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I dont know Iain but the plungers on my Jabsco's can make a fair racket when trying to get rid of a lengthy one

I think people can forget that these modern comforts afloat do come with drawbacks! I hear boaty noises all the time and cant say they have bothered me enough to keep me awake, Rowdiness on the other hand is far more infuriating to me than any mechanical noise but we are all different

How do you steer it i wonder Ive not seen anything like this before, its a novel idea and Im wondering what the policy on fishing rods would be!

We do try and do the majority of our maintenance ourselves Alan but as with all boats the odd job will crop up from time to time that has to be done by the proffesionals. We have been quite lucky since 2011 in that respect other than antifoul twice yearly as we can do our own engine servicing, winterisation and whatever electric / plumbing jobs crop up. Its only really the underwater work and canopys / upholstery that we wouldnt do ourselves and we leave that to those in the know and with the equipment to do the task properly!

Im not suggesting it isnt good value for money. It costs me 3-4k per year to have my 37ft on a good quality mooring and be maintained to a good standard. Your syndicate vessels will withstand a lot more use than our boat granted and being relative to mine much newer boats I still think the annual running costs seem quite high especially at the actually figures and not the 7k i came up with! Im not "dissing" your setup its just theres a big difference in annual costs between a multi owner vessel and one thats outright owned and I was really trying to understand why other than the obvious usage differences

Hi Jon, £350 between if im reading it right 20 weeks owned? Is it really costing £7000 a year to run this boat, it seems quite a lot to me.

Remote locking on a boat! I hope Clive can get these built fast enough as I think they will be extremely popular! Thanks for putting the pictures up, do you have any pics of the forwars cabin Jonzo? And which is better aft or forward just so I can get dibs in early!!

She looks Awesome!

Thanks John looking forward to them!

I take it Somerleyton Marina dont do pumpouts nowadays then?

I will suggest starbrite rubbing compound for topsides however there may be cheaper alternatives im not aware of!

I think theres more chance of Robin getting 6 numbers and buying himself a Broom than any hire firm giving out a free holiday, prove me wrong!!

Has anyone managed to obtain any interior shots of commodore since launch

Robin the system i have got is just a simple relay which connects both banks together when the ignition is on allowing them both to be charged by the alternator, they are also connected individually to the shore power battery charger to recieve a charge, im led to believe a much simpler setup with minimal voltage drop and no electronics as such to go wrong!

Can i just clarify if im correct in thinking that in this case the manual battery isolator switches did not isolate the batteries from this auto isolator unit as its fitted between the batteries and the alternator thus the only thing it isolates is the batteries from eachother when there is no alternator charge detected and not the actual appliances on the boat? I looked at fitting one of these when i bought my boat but was informed that the old fashioned split charge relay is actually far better anyway.

You dont know how you will react to a situation untill you find yourself in it. Dont really see the point in telling robin where you think he went wrong, hes fine (i presume!) the boat is still in one piece what else matters

Whats he intending to do with them? Wash his stinky deck

Johnathon im not sure I agree re the fuse, in a fault condition there could be more amps going through the unit than it was designed to take, would a fuse rated to the specification of the unit not be of benefit? I have an inverter in which the manufacturers instructions stated the 12v supply should be fused appropriately and the fuse was not included with the kit!! In this case is a fuse also going to be useless if a fault develops in the unit?!

Wonder why the owners didnt protect the circuit with a fuse to start with? We had something similar with a split charge relay neutral feed shorting out onto the relay live, there were flames and a lot of smoke as the cable went up like det cord back to the engine block, guess what......same yard.

alexandlorna, if they ever offer you a cuppa...decline!!

Legionella is not such a problem on cold supplies as long as the cold water stays below 20 degrees C. Its more of an issue above 20 and below 60 degrees C. Its not impossible though

A very reassuring response many thanks Amanda!

I was thinking along the same lines Jawsorca, reduce the power to much and it could make things dangerous. The tech specs for my engine say 2600rpm maximum load speed and there was one occasion at Great Yarmouth I actually had to use it......or Id have been going backwards! Like you say its not the power thats available at fault its the numpty with his hand on the throttle!

How do these governers work out of interest? With my experience of owning an ex hireboat with a Nanni diesel the engine speeds are set to an operating range when manufactured. I dont believe hire yards change this but I could well be wrong. Ive always understood it as a boat that isnt designed to plane has a hull speed by design, install a 50hp or a 150hp engine makes no difference to the speed?

Ive read elsewhere that the boat in the video is back at the yard, lets all hope this is true!