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and make sure you have at least one way of calling for help from the Coastguard. If you are stuck in the mud anywhere near low water, time will be critical.

I too use Micron 350 and have been for 6 years but only lifting out every second year with drying out on the scrubbing posts 2 or 3 times each year, mostly for prop cleaning. Does not come out quite as clean as yours after 2 years but I save lift-out and antifouling cost on the intermediate...

Hi. I have never heard of an Antares 760 with a D3. I assume it has been re-engined? The D3 190hp should reach 4000rpm underway, or at least 3800, so you are a little down on revs but not much. Is the hull bottom and prop completely clean? The 24knots I have seen quoted is for the 760 with the...

Ian, I will explain when we meet next but I can assure you that the situation you describe sounds typical and reasonable for a mud rescue

I dry mine out on scrubbing posts 2 or 3 times each year and have never had a problem. Although the extension of the skeg that goes to the rudder lower bearing is horizontal, as soon as the skeg grounds the bow continues to fall so that skeg extension raises up so no load on the rudder. If the...

Agree. I have the daisy 2+ version receiver from here dAISy 2+ Dual-channel AIS Receiver with NMEA 0183 output for £90 (currently out of stock but hopefully you can find another supplier). If you want a wifi output to, say, a tablet, then they provide instructions here...

If you are refering to the heater plugs (glow plugs) mentioned in post #7 that go in the inlet manifold and need a diesel fuel supply, they were called a thermostart. They helped diesels that were poor starters in cold weather to start, created more exhaust smoke and had no affect on how quick...

Agree. Check lid of strainer first.

Agree with post 4. External metal braiding is not a good idea as what is inside the brading can't be seen and you can't see the ISO number printed on it. If the hose is secured to prevent abrasion you don't need the brading.

I don't see how hot oil will make any difference to what happens in the combustion chambers at initial startup and your oil cooler will quickly remove that heat from the oil once the engine is running. My 41 (a 41p) emits hardly any smoke at startup even in sub zero temps but does emit some...

Picture below is the inside (looking from the rear) of the Autohelm 3000 control box. Along the bottom are three sockets and one cable exiting through a cable-gland on the right in the photo below. The cable is the power supply, just 2 wires, BROWN is positive and BLUE is negative. The socket...

I will dig through my files to see if I can help .........

Is your Autohelm 4000 box the same as my 3000 box?

You should always completely fill the Racor FG500 housing with diesel before replacing the lid otherwise, because the ports are not at the top and the exit hole in the central riser is not at the top, there will remain an air pocket in the top of the filter housing. This will not stop the engine...

This is what I do. Use the adapter/tool to pull the old valve out, push the new valve in. I then inflate without an adapter using my electric car tyre inflater with a car tyre valve body, without its schrader vlave, in the inflater, and with the rounded rubber end of the valve body, the bit that...