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Tool test. Ryobi I generally tell people to buy good quality tools on the basis that a cheap tool that does not do the job is an expensive purchase. But sometimes I get hooked by a really good price on something that I’d not normally look twice at. In this case...John's Blog
Tail lights for the trailer.A new boat will always have a few things that need to be altered or added to make it ones own, and there can be much quiet pleasure in doing that. With a boat that comes home on its trailer that puttering around with tools brings the...John's Blog
Wheel bearings.Vital, and often problematic on a trailer that has to be dunked in the water when launching and retrieving a boat. Heavily loaded, dunked into the water when the wheel has been run for miles and is warm, often poorly maintained, and frequently...John's Blog
Pulling the boat out the other day I noted that the trailer winch wire was looking tired and that in spite of my administering medication in the form of putting it in a bath of oil it was not going to last much longer. Getting a new one jumped to the top of the...John's Blog
When I found the little space for the stove, and the lovely little kerosene ( paraffin you Brits) stove that came with the boat I was very pleased, the galley is essentially a drawer which slides in under the cockpit and which is drawn out and opened to make a bench...
