Classic Australian Wooden Power Boat Association

Hi guys, has anyone got one of these pumps in there boat? Mine does not pump direct from a bucket so I pulled it out and the neoprene impeller seems ok and doesn't seem perished. I did have it running for less than a minute with no water connected and I thought then that it would be damaged. Any adv...

Boat ramps are funny places to be during peak times when you get the guys whom can't reverse a trailer to save themselves and the others who don't care about others that may be waiting. I didn't realise how big the dam is until you wrote about the distances needs to get good water. I am sure that it...

Thanks James, I will bring some tools and hopefully they fit and offer something different. The car story sounds like another one of those cases of not knowing how to launch and load a boat correctly. Cheers chris

Hi James, is the ramp ok for cars? Or should I be borrowing a 4wd. I think my prop shaft is 7/8" but I will look through my records and find the details. Cheers

Good luck for the weekend Dave I am sure that you will draw a croud. Cheers Chris

Hi Neil/James
I hope to make it to both events if it's ok to leave my boat down at James's house for the week. It would be good to try out different props from your workshop. Cheers chris

Neil, I hope to attend both events.
Cheers Chris

One positive is that winter is slowly coming to an end and the boating season is upon us. I do need to pull my boat and dust it off and do the pre season check.

Another Len Hedges Hull. It is better than mine when I picked it up but I can't complain about the cost of a strongbow draught.
Chris

Wish I had been there and Dave you might have to borrow a helmet cam next time as it would be priceless vision. Cheers Chris