Recent content by YellowPeril

I can’t help on the specifics of your outboard, however I imagine that if you’re confident doing basic servicing on cars etc., then you’ll likely have no problem doing the basics on an outboard. I had a 4-stroke 115 and a 2-stroke 18, so nothing too complicated. I got fed up with paying large...

Opinions will differ, and where you use your boat and anchor will play a part, but on my Merry Fisher 605 (used in the Solent), I had a 5kg D-type anchor with 6m of 6mm chain, plus 45m of 10mm rope. It always held tight. I think it was similar to this: D Type Anchor - HD Galvanised - 6 kg -...

Hi Tony I'm afraid I can't tell you what prop I had as I have now sold the boat. All I do know is that it was a standard fit size from new. The only times I had the boat bog down trying to get on a plane were: Dirty bottom - even a smallish amount of barnacles was noticeable. Poor fuel i.e...

Offer received and accepted, thanks. Moved to PM.

Rolec Leadmaster electricity meter (similar to Metermaid) for metering shore power. Used but works fine. £65 includes p&p to UK mainland or collect from Fleet, Hampshire.

I've just looked back at our 2018 invoice from Le Boat and they included a cost of £70 for moorings for the week - this was for dedicated Le Boat moorings although I don't think booking ahead was possible. It was mid-September so the weather was very pleasant but it was not necessarily the...

I've done Venice with Le Boat and thoroughly enjoyed it. It was a wonderful and surprisingly cost effective way of seeing Venice - not limited to just the usual tourist destinations over a long weekend. We started in Casale sul Sile and made our way into the lagoon, stopping at Burano, Murano...

I've had one for three years and it continues to serve us very well. Back then it had certain advantages (to me) over the equivalent Torqeedo, but both have advanced and seemed quite similar when I last compared. I like the floating battery of the ePropulsion, but the fact that the Torqeedo...

mail01 should get 30% off, although they appear to have a 'flash sale' at the moment so prices are reduced to £15 anyway.

Re. downloading engine data off a Suzuki DF20 ATS... I have no knowledge of the 20hp outboard, but have done this with a 2016 Suzuki 115. If you just want to check data such as engine hours as a one-off, then there may be a service port that any Suzuki dealer can connect to. If you want...

Perhaps too soon to know. May depend on the difference between guidance, the law, and what you deem morally right. Certainly for exercise there is no legal restriction on remaining local. The guidance etc. may suggest otherwise. May have to wait to see how the marinas / RYA interpret it.

I was being even more hopeful: From 8 March, the Stay at Home restriction will continue but it will be amended so that people can leave home for recreation as well as exercise outdoors - with their own household, support or childcare bubble, or with one person from another household. Social...

Hi Bob In answer to you fuel economy question, so I don't contradict myself I have copied an answer that I have given when asked previously :cool: From memory: At idle it will use approx. 0.7 litre per hour once warm. At ~2000rpm / 6 knots, it uses between 2.5 and 5 litres per hour (depending...

I have a 2016 MF 605 with 115 outboard. It is ‘cosy’ when just my wife and I sleep on board – the forward berth extends aft into most of the cabin area, leaving enough space for one person to stand in the space remaining. If the person sleeping on the forward starboard side wishes to get up...

Final cost was +12% on last year.