Recent content by Gary Parker

The last shock I had from a gas motor was when I went to buy one - How much ??????

I love the total commitment to a lack of safety - no helmet, no goggles, no ear protection, no life jacket, no seat belt and a rigid joystick perfectly positioned to rip out your personal joystick and danglers in the event of a crash !

Someone beat you to it Ken and it wasn't me.

I am not sure if this would be applicable to your racing rigs but I treat my 26cc engines (that I run in salt water) the same as my full size outboard motors. After use I attach the home garden hose to the water inlets with an adapter I made, start the motor and run for it five minutes to...

I install vacuum powered water pumps on all my gas boats using a transom mounted water pick ups as pictured with the "v" cut out pointing forward to maximise water pick up (there is a grub screw to adjust). The line from the pick up is routed to the intake of the water pump and from the water...

Martin I also use my transporter as a movable stacking storage unit so it is vital to me fully enjoying the hobby.

Chris - A nice job. If pulling it around the pond does become a problem perhaps you could put a frame and a jockey wheel at the front and arms and a handle at the back to push the cart like a shopping trolley. My diy trailer was designed to push which gives it the inbuilt advantage of being...

David - a quip only other Aussies will understand - when the sheila was getting her gear off I thought we might see the map of Tasmania !

As a member living in Australia it is probably fitting that somebody from "Down Under" issues a collective Happy New Year to those of you who mostly bring the New Year in many hours and hours after we do. We are by no means the first to celebrate - that honour belongs to Kiritimati Island...

I love the way the Health and Safety race official made them wrap the odd post in pink foam rubber !

I live in Australia and obviously our tax laws are different to yours but this "hobby" income notion struck a chord with me. About 30 years ago I had a "real" full time job and as a long time weekend golfer my interest in the game led me to caddy on weekends for our Golf Club pennant...

Don - where can I get a "boat stand" like the one in the middle picture ? Very impressive .

Not mine but a guy here in Australia has an ad on Gumtree.com.au for a 56" long twin gas catamaran unfinished project. The motors are Tiger King TK26 and never been started and the drives are custom installed TFL steerable Arnesen with 4 blade opposite rotation props. Everything, including...

Frank - go big or go home.....

This clip was probably done mainly for humour in 1991 well before the creeping onset of rampant tribalism which, in my opinion, has unfortunately resulted in a wider acceptance of the obvious lack of any normal ethical, moral and truthfulness standards currently being displayed by journalists...