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I am looking at setting up a wire throttle control for a 5 hp mariner. Not my ancient mariner but a later water cooled one. Im setting up on an old water scooter I got with my dinghy trailer that has been sitting in the yard for 2 years. Anyone ever converted twist grip OBs to throttle cable

He certainly likes to have a foot in both camps, that Mr Toghill

Matt If you look at this thread on TSP from today you get a fairly good cross section of opinions including a similar chichen***t one to mine :lol: http://trailersailerplace.com.au/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4203 Particularly see the one by 'mywinsome' that says C an't see the point in bashing thru the w...

The 'droop" can be easily solved by gluing some concreter's expansion foam to the sides of the rear of the boom, this allows the sail to bulk up at the rear when you roll it. I tried adding this loose and it works. Jeff Toghill "Sailing for Beginners' "The old method of reefing with r...

IMHO the normal furlers are a danger. They look neat, but they are not reefers, and the sail can blow out and shake and cause all sorts of hassles. It is also difficult to change sails under way. I use a jib downhaul instead. Will post more info on this later. Matt I agree with Ian I dont think fur...

Two interesting things about this one, bow has been extended and mast is carried under boat, never considered that one, would help with clearance under a car port I guess.

Robert grab this one for the trailer get a spare boat as well

Welcome back Pete

The forum has become like my hair, a little thin , so its good we are picking up a few old members.
Post away!

cheers

Peter that does sound nice, do you have a pic? I would like to have used timber but being moored I went for maintenance. I still varnish the drop boards and handrails but thats about where I lose interest. But it makes me think instead of a rubber trim on my alloy toerail I could have used a small t...

Folks Below is the link to the old forum archive on Multiply go to my posts and click on the Attachment line in small print...the blue Toerail.pdf tag and the rail.pdf on the other post Not cheap at $450 a side new :shock: http://inv563.multiply.com/journal/item/110/Toe_rail if you go that way (or 2...

Micheal & Gab If I can attach the files these are product sheets from Guile Marine with various profiles of toe rail, not the one I had. Mine stepped in about 70 -100 mm and thats where the rail went up. Edge bit went down about 12mm, not quite enough to cover the bottom edge of the glass on the...