Duck tales – Holly inspection
Duck tales – Engine
An on going problem has been with the engines cooling pump. I had bought a refurbishment kit, dropped the gear case off to access the pump, refitted it, re-fitted the gear case and tested it. No water flow, not a drop. So I had to strip out the gear case again and examine the refurbished […]
Duck tales – Sea trial 1
Thunder Duck is ready for the first sea trial, almost. I have sheared bolts in an engine mount at address but other than that she is ready. The question is where to go? An enquiry on the Facebook page “Solent Boating” revealed a very attractive option on Calshot Spit, which is at the mouth of […]
Duck Tales
So I want to talk about our project, Holly and I. A very long story short is that over the last three years we have progressively gained qualification in Power Boating. We are both at the RYA Intermediate level, having already achieved Level 1 and Level 2. The next step is the Advanced level BUT […]