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    Westerlys, Changing the shape of the lozenge shaped doorways between sallon and forecabin, and the heads and hanging lockers?

    On a centaur
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    Removing old contact adhesive.

    Auto glym tar remover, spray on leave for 30 mins scrape off. Ventilate where you work or you'll get high as a kite.
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    WTF are people paying £60k for a camper van with 100k miles on the clock? And a decent Westerly is under £15k 😀

    Not just centaur parts but a loft full of brand new parts I collected over the 11 years of the project I bought at various boat shows including a brand new inboard diesel engine I bought in 2008, plus most of the tools and plant bought for the project. Although curiously never found a buyer for...
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    WTF are people paying £60k for a camper van with 100k miles on the clock? And a decent Westerly is under £15k 😀

    Yep van life as a hobby/living arrangement is super simple, i had the bonus of already owning the van, joiner by trade so it was a case of empty out the tool storage and putting in the appropriate bits and bobs to make living aboard easy. Contrary to the statement that opened this thread i've...
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    WTF are people paying £60k for a camper van with 100k miles on the clock? And a decent Westerly is under £15k 😀

    Van prices have simmered down considerably from the last couple of years, after my Centaur project went south I converted my work van into a campervan and never looked back. Packed in work and went mobile, never thought I'd retire at 48 but here we are. Its way cheaper than a boat, considerably...
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    Newby question ref westerly centaur

    Sometime around early 1975 the window arrangement changed to accommodate the rigs inner shrouds along with an update to the port holes and the inner coaming of the cockpit seats having a declined angle added to make more comfy. Think it was the surveyor who used to do the yearly insurance...
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    1m x 25mm tapered prop shaft with castellated nut and key

    The taper is 55mm as i got asked this
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    1m x 25mm tapered prop shaft with castellated nut and key

    Bought new from Lake engineering in Poole in 2013 and never used. £100.o.n.o
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    3m x50mm inside diameter exhaust hose

    Used once to test the engine before fitting it to the boat once again about six months ago when testing the engine to sell, complete with stainless jubilees: £60.00 o.n.o Roger
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    Centaur mast & Boom (Free)

    bournemouth
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    Centaur mast & Boom (Free)

    Cant bring myself to chop it up, need it gone ASAP Pictures
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    Sikaflex increase price by 40%!

    PU 18, always has been always will be.
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    3.5hp Two stroke Johnson Outboard

    I'll do that one evening this week. Cheers
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    3.5hp Two stroke Johnson Outboard

    Yeah its literally a time capsule, built in November 2000, & I'm near Bournemouth (Ringwood) The outboard only got used in 2002/3 season before my father fell off the perch in early 2004. I had it gone over in 2011, parts serviced and replaced (£220) and used infrequently since. Cheers
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    3.5hp Two stroke Johnson Outboard

    For sale my late fathers outboard in 'as new' condition, paid a heap to a local firm to recommission it 10 years ago used a handful of times since. £400 o.n.o Pictures & video of it running here Also have his Serie 1 Zodiac 2.6 available, the front seam has gone so needs repairing £100 o.n.o...
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