Recent content by Greg2

The language in the advert is more house orientated than boat and as you have already identified, the electrics appear to have been done with a view to a permanently marina based houseboat with electric hook up to shore power. That set up wouldn't be my choice using the genny or inverter for...

But you need to provide your own accommodation so perhaps not so cheap! 😁 .

Friends in our marina have set up a fresh water flush system and perhaps worth doing.

Actually, a mate has just that. Been suffering from engines running warm and also an issue with the generator. It turns out that tube worm has built up in the heat exchangers on both the engines and the genny. Never heard of that before but last year was very bad for fouling on our part of the...

Noting that I have no axe to grind here but having owned 3 outdrive and 3 shaft drive boats I think it is fair to say that outdrives require considerably more maintenance than shafts because year after year shafts often don’t need anything doing to them but outdrives require oil and bellows...

To be fair, the reason sports cruisers of that size have outdrives is as much about enabling the style of boat and maximising accommodation due to the engines being at the back of the boat. I smile at oldgit's anti-outdrive rhetoric having had experience of both outdrives and shafts on various...

We have a similar conundrum with sourcing a replacement table for our saloon. We want folding ends to the table and all we can find online is the outfit in Australia, who haven’t responded to my website query. Our solution is a local company who are doing some carpentry work at home who can...

Pleased to hear that the survey went well and that you will soon have your new toy. Exciting times! 😁 .

I am going to swim against the tide a little inasmuch as I don't share the same concerns as other appear to about osmosis / moisture content in a hull. The yards are right in saying that properly treated the boat will be better than others on the market (probably better than when it was new) and...

And that is probably what presents the greatest threat to us all. Some key world leaders are not where they are because they are intelligent, empathetic or collaborative in nature and when notable figures create inaccurate narratives about climate change many are all too keen to take it at face...

Good that you are closing in on one you like 👍 To answer your questions: Canopy - the current owners may use it as a winter only canopy but in the U.K. that would probably be the type of canopy used all year round to provide useable space in our climate - a different matter for you in the Med...

Sad news but nice words Paul. RIP Nicho. .

It seems to me that EV debates are much the same as which anchor discussions and as a casual observer personal choice appears to influence views as we inevitably validate what we have done. I am open minded but far from convinced that EVs are the answer and I have one but it is via work (partly...

Good job! 👍

I tend to agree.....far too many of them walk amongst us! :) .