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    Well, Screw That!

    For what it's worth, I graduated from C.M.C.C. in 1970. Just the last month I attended to 4 x 50 yrs old people with sciatic pain with or with out back pain, 3 of the four with relief (not cure) in less than 4 visits = why not try your Chiropractor first? After...
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    Dingy or tender.

    Trawler dinghy Our experience was to bring our own rib, a small one. That was fine whllst on a wharf in Tauranga but on a mooring in Opua somewhat hazardous getting 2 adults, 2 kids, the dog and supplies, tacking necessary in an easterly chop to avoid swamping. Next came the 12 foot tinnie...
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    Are Gardner Diesel Engines really that good?

    Gardners My mistake, I referred to english boats which were not the PT you mention. Don’t quote me but they were perhaps delivery vessels by whatever name for torpedos and without packhard horsepower probably got caned a lot more often than your PT’s! Cheers, Brian
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    Are Gardner Diesel Engines really that good?

    soory, that was 900 rpm for 9 knots!
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    Are Gardner Diesel Engines really that good?

    Gardners Hi all, good to see the thread finally return to the motors in question. Waimana is a 40 ton 55 footer with a 6L3B gardner, 70 yrs on. The garner sold me the boat, the kitchen, oops galley sold my wife. I can’t tell you all the fancy numbers, they are the manual on the boat, but...
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    Installing a new generator

    cheap gen install This install in our 70 yr old Percy Voss converted trawler, mains power wiring all there. lombardini diesel 4.5 kva generator, air cooled $1300 2nd hand no hours, frame cut to get thru doors, bolted to boat ribs exhaust ...
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    AQntifouling Addatives

    cayenne/lanolin/mould inhibitor Hi All, my first post if it works! Waimana is a 55 ft converted ‘45 fishing trawler, kauri carvel planking over dble hardwood frames with 6L3B power. Owned for 10 years just finished 5th haul out and anti foul and still experimenting, the following being...
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