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- Thu May 21, 2015 7:42 pm
- Forum: Personal Sales/Wants
- Topic: Prop wanted for a Delta 1600 crossflow
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4122
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...
- Tue Apr 07, 2015 5:19 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Coat hangers and Glue
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3734
- Wed Jul 30, 2014 9:06 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Lucky escape number 2, bit closer to home!!!!!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7318
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...
- Wed Jul 16, 2014 9:31 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Bluebird footage
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2113
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
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-28308872
- Wed Apr 23, 2014 9:03 am
- Forum: The Boatshed
- Topic: delta v6 skeg position
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9412
Re: delta v6 skeg position
Check out the following tuning guides for suggested carbs :-
http://www.burtonpower.com/tuning-guide ... guide.html
http://www.essexengines.com/tuning%20th ... ge%201.htm
http://www.burtonpower.com/tuning-guide ... guide.html
http://www.essexengines.com/tuning%20th ... ge%201.htm
- Mon Feb 10, 2014 6:08 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Wraysbury Lake
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7232
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...
- Mon Feb 10, 2014 1:14 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Wraysbury Lake
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7232
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...
- Sat Feb 08, 2014 10:36 pm
- Forum: The Engine Room
- Topic: latest on engine re-build
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7474
Re: latest on engine re-build
The famous " Spray and Pray engine re-build "floater wrote:I always admire the nicely turned out motors with smart paintwork.
- Wed Jan 16, 2013 12:25 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Bluebird k7
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2579