Dylan was right!

[aquaplane]

Contessaman, you are exactly right. For the price of a new engine and all the fittings I can buy a re-engined Centaur. For a couple of grand more I can get one which has been carefully maintained and upgraded with recent sails, rigging, spray hood, instruments etc. I may very well take your advice and sell my present boat and upgrade. OTOH my confidence in the engine may be restored and I will keep her and continue to improve her over time.

I feel much happier now that a decision has been made! Thanks to everyone for your advice and comments, I really appreciate the input especially the information that the engine can be re-conditioned and will go on for a good while yet. I will post again when there is anything to report and will let everyone know the final outcome. Thanks once again for your contributions.

I went through a similar thought process before I spent £1000 moving my Centaur from Windermere to Scotland.
Do I sell her and buy another with a new engine or do I keep the boat I know and like?
I probably made the wrong decision financially but I'm happy with it so far.
I still have to decide on whether to re-engine or not but can put that off for now.

 

[ghostlymoron]

So Dylan wasn't right! Sorry Dylan