 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Wraysbury Lake
Replies: 9
Views: 6970

Re: Wraysbury Lake

Seems the boaters have lost out to fishermen :- http://www.sloughobserver.co.uk/news/roundup/articles/2013/11/22/95289-wraysbury-sailing-club-to-close-after-change-of-ownership-of-lake/ Made me think also about the nearby Princes water ski club which folded after a tragic boating accident occurred t...
by rnb
Sat Feb 08, 2014 10:36 pm
Forum: The Engine Room
Topic: latest on engine re-build
Replies: 4
Views: 7268

Re: latest on engine re-build

floater wrote:I always admire the nicely turned out motors with smart paintwork.
The famous " Spray and Pray engine re-build "
by rnb
Thu Mar 07, 2013 12:01 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Safety
Replies: 3
Views: 2794

Safety

by rnb
Wed Jan 16, 2013 12:25 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Bluebird k7
Replies: 0
Views: 2490

Bluebird k7