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    The vagaries of the English language

    You know how many words in the English language have more than one meaning? Well here is what can happen because of it? So off I go to the local lake with boat number two, a small Zodiac inflatable with a little Yamaha outboard and to do all the fetching and carrying I take along the garden boy...
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    Charging - solar & alternator

    Hi, Am looking at installing three 250AH batteries and two 140W solar panels to charge them via a MPPT charge controller. Question is, when engine is running I want to use the engine alternator to charge instead of solar. Can it be done and how? Carl
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    Lots and lots of advice required, please

    OK, here we go. Having owned a 17ft 115HP fishing boat and a 10ft inflatable I am thinking of getting myself something a little more relaxing and have my eye on the following little number moored on Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe (which is about 225 miles from me): General. Steel mono hull, 42ft long...
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    Volvo Identification

    Hi all, I am looking into buying a boat, the problem being it is over 200 miles from me and the owner also a great distance. In the civilized world this wouldn't be so much of a problem but here in Zimbabwe it is a mission and my comms with the seller are at best dodgy (his landline was stolen 6...
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