Bouba
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So....you can get a engineless boat for less money
One step back in boat buying
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Wansworth
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I do occasionally look at it propped up in the corner………So....you can get a engineless boat for less money
Fr J Hackett
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Maybe you could turn it into a grass cutter.
Daydream believer
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Peaceful, not a care in the world, quiet, no work, no one wanting it to do anything, just leaving it alone to enjoy life in silence.
Now we know where you get it from. I bet you spend hours staring at it in admiring jealousy
Daydream believer
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Don't mention the grass. I did, but I think I got away with it.
Fr J Hackett
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And just like the ancient Seagull the chances of Wansey stirring into life are remote.Peaceful, not a care in the world, quiet, no work, no one wanting it to do anything, just leaving it alone to enjoy life in silence.
Now we know where you get it from. I bet you spend hours staring at it in admiring jealousy
Wansworth
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No basically it’s too bloody heavy to shiftPeaceful, not a care in the world, quiet, no work, no one wanting it to do anything, just leaving it alone to enjoy life in silence.
Now we know where you get it from. I bet you spend hours staring at it in admiring jealousy
Wansworth
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Sin comentarios!
LittleSister
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Would you buy a craft with a fuel tank only a contortionist can reach…..I set off from home in high hopes”this” will be the one but inevitably Realitygetsin the way
Yes, and it was never a problem.
If you focused unduly on what could possibly go wrong on a boat, with its multitude of systems and critical parts (like wot I do just before launching every year!), you'd never buy a boat.
Oh, hang on . . .
Wansworth
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See previous post!Yes, and it was never a problem.
If you focused unduly on what could possibly go wrong on a boat, with its multitude of systems and critical parts (like wot I do just before launching every year!), you'd never buy a boat.
Oh, hang on . . .
LittleSister
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Yes the outboard route really solves many of my reticences about boat buying…..I guess everyone has their little manias
True.
But how many manias do you actually need?
Wansworth
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The whole engine thing is a mania……will itstart if it’s stopped……once running will it stop
…….it happened steaming into Littlehampton just on the start of thr ebb and the engine stopped ,managed to get a rope round the bulastrade of the pier…….butwhy did it stop?……sort of mild panic!…….I don’t recall now what I did nothing involving spanners but it started again .
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Bouba
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You’ve kept this vital piece of data from us for years...meanwhile complaining several times about the state of the engines on your target boatsThe whole engine thing is a mania……will itstart if it’s stopped……once running will it stop
Fr J Hackett
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You have obviously never sailed on a relatively modern boat with a modern diesel engine. The most common reason that one fails is dirty fuel and that can be managed in an event at sea by having twin filters and some spare cartridges. But lets face it in the event of you buying a boat by your own admission you won't be going out of sight of land and or VHF contact. There is no problem.The whole engine thing is a mania……will itstart if it’s stopped……once running will it stop
Wansworth
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Bouba
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I did Psych 101...and in my expert diagnosis.... I put it to you that is not the reasonSorry didn’t want to appear a whimp
Wansworth
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Honest,guv!
Bouba
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That might be the lacking quality
LittleSister
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You have access to the inlet pipe and the outlet pipe regardless of how accessible the tank itself is.
You can drain off the fuel and inspect it. If need be you can flush the tank, or even suck stuff from the bottom of the tank with a Pela or whatever, have a look inside with a whatsit-oscope (camera on bendy stick, £25, though dearer ones are better quality). With a cheap electric pump and filter you can polish your fuel to your heart's content, either as a one-off or on an ongoing basis.
You can buy the boat thinking that you'll replace the tank, but most likely will find the existing tank is just fine and never have to do it. As Fr. Hackett suggested, there are zillions of boats, very few of which have any problems with fuel supply, regardless of their tank arrangements.
In years of boat ownership (all of them somewhat ancient) and sailing others' boats, I have only once had muck clog up the filter and stop the engine (that in very bouncy conditions). Even then I was able to restart the engine and limp to shelter under engine by keeping the revs/power (and hence fuel supply needed) very low. Once in sheltered waters I was able to change the primary filter, and off we went again. I thought 'Oh no, I've got the dreaded bug' and imagined I'd soon get another filter blocked (I had more spares aboard), but I never did.
Had I had a more 'user-friendly' filter set up than ye olde CAV type I wouldn't have needed to return to sheltered waters to change the filter. With a Racor or other 'lift-out' type I could have done it even in rough conditions, better still with a twin-filter set up I would have just needed to pull a lever and I'd be off again.