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" Legacy" on the Medway at Tovil. Went right the way up to Yalding. Do recall helping to pull a previous "Legacy" off a rather shallow...

With trolling valves it also means that when using them you can instantly deactivate them from the helm so you then have instant full...

Our plan is to take the 38 up to Abingdon this year, I expect to Oxford too, but then turn back without stopping. The town moorings...

Thanks Colin, good point. I was looking at a similar gearbox (Hurth 800 A2) which had one of these trolling valves, need to ivestigate...

Any sort of fixed pod, pods or shafts added below the waterline will add drag and affect your cruising speed/fuel-consumption when you...

10kW more than enough for pootling slowly on canals etc (with big diesels also on board for tougher demand). And regeneration...

Another thought from a friend at the marina this morning - instead of one 20hp electric pods, two 10hp pods, perhaps with regen...

When you look at the price of two new propellors the electric motor looks to be not so bad in price, to replace one screw and balance...

Unless things have deteriorated in last couple of years depth will be no problem - we based our estuary cruiser (3' 6" draft) at Hurley...

Very sad to hear this - had very pleasant conversations with him over the years.

Something someone else mentioned, a second set of smaller props. I think the practicality of changing (say after a North Sea crossing)...

They make bigger ones

Really neat idea, but unless available with a bit more power (I'm reading max 9.9hp) would be very underpowered.

You could get a Epropulsion 6.0 pod drive that just bolts on the bottom of the hull like a sail drive for a couple of grand. Combine it...

A saildrive outboard, possibly 20hp would possibly give the thrust.