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Well, nearest test would be along the Maas, it's a good bit inland :) I do take on all these points, and to give it due diligence in our...

We bought for €6k spent about €2k to bring it up to a level where we were comfortable with it, but it is a bit small for the 2 of us, so...

Yeah we found that. Having said that I've found us spending several hundred quid with stuff to personalise the boat - but I think the...

Enjoy your stay in Benelux, Slanté! Make sure you are up to date with the regs the water police are doing a concentrated spot check...

Well, thanks to everyone who contributed to this thread and the prior one asking for advice on boats. We are now officially on our...

The engine above, I don't know though, the 6.2 V8 was 147 or 149 bhp and the 6.5 V8 was a little more, the 200hp of the above has me...

yep after the first gulf war there were a lot of surplus engines on the market, Samurai in Bridgewater did a lot of installations in...

We're these engines not a common replacement for V8 petrol engines?

A controlled test of the depth gauge?

Viewed the boat yesterday but was sadly disappointed. I’m quickly learning that buying a used boat is exactly the same as buying a used...

If it is a GM V8, then it is nothing to do with Volvo. Could be a Samurai which have an undeserved bad reputation for the conversion...

I had 2 trucks converted by Samurai one had a 3litre Ford V6 petrol and the other a Chrysler 4.2 V8 petrol, the performance difference...

I'm going off to look at a boat next week and the advert says it has a Volvo Penta GM diesel engine of 200pk It looks like the GM V8...

For the first service of the engine in my boat under my ownership was done by the local marine engineer, he has his boat 2 boats behind...

Viewing booked for next week, it's in a private haven not too far from us