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I am looking at getting my 23 foot wooden cruiser out of the thames and taking it to the River Avon at Tewksbury. What is the best way to get it out of the river onto a lorry? The driver has a crane but needs a boatyard or good riverside hard standing reasonably close to Sunbury Lock that will...

looking at a friends freeman , the rev counter reads backwards. is that likely to be an easy fix looking at the back of the rev counter?

is this the same Elve? Log in to Facebook A friend sent me this link, it not going to be around long given the way facebook works. out of my league. I have no connection to the seller. For sale is this beautiful dutch cruiser built by Messrs zuidam of harlots in Holland 1929 loa 49ft beam19ft...

Silverette classic wooden motor cruiser 1934 | eBay just out of interest. I have no connection

Torque setting is 100Nm.

Kashurst I agree with everything you say and it's a helpful comment. I did a bit more looking around and found this video that sort of confirms my thoughts on the shaft dropping and how it needs to be centred in the stern tube. In the Carver installation we are discussing there is also a Rand D...

Given that the propellor shaft is only supported in the rubber cutlass bearing. what should we consider is the correct height at the gearbox end of the shaft? Im assuming the shaft will be bending due to gravity at the engine end. In this particular installation the shaft log doesn't give any...

Kashurst, the link to partforengines, Brilliant thanks. also the description sounds right. just missing the need for a skeleton made of rubber and armour plating for elbows.

I've had a look at DJB's boat, fairly certainly Engine mounts. The rubber has gone soft and sticky to the extent that the upper metal frame is in contact with the lower fixing plate. Initially it just looked like the shaft was sitting a little low in the shaft log. a crowbar allowed me to lift...

I found this thread having read of a wooden boat for sale which the seller proudly announced was "kept wet bilged and salted. " It was a wooden hull.

A sad footnote to all the above. The last of Wilsons Sheds were removed from the island this past month October 2020.

September 2020 we are looking at introducing these to our boat club. were going to need 25 of them. I just heard that Rolec are being discontinued. Are meter maid worth over twice the price? surely this is a massive world market there must be some alternatives?

I know this is an old thread. I have just overhauled a pair of 130 Enfields. I am indebted to Andy at Chertsey Meads Marine. He had everything needed in stock and was a font of knowledge, freely giving hard earned advice in all aspects of dismantling and re-bulding these dependable old drives...

I have been working on a friends boat fitted with the Volvo engine. I was surprised there is no replaceable washer. How many times can you change the injectors before the copper sleeves need to be changed?

I am reading this thread on behalf of a friend. I'm trying to understand Hydraulic gearboxes. It might be worth me adding my own gearbox basic operation. Sabb 18 hp. the gearbox is a part of the engine no chance to use anything else. its all mechanical no oil cooler or hydraulics. The gear...