One step back in boat buying

Fr J Hackett said:
One has to ask why would you want to access the fuel tank on anything other than a one off occasion? How important is it.
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Although I am very badly equipped to be an engineer it just seems to me that fuel should be clean hence access to the fuel tank.But It has just occurred to me a new fuel tank could replace the unknown installed one.
 
Wansworth said:
Although I am very badly equipped to be an engineer it just seems to me that fuel should be clean hence access to the fuel tank.But It has just occurred to me a new fuel tank could replace the unknown installed one.
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Given the number of boats floating about and the relatively few stories of fuel contamination it shouldn't be your primary concern especially if you go for a boat with an outboard motor which one or two of you candidates have been.
 
Fr J Hackett said:
Given the number of boats floating about and the relatively few stories of fuel contamination it shouldn't be your primary concern especially if you go for a boat with an outboard motor which one or two of you candidates have been.
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Yes the outboard route really solves many of my reticences about boat buying…..I guess everyone has their little manias😏
 
I share your mistrust of ancient mistreated (or just unused, or unknown) diesels. As long as it's outboard-powered, the whole situation can go from a real head-shaking worry to resolved and off for a sail, in the time it takes to unbolt the old engine and lift on a new.
 
Vikings were a saga.....Game of Thrones was a saga. Mine was a few updates from me...and a lot of unhelpful advice from you.....cautionary yes....saga no
 
Wansworth said:
Yes the outboard route really solves many of my reticences about boat buying…..I guess everyone has their little manias😏
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It would seem quite possible, in extremis, to apply "the outboard route" to a boat with an inboard engine, if you cant get the inboard to work, or if you want belt braces and a bit of string, to have both plus your sails. You would probably have to buy a bigger/longer shaft outboard than the one for the tender though, which would cost more, but still seems an option.
 
ducked said:
It would seem quite possible, in extremis, to apply "the outboard route" to a boat with an inboard engine, if you cant get the inboard to work, or if you want belt braces and a bit of string, to have both plus your sails. You would probably have to buy a bigger/longer shaft outboard than the one for the tender though, which would cost more, but still seems an option.
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Quite a few boatI have seen sport an outboard which does not bode well for the inboard😏…….
 
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