Recent content by madabouttheboat

I’ve not owned one that looks like this before. What is open and what is closed? 🤔

I actually own my marina berth. I bought the lease for x number of years. I am registered with land registry as owning that bit of pontoon/water. The marina are not allowed to put visitors in there when I’m away. Despite this, even I am not allowed to sub let it. It’s in the lease.

Probably air locked. Try filling the strainer with water before start up

Absolutely fine for a bimble up the river. The differences are down to build quality and hull design. The Sealine will deliver a much better ride and will be more capable of dealing with less than perfect conditions.

The Sealine and the reflection are very different boats. If I had to go on a sea passage in one, I would not choose the Reflection.

There were some models, a few years back, that required a balanced system. The D1LC was one I think, but the modern units defo do not.

Ive been on modern outboard boat with fly by wire throttles where they can easily be knocked into gear simply by walking past them. Very dangerous and hopefully corrected by now, but when FBW first came to outboards it was not uncommon.

i've been a sterndrive owner for around 25 years and have had no serious issues to date. So I agree with the above, although I would, and Volvo recommend, a service every year. Bellows every two, but an oil change and anodes every year. Biggest issue with petrol is availability on the water. It...

The problem with ‘proof of vat paid’ is that it isn’t always proof that Vat is not due. Often the original bill of sale from when new is provided as proof that Vat has been paid and is therefore not due, but a boat can lose its vat paid status during its life. I suspect there is very little that...

I believe that marinas are not allowed to mark up teh unit rate, but they can add a 'service' or 'supply' charge. Businesses usually pay more per unit that us domestic users so 40p sounds about right in the current climate.

Gonna say the same thing: Contact — Osmotech Having said that. Looking at the SX50 online it appears that the motor is mounted outside so I would take an educated guess that the sensor will be accessed from outside too.

I bet there are some brokers that do not fully understand the complexities of VAT status on boats. I for one would want answers to my VAT related questions before even going to view. It sounds like this broker either doesn't fully understand, or knows enough to know that although declared as VAT...

Many of the replies are based on personal experience with engines other than D6. From my experience D6, and for some reason only D6, impellers start to fail very quickly. Often after a year there will be bits of blades missing. If I owned a D6 I would be pulling the impeller every year and...

Collision with a whale could just as easily be collision with an unknown object. I mean are you sure it was a whale? Same for orca interaction.