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    Mambo42 replied to the thread Grounding Video.
    In this video he explains what is the situation with mooring buoys in the BVI. You may not agree with that, but seeing the mooring...
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    Mambo42 replied to the thread Grounding Video.
    The whole grounding was basically on video. They went to a restaurant for lunch, tied up to a mooring buoy, took the dinghy to shore and...
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    Mambo42 replied to the thread Insurance and Salvage.
    In his last video he stated that the insurance company only went out to check the mooring buoy, did not even pass by his boat. That...
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    Mambo42 replied to the thread Tow boat US warning.
    I know mooring buoys are becoming the standard in many countries, but I personally don't like them. Most of the time the maintenance...
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    Mambo42 replied to the thread Grounding Video.
    He has covered it in another video. Insurance has not even responded to him, they don't answer the phone or e-mail. Total cost of repair...
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    Mambo42 replied to the thread started dry impeller 120 leahman.
    It will, but dish washing liquid was easy to get, is cheap and does the job. A long term engine mechanic taught me the trick, have been...
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    Ok, is possibly my mistake. Thought that this was mentioned in the tour in one of the videos, but can be mistaken. The one thing that I...
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    I have never bought a new boat myself, only bought used boats, but if I would be buying a new boat I think I would hammer out the...
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    Mambo42 reacted to TJM's post in the thread Do new boat builders get off too easy? with Like Like.
    I am in the Aerospace business and one of the prime engine mfg's got tired of receiving items built a the end of the month. The mindset...
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    I know the channel of the couple that bought the first Nordhavn 51, I follow it with a lot of pleasure, they are sailing in the same...
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    Mambo42 reacted to Cubancrisis's post in the thread Abandoning sailboat for a Trawler. with Like Like.
    I will probably buy a used boat. The last new boat I purchased (Amel 50) took me several years to have her built and specify many of...
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    Mambo42 replied to the thread GREEK ISLANDS..
    And you will see these kind of cars absolutely everywhere. Some islands don't have a technical check, cars are expected to go on a ferry...
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    Is this the same boat ? https://sites.google.com/view/2002camanotrollseptember/home It is also on offer in one of the topics here.
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    I would worry more about the genset than about the leaking injector of the Volvo. Is that genset easy to get out ? What genset fits in...
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    As stated many times before, I did not install a single wire or piece of equipment myself. I paid an official Victron installer a lot of...
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