johnphilip

Yes headmaster, sorry Sir.

Not allowed a little humour here? That's rather sad. As is the Americanising of English.

Before buying a new engine check the prop, see my other reply post. Our Elan 333 has a 2020 and the new prop makes her so much better...

Get a Flex 0 Fold. Our boat was supposed to have been supplied with one but it turned out to be a Volvo and we sometimes struggled to...

Our deep fin keel 33' Elan takes one and a half tins of Shogun Seajet (2.5L tins) for two fairly thin coats applied with foam rollers. A...

As you title your post "First Sailboat purchase" I assume the boat is in the in the USA? Indeed a long voyage to your UK marina.

put it back?

It is a while ago now but we had a Fulmar with a Bukh 20. The engine itself was fine and ran well for the 12 years we shared the boat...

An electric bog would not be a reason to reject a boat, it's a minor problem if it is a problem, there are far more items that should...

If and I know it's a very big if why replace a plumbed in bog with a stinking bucket with a lid, the marine equivalent of a Porta loo...

Unless you actually know of a respray that has failed I suggest you are being too dogmatic. Going back to the1987 storm our Hunter was...

I use a 1/4" set for most jobs and a1/2" set comes out when it gets heavy. One very useful extra on board is a 3/8" extension bar...

I too have a set of wooden jointed oars, last remains of a dinghy that died (Narwhal I think ) I doubt I will ever use them but too good...

Availability of the Sika 298 from local chandleries is problematic so have to buy on line. Out of curiosity looked for equivalents from...

Two of the teak faced insert panels in our cockpit seats had failed where 20 years of feet twisting as we climb around from behind the...