Fairline 43 Sedan sea trial part 1

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Did this on Tuesday, as we suspected the boat hadn't moved in a few months we arranged to have it lifted and the bottom cleaned before the sea trial.....and

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Wow....there were also strings of mussels and all kinds of marine beasties attached.
The guys at Gillingham did a great job, a couple of hours later she went back in.

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Out on the trial all went pretty well as regards T's & P's until on the way back the port engine just stopped.....
They're looking into it at the moment, hopefully just dirty diesel.
There are a few other jobs need doing but nothing else that would stop us going ahead.
Fingers crossed.

Oops, nearly forgot....

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(Sorry about the pic, moving house today)
 
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Looks like it's progressing well.

Out of interest, what RPM and speed was she achieving at WOT?

PS - I'm not an engineer or have an agenda, just interested to see what these and other similar aged boats achieve as I might be interested in one in a few years!
 
My sedan 36 was 2800 revs wot and 27 knots new

28 years on, 6 months in water, full fuel, half water, genie, air con, dingy, outboard, loads of stuff... 2650 revs 25.5 knots.

The injectors will soon be off to volvopaul for service and I fully expect to see 2800 revs
 
H,mm .
Dead useful Long Reach.
Can honestly say after few decades of scraping and jetwashing stuff from the bottom of Mudway boats, that growth of all sorts has been prolific this year..
It usually varies each year between merely slime, some sort of fine coral coating, barnycules, fine green weed and now literally mussels and oysters.
A walk up our pontoon reveals all sorts this year. My boat was only launched three months ago yet is still sporting a good crop of visible weed, lord knows what lurks underneath.
Only ones that escape are all on the inner mud berths
 
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Turned out to be a flake of debris wedged itself under the gauze of the filter housing.
More info is the boat hasn't been used since January!, so I'll dose the tanks up and put some fresh fuel in.
Doing an extended sea trial tomorrow, fingers crossed we won't have to give Fred a call to come and rescue us....
 
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Startline Al said:
Turned out to be a flake of debris wedged itself under the gauze of the filter housing.
More info is the boat hasn't been used since January!, so I'll dose the tanks up and put some fresh fuel in.
Doing an extended sea trial tomorrow, fingers crossed we won't have to give Fred a call to come and rescue us....
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Err up at Maidstone....see Ye Thymaes forum
 
oldgit said:
H,mm .
Dead useful Long Reach.
Can honestly say after few decades of scraping and jetwashing stuff from the bottom of Mudway boats, that growth of all sorts has been prolific this year..
It usually varies each year between merely slime, some sort of fine coral coating, barnycules, fine green weed and now literally mussels and oysters.
A walk up our pontoon reveals all sorts this year. My boat was only launched three months ago yet is still sporting a good crop of visible weed, lord knows what lurks underneath.
Only ones that escape are all on the inner mud berths
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Afraid we had the same again and some other problems reared their heads so we have decided to back out.
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What a shame. Still, it's the best time of year to be looking.
 
Probably all down to not being used ?
Not sure why it takes so long for owners to finally accept that the boat will never ever be used again and ring a broker.
Virtually( actually all) the half dozen boats that have arrived on the club moorings this year have been the victims of a prolonged period of non use and the resulting maladies.
One of the boats had been idle for 3 or 4 years before the owner decided to sell it.
Just about everything metal had seized,everything rubber had hardend and leaked.
As for the sterntube glands .....it was a Turbo 36, work it out !
 
Well.....after some time the broker got in touch and asked if we would still be interested in the boat as the owner has given the go ahead for all the repairs to be carried out.
So, as there is bugger all out there that meets our budget and needs, we've put the deposit back down.
A good move? I'll let you know.
 
If you do as Oldgit suggest have to change the shaft seals I wrote an instructional on how to do this lovely task on a Turbo 36. I expect the procedure will be similar on a Sedan. PM me if you need a copy by pdf
 
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