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On a related theme, some years decades ago I took my sister and brother-in-law - not at all boaty people - out to my then tiny yacht moored at Calstock, well up the Tamar. I couldn't get the yacht's outboard started, though, so thought, 'never mind, I'll take them for a row along the river in my...

Are you saying had I been richer, my life might have been less rich? It would have been nice to have had the choice! :D

Back in the day a friend and his girlfriend lived reasonably comfortably, though very basically, on an old converted wooden lifeboat he'd bought. I think he may have at least once taken it out for a spin, but concluded that the hull was past its best, and safest left sitting in its mud berth...

On a smaller Beta (14) I found I had a long thin screwdriver that had just the right diameter shaft to poke through the tubes in the heat exchanger stack in-situ after just taking the end caps off. I've read on here others using a welding rod for the same. Had you not had overheating problems...

I was referring to the boat in the article about lifting that tommy2 linked to on post #11 as looking like a Corribee, which does indeed have a pronounced sheer line, and I now belatedly see is actually from a Corribee owners' website! I think you are looking at the pictures of the OP's own...

When the going gets tough, real men drink it straight from the bottle! ;)

By all means do it like that if you want, but it seems to me unnecessarily complicated, costly (if you don't have the scaffolding and hoists available free), and time consuming. Before committing yourself, I suggest you stand behind the boat, put your hands or shoulder under the edge of the...

It was slightly nerve wracking, just in case anything went wrong and I got 'stuck', but not too bad in practice. I can't actually remember the details of exactly how I did it alone (trauma suppression, perhaps?), but I had a set of breeze blocks I used numerous times for the task, more usually...

Yes, Leisure 17. They have a good reputation for sailing qualities and more generally. Tiny by today's standards, but better designed and built than some of the competition in its day. It will instantly look a lot better when it has been given a good wash and scrub. Being small and of...

. . . and an electric outboard. 😁

'These days' the mysterious German would be on our side, and our hero might get off with his comely daughter. 😁

I'd get it on while it's stlll warm.

I suspect bad connections, or possibly a failed sensor. I doubt, but can't rule out, that the engine is actually overheating as when it does the alarm should sound loud and the lamp fully illuminate. Note also that the simple small circuit board (usually located behind the gauges) which...

We need to know what happens when you 'Push here' on the land south-west of the creek! ;)

Alternatively, perhaps - a) Assuming transom exterior is convex, then laminate it - use thinner ply, say 5mm (depending on how sharply curved the transom) for initial backing plate and bolt to transom until adhesive cured. Then repeat procedure twice (or whatever, depending on total thickness...

I am sceptical that it is just a problem reading the map card, because apparently it can't find a satellite, either. Very unlikely indeed that the two's connections would go awol separately at the same moment. I suspect it is some glitch in the 'internal' workings' software or components...

As lusitano implies, replacement heat exchangers for the 4-108 (and some other Perkins models) are made by Bowman, and available from ASAP and other retailers. I doubt he would have very significant corrosion problems running seawater direct through the engine, though I don't know for...

On mine the central strip that goes in the track is like a thin vinyl. I assumed (having little experience of such things) that was standard. Another way of making it easier would be a thinner foot boltrope on the main - but likely an expensive mod.

Bring the mountain to Mohammed? In some cases it may be easier to manoeuvre the boom rather than the sail and pack. (And to do it all on the ground or pontoon, rather than the boat?) Detach boom from gooseneck. Lay the folded or rolled mainsail down, whole length of foot exposed. Position...

Oh, believe me, I did! If it's in there somewhere, I didn't find it. (I may have a fresh look again later.) (Perhaps it's concealed with the function that allows one to have both current distance and CPA filters on the AIS alarm, rather than just one or the other. 😁)