[Sealing the inside of a keel stepped mast?]

Duram 195  has worked for me . Get it from Bunnings / Placemakers

[More lockdown sailing reading]

'Half Safe' by Ben Carlin an Aussie guy.  In 1947 he bought a war surplus amphibious jeep and drove it across the Atlantic. Did a valve grind half way across !

[More lockdown sailing reading]

Thanks Josh, the Snow Petrel book is great reading,

Also , the recently published biography by Ben Lowings ' The Dolphin - The Life of David Lewis'

[Yanmar SD20 Saildrive]

Isn't the sail drive water cooled , a 25 degree rise in the gear oil temperature is unlikely .

[Clunks... What's going on here?]

An intermittent fault in the MDI 'black box' affecting the fuel stop solenoid ?

[The Slippery Beaver]

Great work. Jack Holt will be smiling !

Back in the day they were kept on the ramp at Okahu Bay - Sceptre / Windtanz / Columbia / Rainbow and others

[North Cape stopover]

Maukins Nook YC

[2 blade folding prop had its day]

E19  = the date of manufacture - May 2019

[help needed! mariner kero cooker/oven]

Have you lifted/hinged up the cook top and found the kero filler cap on the LHS ?

[help needed! mariner kero cooker/oven]

Smith design ?

 

The Mariner stove/oven  cook top is hinged at the rear, lift it up to expose the 3 burners and the kero filler cap is in the left hand rear corner. Fill the tank very slowly to allow the air to displace.

Then follow erices lighting instructions !

[Hose clips]

Auckland Engineering Beaumont St have plastic hose clamp end caps - about 50c ea.

[Next project.]

Nice work Chris.

Did you fiberglass the bottom panel on the inside and /or outside ?