Owners of boats with a Belling gas hob installed after May 2019 are being urged to stop using them and to disconnect the gas supply due to a fault with the gas supply elbow joint
Belling gas hobs which were installed on boats after May 2019 need to be disconnected immediately due to a serious issue with the gas supply elbow joint.
Belling has issued an urgent safety notice due to the risk to health.
The firm said the elbow on the connecting pipework of affected gas hobs can fail resulting in a significant gas leak,...
Boaters who own a Raymarine ACU-150/ACU-400 Autopilot system, which was manufactured between June-July 2022, are being asked to return them
The recall affects Raymarine ACU-150 / ACU-400 Autopilot SystemsRaymarine ACU-150/ACU-400 Autopilot systems are being recalled by the electronics firm.
Raymarine has identified that certain ACUs manufactured between June and July 2022 were fitted with a drive component of incorrect specification.
Whilst the ACUs may function correctly, there is a risk that the affected component could...
The Boat Building Academy in Lyme Regis has unveiled new courses and bursaries for students and local people
Amongst the new courses are a six-week Build a Boat courseDorset’s Boat Building Academy has launched new courses in boat building and furniture making and additional bursaries for students and local people this summer.
Amongst the new courses available are:
Graeme Robinson writes: “At the end of the sailing season I always clean up my 5hp Yamaha outboard. One exercise is to run it through with fresh water, which I do in a large size garden trug.
“Is there any additional outboard cleaner solution which can be added to the fresh water which would dissolve any accumulated salt water corrosion internally?
PBO engine expert Stu Davies replies: “Let’s start by saying that having taken apart many direct salt water cooled small auxiliaries, I can safely say that the...
Jay Thompson is preparing to sail from New York to Lizard Point in his Mini 6.50 to establish a new small boat Atlantic crossing record
Jay Thompson plans to cross the Atlantic west to east in his 21ft Speedy Gonzales. Credit: Pierre BourasNo one has ever sailed a Mini 6.50 from Ambrose Light, New York to Lizard Point off Cornwall, but that is exactly what solo sailor Jay Thompson is hoping to do when he starts his small boat Atlantic crossing record attempt shortly.
Thompson’s motivation is not just the record itself, but to...
John Tylor recalls a treacherous crossing – sideways, and while asleep – on the tropical Queensland coast with his good friend Don…
Crossing dangerous coastal bars asleep and sideways is certainly not a habit of mine, but strange things can happen on the water, and like many incidents they often happen slowly and start long before the final event. So, here we go!
When I was retrenched from my job as a communications engineer, my friend Don Dunn, a retired bank manager and wartime intelligence operator spying on the Japanese...
Andrew Morton describes the Bernoulli principle and its effect on manoeuvring in tight spaces in a motorboat
The Bernoulli principle causes the bow to swing out even faster, sometimes out of control. Credit: Richard LangdonNautical know-how: The Bernoulli principle
Daniel Bernoulli was a Swiss mathematician who lived in the 18th century. He described the conservation of energy with respect to moving liquids and said that the faster a liquid moved, the lower the pressure it created on its surroundings.
This...
Is blind navigation a foggy notion for Yachtmasters, or a useful seamanship skill? PBO investigates
Is blind navigation a useful seamanship skill?Blind navigation. Two words that have struck fear into the hearts of countless Yachtmaster candidates – but why?
What’s the point in sending the would-be skipper below to the...
Fancy building or restoring your own boat? Ali Wood takes a tour of the Boat Building Academy in Lyme Regis
What to expect to learn on a boat building course
Having spent the morning on the five-day boat restoration course, I was keen to know what’s involved in the 40-week boat building course, so asked tutor Matthew Law to give me a tour.
Matt began his career at Latham’s boatyard in Poole and moved to Lyme Regis in 2004 where he’s now one of the four instructors.
JoineryOur tour started in the...
A desert native goes cruising and takes a leap into unfamiliar territory. The story starts in Kanab, Utah, where we bought a sailboat. Nobody thinks of sailboats when they think of Kanab. They think of John Wayne movies. They think of tumble- weeds tumbling by, coyotes yipping in the distance, cowboys driving the old dogies home. But […]
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