here we go chaps - the first film of the inside
quite a lot of stuff to fix and fiddle
I had a fantastic hail and rain storm while I was aboard - tiny leak in one window
rest seem great
Seems quite respectable down below too. If you got her for that coupla grand you kept saying is all you could spend then it looks like you scored a great deal!
Looks little used and benignly neglected.
Seems rather ok too me,
The fuel filter is on the front of the engine and that’s a water separator on the port side bulk head.
It will have a drain plug in the bottom so when the bowl starts to look ucky drain the water out.
As long as the diesel looks a clear red-y golden its fine. Looks pretty good in the video.
Great to see the inside of the boat – one thing I have missed since you have had such a well sorted boat in Katie L! I’m sure the Centaur will do you proud – and the engine too. I wish I could help with the electrics, but it looks like a total bunch of knitting as my Dad would have said. Some wires will no doubt need to be traced back through the boat and some of those wires will probably be above the headlining, so I would suggest you look at this first rather than getting the headlining sorted in a hurry. Also, if it were me and I was travelling with family members, I would make one of the priorities a new DSC VHF set if possible. They really don’t cost that much if you shop around and the reliability and DISTRESS button to reassure your family make it a no brainer really.
That wiring looks nasty. I can’t believe there are so many individual fuse holders, It’d be nice if they were all routed to a proper (labelled) fuse board. Its no fun groping around trying to find the right fuse when time is tight.
Just add some Marine 16 to the tank. Works a treat.
We only got a half tour in the video! What is in the storage areas under the berths – I bet there are loads of goodies in there!
Having lived in Shetland for a few years I feel it might be prudent to point out the mobile signal on my phone rarely got above one bar at the top of Ronas hill and for the most part was dead. The nearest repeator station is Norway.That was a couple of years ago – it may have been sorted by now.Long old trip though. The ferry takes 14 hours.
Looking really good.
The VHF might be fine for a back up if it works, but take the advice and get a DSC set, but remember that any radio is only as good as the aerial, make sure that works 100% as well.
Tony
She looks very nice…. on the assumption the engine starts, the standing rigging doesn’t need attention and the sails are OK, then a coat of antifoul and I reckon she’d be mostly good to go… you’ve got battery backup for all the main systems… for the VHF – switch it on – if you can hear Solent Coastguard I’d say it was OK… you can always do a signal test on ch 69 ‘natch :o)
Yes I might be interested D, but only if you would be willing to crew for me when I sail her home (to Australia)
Ah that could be a problem then!
Find the aerial wire at the back of the set and follow it as far as you can until you find a cut wire or a nice neat sealed terminal, or even an aerial mounted somewhere other than atop the mast.
Tony
There isn’t an aerial near the Radar dome is there – sometimes they put them there but pretty useless in any case – not high enough.
There are various grades of stainless steel, take a magnet next time and see if the tank has any
“stickiness” Some tanks will rust on the inside and this is as much a problem as diesel bug.
Nowadays red diesel in some ways is less prone to problems than road fuel which has a higher
percentage of bio mixed in.
Wish you were nearer to me as I have a very nice wood burner modified to run on any dirty old
oil!
Mother ! Put down that stone.