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My Land Rover Discovery, company car, had a runaway which all but destroyed the engine. Fortunately I was not driving at the time as a work colleague had borrowed it to go to a job. He got to a section of dual carriageway and managed to pull into a layby when the revs started red-lining. Absolutely ...

Rutland 914i windcharger. 12v This has been refurbished and produces current when spun with a drill. Disassembled with all parts present but no controller. The charger comes with a 41mm mounting pole so collection would be required. Item is in Ayr but I could do Rothesay or Colintraive area by arran...

Having spent the days before the loss of Nancy Glen with friends in Tarbert I have a different perspective than that of B.O.B. It is only natural that the families of the two lost men as well as the wider community want recovery of the bodies for proper funerals and that in itself justifies the call...

Nick, You still looking for a flubber? I have an Avon Rover hard transom inflatable. About 2.7 m Scruffy and patched (thanks to a scrote with a stanley blade) but it holds air for a few days. The floor is Ikea bed-slats which could do with replacement. Free for collection by arrangement, Loch Riddon...

There was an effort to dredge a channel into Maidens harbour but I don't know what depth they achieved.
The jetty/breakwater is stone and concrete.
More at http://maidensharbour.co.uk/ if of interest.
Just North of Turnberry.

The encounter with a surfaced sub I had first week in November was a tad uncomfortable. I was heading south to the winter berth... overnight at Port Bannatyne and was off Kilchattan Bay on the big Cumbrae side on a Starboard reach. I had spotted four vessels heading North just off Wee Cumbrae... one...

You missed a good night in Kames.
The band was good and made up for the lack of a music festival this year. Was told the festival will return in 2017.
Things really got boisterous when the Kyles arrived with the Celtic Society cup after beating Inveraray.

SOLD

All in the subject line, really. I have bench tested the turbine and it produces volts when spun. There is some powder coating scuffing, but condition is not bad. One new vane. No controller. It comes with a mounting pole but no other fixings so posting out would be expensive, which is why I am offe...

I have used Carrick Engineering, just off Prestwick Airport. Shaw Farm industrial estate.
They powder-coated a windlass for me, although their main work seems to be refurbishing car wheels.
01292 67889

An old-style Merc 3.5 two-stroke short-shaft with neutral and drive gears.
A runner.
£200.
Collection from Ayr.

I thought the sailing ship was the Glenlee, AKA The Tall Ship now parked at the Transport museum.
A good mix of new film and archive material in the programme and I thought Mr. Heyman struck the right note.
I also enjoyed the episode of Para Handy which followed.

It was probably a good call to go for a professional salvage rather than having the lifeboat pull her off the rocks. The boat was on a barge in the inner harbour over the weekend with a breach to the port-side and a split a good way down the stem. She wouldn't have floated for long. Good to learn th...

Not a very good picture of Rothesay Harbour on 3rd January during the surge... http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q96/gordonmc_photos/IMG_288500500767938_zps36d16e0d.jpeg You might be able to make out the swing bridge is under water. As of yesterday (Sunday 12th) the bridge is still out of action, i...

Forth Marine Textiles made a sprayhood for Flap using a skip-recovered aluminium frame. Cheapest I could find at the time and the quality of the work couldn't be faulted. They are Dunfermline based but come over to the West coast for measuring and fitting. If you can do without the old sprayhood the...