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Crikey - sold that old girl in 2012 - great boat had a nanni 320, can't remember what G/B and I remember that I had a new prop made by FAL propellers in Buckie, but for the life of me I can't remember the size -

I 2nd CliveF above - Search for Boatworks on U tube - think he is Canadian so some of the materials have different brand names. However you will get a lot of knowledge and confidence to tackle these jobs. I'd also recommend East Coast Fibreglass in the UK as a product supplier (no connection...

Ditto to above - used to have a Merry Fisher 755 (no BT) single engine - some practice will help.... as will getting someone to show you how to use spring lines - a real eyeopener when I was shown how - get one line on a cleat and you're home dry

As others have said, I'm in awe of Hurricanes skills - not having skills to get it right 1st time, I have used a Permateak contractor - it looks pretty good I think and will be fitted next week. It will cover the deck I worked on last winter, very nicely

I'm going with Permateak - Not brave enough to measure & fit myself - too expensive to get wrong and too visible if a mistake is made - I'm paying around £2k for 4.8m2. But that includes 2 x 400 mile round trips for the guy to come and measure and then fit on the 2nd visit. I think it will be...

Last stage of a ferry trip back from Ireland. The engine had quit, dusk falling and we were being blown towards the shore about 2 miles away - we assumed it was filters but it was simply too dangerous to try and lift the large box that covered the engine as we were drifting beam on and rolling...

It's not the med exactly, but a boating memory from around 10 years ago. Was very happy to see the big orange and blue boat appearing out of the gloom!

Many thanks for your replies - Hadn't considered brown - good idea. CT1 ? - after reading up, great suggestion product ordered. Thanks again

I am soon to refit new capping sections (Iroko) on the gunwales. The 2 sections are short (around 600mm long) and fit into a slightly recessed section of the gunwale (see pic) There is sufficient room at either end for expansion They will be screwed down using 3 pairs of screws for each...

Have used this company before when trying to locate a part that Cat wanted £'000's for

Thanks for the replies gents. I have sent colhel some details of the issues. It's not as simple as it first sounds.

Does any one know of a small specialist engineering company in the UK who has the skills to machine small parts to very fine tolerances working in stainless. Essentially we have small electro-magnetic motors that require overhaul - we can get some parts such as bearings, but as for sending...

If you have to use an epoxy primer to cover the CC before applying trad AF, why not just reapply CC? The prep is basically the same since it's an epoxy. I think that CC is generally effective up to around 10 years, so that might explain why it's not performing. I have done my last 3 boats with...

Depends if you're reasonably handy. Evinrude are no more but there are still spares available, especially in the US. There's also a big, knowledgeable owners forum again US based. I have had 2 x Evinrudes - a 75 & a 150 and they're great engines. Fewer moving parts than a 4 stroke - you can...

Quite agree about FB market place being full of scammers, however it reaches a wide audience. Not a fan of Ebay after hearing of stories where people get issues with the the payment system rules. For my tuppence worth I'd stick it on FB market place and I'd look through FB for groups that have...