Broom Continental tender size?

i had a 3.0m Rib on my Crown, that was about as big as i think you could go, the weight was about max that the davits could take.
I have mine up for sale too if you are anywhere near Harleyford...
 
I got a lot of use out of mine(until someone nicked it). The kids loved it and it proved invaluable when staying somewhere for 48 hours, wanting to use a boat without losing the mooring space. Great at Hurley for trips to Marlow, handy at Hampton Court when visiting the pubs in Molesey or across the river to the ALbany or the Swan. Both good pubs that rarely have space for anything bigger than a tender.
 
The downside.:)
Take good look at the sheer number of dangling manky semi deflated inflateables all bought in the first exciting flush of the new boat.
The last thing you need blocking the view out of the back of your boat is half a ton of rubber and outboard.
Most marina will charge for LOA with davits.
Its extra length to squeeze in the only tiny little gap left at Hampton Court .
You will constantly be pumping it up and bailing out rainwater.
They are pain to get in and out of.
They are pain to unhook and hook up and lift out of the water.
You will constantly be worrying about it getting nicked when you use it to go anywhere and constantly worrying it will be nicked when its hanging off the back of the boat.
You will probably only use it once or twice before it will be left hanging forlornly at the back of the boat and you will be wondering if you can get some mug to take it of your hands cheap. :):):).
 
oldgit said:
The downside.:)
Take good look at the sheer number of dangling manky semi deflated inflateables all bought in the first exciting flush of the new boat.
The last thing you need blocking the view out of the back of your boat is half a ton of rubber and outboard.
Most marina will charge for LOA with davits.
Its extra length to squeeze in the only tiny little gap left at Hampton Court .
You will constantly be pumping it up and bailing out rainwater.
They are pain to get in and out of.
They are pain to unhook and hook up and lift out of the water.
You will constantly be worrying about it getting nicked when you use it to go anywhere and constantly worrying it will be nicked when its hanging off the back of the boat.
You will probably only use it once or twice before it will be left hanging forlornly at the back of the boat and you will be wondering if you can get some mug to take it of your hands cheap. :):):).
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Or equally you could use it a hell of a lot like some of us do :D
 
Another bonus about having a tender, is all the things you miss from a bigger boat. Being low in the water, we've seen Kingfishers, dragonflys and paid much more attention to the plant life. The only downside was entering a lock and being at exhaust level, especially if it was a filthy one and the boat owner wouldn't turn his engines off. It didn't happen often, just everytime we entered a lock with a passenger boat.
 
Never had a tender in 25 years on the Thames, Now on the briney it is an essential to get ashore. Cawsand to the pub most important. But Salcombe, Dartmouth, or even going foriegn to Fowey an essential piece of kit. Also handy to recover a fouled anchor!
 
Forgot to mention the deep joy of the annual prospect of getting the outboard to run again after months of non use.
Better check engine starts before putting in water,either when hanging on davits or dragging thing ashore or onto pontoon.
It starts with lots of optimistic pulling on the cord,while the dinghy swings violently at funny angle on davits.
Low hanging fruit of hoping that the fuel stop was not left in the on position and turning it the other way usually starts the downward progress.
Next will be the spark plug,proceeded by locating the odd spark plug sized mini spanner.
Opening the tiny spark plug access flap without breaking it.
Then trying not to damage the spark plug cap when removing.
Spark plug looks OK but give it an optimistic clean anyway.Consider buying new spark plug.
Repeat pull cord operation.
Next its fuel.
Remove outboard from dinghy.
Turn outboard upside down and get most of it into a container. Inhaling fumes as you go along.#
Go to garage and buy new fuel.
Mix with oil (add a bit for luck).
Find small funnel and fill.
Put O/B back on dinghy.
Repeat pull sequence.
Still no start.
Remove and replace plug again.
Undo different clips/scews bolts to remove plastic casing to expose mysterious inner workings of recalcitrant little beast.
Dismantle carb and bowl to wash out the sticky goo preventing float from allowing fuel in to chamber.
Do not forget to breathe fumes.
Reassemble entire thing ignoring the interesting collection of surplus/broken/snapped bits now lying on ground.

Sit down with Ipad go onto Ebay and research prices of electric outboards.
Discover that anything good costs as much as your proper boat and the rest is junk.
Consider cost of 4 stroke, despite fact that they are as noisy as hell and could not pull the skin off a rice pudding.
Start engine.
Have i missed anything :)
 
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Alternatively as you stored your outboard properly over the winter period and have serviced in preparation for the summer, pull cord to get oil around engine, connect fuel, pull cord again, engine springs into life and purrs away nicely.

You get out what you put in much the same as with the big boat.
 
CX54WEK said:
Alternatively as you stored your outboard properly over the winter period and have serviced in preparation for the summer, pull cord to get oil around engine, connect fuel, pull cord again, engine springs into life and purrs away nicely.

You get out what you put in much the same as with the big boat.
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Remove outboard from dinghy.
Deflate dinghy and then go 10 rounds with it getting it back in bag along with oars and pump,surely we are not going to leave it going all grubby and weather damaged on davits. Decide wether to store on boat and get a hernia stowing it in boat lazerette (after shifting a ton of stuff to make space) and then pile stuff back in on top of it.
Or.
Pop everything into car boot and take home to store in nice dry secure garage and store upright .

















































Then

Drive round with car windows open to try to get rid of reek of petrol soaked into boot carpet while trying to recover from back injury,result of heaving dinghy over sill of car and dragging into garage.
Then of course come spring....:)
 
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The image
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and the reality:)
 
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Blimey what a heated debate:) I merely questioned the merits of spending out on something that isn't really a necessity when buying an old Broom!
Personally I would save the money for now for the inevitable hard to find old Perkins bits and other general old boat parts that will be needed.
Await the first post about smokey engines and is it normal? Yes ;)

PS: I do have a tender too, but its immaculate as it never comes out of its bag.
 
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