NeilB

They do, but unless your glued to the webcam 8 hours a day you probably missed it. I think Herbert Woods only lift 50% of their fleet each year, not sure about Barnes. Some yards don't seem to take much pride in exterior cleanliness these days, while a few others manage to keep their boats pristine right through to October.

I'm afraid this kind of claptrap is common amongst big business these days, lots of words with no substance, meaning or details. I sometimes struggle to keep my head down and mouth closed, luckily everyone in my team is of the same opinion so we have a good laugh about it and go back to doing our jobs. The people responsible for writing this rubbish usually congratulate themselves and then disappear to another company to repeat the exercise.

Slightly under max revs is not an issue on a Broads boat as there's usually a range of RPM the manufacturer will accept, plus it's very rarely going to be run at full chat anyway. High speed vessels are a little different as they are more susceptible to weight and trim changes plus the builders want to squeeze every last 1/2 knot out of them. We even strap water bladders to the bathing platforms to simulate a tender and the amount of weight an owner adds, plus I add another 100KG when I step on board. The other option to water cooling on a traditional stern gland is to fit a rubber shaft seal type, all they need is a smear of grease every 200 hrs / once per year and then they should not leak at all. I couldn't find the max shaft RPM but the test process was 1000hr at 3000rpm without a single drop of water!

I was going to suggest a prop refurb would be cheaper and quicker but Smoggy was faster, if the RPM is only out by a small amount the pitch can often be tweaked. The engine should reach the manufacturers max rated RPM with the vessel at full load, or as close as possible. The Nanni has a rated speed of 2800rpm but they may also have a prop selection speed range which could be something like 2600rpm to 2800rpm. Peachments will know for sure.

My car has not even got a dipstick, well, apart from the one behind the wheel !

This is true for most inland and small sailboats. We’ve been Canbus since 2003, back then the ECU’s were nearly as big as a breeze block. Now they are about the size of a Cadburys chocolate orange, but not as tasty!

Not many of their boats are painted now but quite a few were when I worked there, we tried to get them all done before Christmas as the weather was often better. After Christmas I tended to concentrate on the engines, I could run them up and sit on them to keep warm!

I thought Brinkcraft had to provide a couple of moorings under the terms of a planning application? Or am I mistaken - which is likely!

Some hirers would also ignore that and keep going full throttle !

Back to Richardsons ! If anyone is interested some of the boats for sale have appeared on the Boat Shed sales site, they are quite good as they take a lot of photos. Some of them are looking fairly tired so it's easy to see why they are moving them on.

Ignore him, he’s just baiting you….

Happy to oblige I cannot speak for Eberspacher but on our products the max fuel consumption is pretty accurate and has been checked against flow meters and on our diagnostic tool. We're onboard Lightning for a few days over Christmas but to be honest I don't take much notice of the fuel consumption. I'm sure my wife will let me know if I need to turn the heater up!

Just had a quick look at the tech spec for an Eberspacher D5 and the max is 0.66 l/ph and 85W at full power, The Webasto is probably similar.

There is a small scale fully electric hire boat operation in Norway - https://plugboats.com/world-1st-all-electric-charter-fleet-greenline-yachts/ and https://www.canalboats.no/en/ Looks like fuel deposits may still linger on though.... :-) Found this in the FAQ's - "At the end of the holiday, the boat must be returned fully charged, if it is not, Canal Boats Telemark will deduct part of the deposit or send an invoice corresponding to what it costs to fully recharge the boat." Personally I believe that, while very expensive, the technology is ready for displacement electric boating on inland waterways, it's the charging infrastructure that is sorely lacking.

I’d love a link as well if possible please?

Nope, we are not. But whatever they come up with will still affect new boats / engines in some way, shape or form. I'm not worrying about it, just need to be aware for my job.

Things are going to change before then! In the last month or so the marine industry heard rumours the EU are working on RCD 3 which may take effect from around 2027. What this means is anyone’s guess at present, if I’m allowed to I’ll let you know if I hear anything.

Sorry, should have said it's dual fuel, info is in the article.

Cannot seem to get a direct link to work, need to search for "CMB" in the Rina link and select story no.2 but these were existing engines. I don't have all the details as it was not approved by us but as far as I'm aware it's still working today.

There are quite few projects around and this has been operating for a while now. https://www.rina.org.uk/cmbembarks.html

Been at Southampton boat show for a week, this is sitting outside my hotel room. Not Quite rocket fuel but does have 3 x gas turbines!! https://bravechallenger.co.uk

Yes it is and we already supply these systems for marine commercial applications.

Was at Southampton boat show on Monday to supervise the display engines being offloaded. Only a few of us there as a very early start but today I seem to be suffering an unusual affliction. For the first time in around 2 years I’ve caught a cold !! None of my family have it (yet) so can only assume I caught it there.

May be a good time to buy a lottery ticket Carole, might get lucky!

One of Water Rail's sisters is up for sale - https://norfolk.boatshed.com/herbert_woods_delight_class-boat-304314.html Looks stunning!