Tim Good

I think you know what I mean. Route is: UK Canaries Senegal Cape Verde Brazil Patagonia Chile Pacific New Zealand Indonesia Madagascar...

Hmm you have me worried now!

I have just replaced my 1980 4236. The engine was brilliant but we had real problems getting spares for the velvet drive gear box. I...

Full set of gaskets and o-rings/seals. More than one head gasket. In case needs replacing and replacement doesn't go well and you...

As your elbow is 8 years old I would tale it off to check it is still clean. A simple job. Then I would flush the raw water circuit with...

Seastream 43 cutter rig

Perkins 4.236 80HP from 1996. Always been reliable and oil runs quite clean. No metal bits in sump with a magnet is put in there...

Fair comments. I’ll get to work on that lot. Apart from WD40 is there a better penetrating oil?

I would start by getting as much off as possible. "A" for instance needs removing completely. It just adds friction. Then check for all...

Hmm. Interesting. Yes there were 3 screws in B as you suggested but your observation about there being one under A is possible...

As you can see from the image the rudder shaft (C) comes up through the hull via a bearing and then into a collar (D) which acts as the...

Rogers point of water ingress is important. But generally any internal damage cannot be assessed dropped or in place - only by cutting...

An easy way to check this would be simply to drill a small hole in the bottom of the rudder. If water comes out, it's worth...

Background: I’ve got a 1996 Seastream 43. Heavily built with a large skeg. The rudder is fine with no apparent wobble, play or problems...

Thanks. Given me circumstances, would you personally think using this old Heart Freedom as a bit of a liability in conjunction with...