How well do you know your boat?

[iangrant]

Well the learning curve for me is a lot steeper than I thought it was going to be.

The saily boat steering came undone, the engine stopped, (sludge in the filter) and that was it in 4 years, easy systems to understand and maintain.

Now: 24 volt system 6V Batteries 12V voltage converter, Mains 240V genset, TWO engines, Hydraulic steering, packed stern glands, more instruments to watch than you can shake a stick at, trim tabs, fresh water system, (fitted new pump - blew the pressure relief valve on the hot water tank - replaced PRV still spat out water - fitted pressure reducing valve)

Maybe I "need to know" the systems too much, and always seem to be in trouble for "oil on another shirt" when other folk just seem to turn up with their cold box all nicely dressed, start up and go, have they got it right?

Ian

 

[BlueSkyNick]

There is still time.

It's not too late to change your mind and come back to simple systems like rags and a stick. Let me know ... i know of a really nice boat that will suit you (see below)

 

[DAKA]

you will soon get it sorted to your standards

 

[LittleShip]

and always seem to be in trouble for "oil on another shirt"

Why does that sound so familiar .......

I always have old shirts on the boat so I can go in the engine room, varnish and change filters ect. The only time I turn up dressed to the boat is??? well actually, never. just ask the North Wales lot Boats are for playing with, bit like old cars.

Tom

 

[Divemaster1]

It's a constant learning curve... and instead of constantly trimming your sails, and lads of ropes to pull, you have some mechanical systems to attend to. In the beginning you do feel that "you need to check once more" ... after the first season with your new mistress you will "know" her behaviours and little special quirks.... and what makes her sing... That is the time when you turn up and go....

Oh... good investment is a coverall you can quickly slip on ... and do have those old shoes avaliable to slip on .. or have shoe covers available for the trip "down there" when you check the oil...

 

[Wiggo]

If you ever find yourself spending a weekend on board a mobo and not fixing something, it's only because you've yet to find what's broken...

 

[Kawasaki]

so I can go in the engine room, varnish and change filters ect.

Tom

Crikey!
I knew you were keen
But varnishing the filters?

 

[pau1gray]

You deserve a prize sir!

If you ever find yourself spending a weekend on board a mobo and not fixing something, it's only because you've yet to find what's broken...

If there is one quote that has summed up motor boating in a nutshell then you have just hit the nail on the head sir

 

[Major Catastrophe]

Why does that sound so familiar .......

I always have old shirts on the boat so I can go in the engine room, varnish and change filters ect. The only time I turn up dressed to the boat is??? well actually, never. just ask the North Wales lot Boats are for playing with, bit like old cars.

Tom

Sartorial elegance is not your best point.

 

[CX54WEK]

If you ever find yourself spending a weekend on board a mobo and not fixing something, it's only because you've yet to find what's broken...

How very true.

To the OP, you will with time find out what makes your boat tick and how she likes to be handled. Ours, well she can be a moody cow if she doesnt get enough attention, but after two years of getting to know her we are firmly in the arrive, key in ignition and go brigade. We now know when there is something amiss with her just from how she feels to drive.

 

[epervier]

As Graham implies, every day out on the boat is a maintenance day of some sort, moreso if you own older modelslike wot I do

this weekend new Cobelt cables for gearshifts and if they are as good as the propaganda, throttles next time.

they certainly "feel" smoother than teleflex,

no connection just trying new (to me) product.

 

[Tresner]

Crikey!
I knew you were keen
But varnishing the filters?

Belter!