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Monthly Archives: November 2011
Rangihoua Bay
Here we are gunkholing in the Bay of Islands, looking out at the Black Rocks and next to the site of the European missionaries first service. The impressive Maori Pa site is on the right. Here in the evening … Continue reading
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Tagged Bay of Islands, colin lowe, Marsden Cross, Oihi, Rangihoua Bay, Te Puna, Wild Bird
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Skipper almost asphyxiated donning wetsuit.
Weed mat stumps anchor or Wetsuit shrinks. I am deep in my post meridian slumber when an urgent voice alerts us with a call of ‘Wild Bird’. It was not your normal blood curdling scream, and The Admiral thought it … Continue reading
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Tagged anchor not held, Cape Brett, colin lowe, dragging boat, skin diving, tramping Bay of Islands, Wetsuit, Wild Bird
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Puppy dogs on train.
Puppy dogs and trains Well, that might be a strange heading for today’s blog. I heard that 175 million blogs are inexistence in the world today, and the average number of people reading each blog is… wait for it…. FOUR. … Continue reading
Diesel throws a wobbly when asked to do a simple task like come alive.
I’ve written (republished from an article I wrote a while ago) a longer bit on diesel bugs etc.. a bit more technical if you are interested. Look at post 30/11/14 Cheers. Let’s hear that a’chuggin. Shit happens. It happened in … Continue reading
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Tagged air in diesel, boat maintenance, brittle fuel pipes, colin lowe, compression of cylinders, Diesel does not start, diesel fuel, diesel motor, diesel problems, fuel system, Nitril fuel line, nylon fuel line, troubleshooting diesel, Wild Bird
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