Very nice ! Bet you can't wait to see her in the water! Also what is this soda blaster,as a mate of mine has just bought a boat and it's covered in antifouling! Keep up the good work Jon... Hi Jon, Soda blasting is the same as sand blasting but you use soda crystals, they explode on contact and rem...

water_buoy wrote:Nice buy! Looks like that will keep you busy over the winter, look forward to seeing you on the water next year

hopefully the aim will be for Chertsey as its only 10 minutes down the road

The Story so far… This is my first boat so very much a learning experience! any advice or information is very much appreciated so feel free to input Having won an auction on ebay for a beige Winner Wildcat, the then seller refusing to sell it to me as he wanted more money, my real search started for...

My winner is called "So" is it bad luck to change the name?

Thanks for the advice, i am going to use loctite 518 for the sealant as it says to use that in the manual.. fingers crossed for some decent weather the weekend so i can get it done

Hi all was hoping to get some good advice please.. Refurbed head fitted and i am at the stage of fitting the camshaft carrier, i have the OEM manual and understand that a fine Gasket seal around the edges being careful not to block any oilways, but also the diagrams it points to Gasket sealant going...

Thanks for the reply, i think i have sourced a 2nd hand one, should be collectiong tonight.. the reason i want to stay with current engine if i can is the weight to power thing.. i would either have to drp 40HP with the 131 or add a load of weight with the 151.. still will have to wait and see...

Yes i saw the eddie marine ones, but just to expensive.. i think if i had a similar exhaust made to the above with bend on the end it could drop it down into the standard exhaust position and exit via the stern drive as a standard system.. on the plus side i have been offered a original 2nd hand exh...

Exhausts... the bain of my life at opresent.. Anyway i have been investigating an alternative exhaust option for my AQ171c and have have found a company who can possibly make me something like this from Stainless, It has smaller internal pipes which the water is injected into.. I have lots of room o...

Thanks for the replies, apoligies for the delay in getting back to the thread, i have been camping for the weekend.. will try the leads on the links.., that 2nd exhaust looks nice!