Wonderful

Dylan, Im so pleased you have finally found the boat of your dreams. Have a great time together. I look forward to seeing new videos and sharing your experiences. Keep up the good work and enjoy yourself.

Every time I see a Fisher 25 I am in awe, they just look perfect little ships, I love them.

@dylanwinter2138

2 жыл бұрын

v happy with it..... it is a bit old though and has many many issues.

Beautiful river!

@dylanwinter2138

2 жыл бұрын

I am very lucky to be there. Slept on the boat last night - awoke to a hanging mist over the estuary.

Hello Dylan, Hans from Holland here; the one from Dordrecht. Not the one from Wilsum, who brought you the booze a few years back. I wondered whether GTL-diesel (GasToLiquid) is sold in the UK? It's diesel made out of natural gas and it does not smell. Also less CO2 and less sulphur. Most engines run smoother on it than on normal diesel. In the Netherlands, it's only a little more expensive than the regular stuff.

Dylan, Sorry for your engine issues, but the bacon/garlic sounds like a win win solution. I'd add some good bread, to fry up in the bacon grease, after the eggs are just done. We don't have Cuokoos here in northern California, but the sound of your voice just took a load off my day. I've never had a sailboat engine that wasn't an ordeal.

@dylanwinter2138

2 жыл бұрын

I now make bread on the boat.... in a big frying pan. Co-op ready mixed works bloomin well. Try itg.

It isn't a leaky 40 year old exhaust hose, perchance? I inspected mine a few years ago when she smelled bit like old tailpipe. The hose needed replacing, but the surprise was when I grabbed it back through the cockpit locker, and the stainless exhaust skin-fitting fell apart.

@dylanwinter2138

2 жыл бұрын

it was - that has now been replaced. I have thrown a lot of hours at it but it keeps coming back for more.

Unless you are over sensitive to the smell of diesel you may well have leak somewhere either with the fuel system or the exhaust. As said, the outboard may well be fine when you are up the creek but not get you far at sea into a headwind. A 25hp Honda might.

@dylanwinter2138

2 жыл бұрын

I have had the boat for a year now. It came with pre-installed diesel bug which I have eradicated with marine 16. Took three tanks of fuel and many engine stops and filter changes but it all runs sweetly now. I have tracked down all the diesel leaks - one at a time. The installation is 50 years old... the engine is about 20. The problem with the boat is that the volvo gearbox has done the volvo thing and rusted through so when I run the engine the gearbox leaks cooling water contaminated with gearbox oil into the bilges where it slops around and that is now my main source of smell. The gearbox dumps about five gallons of water into the bilges during a day run and about 100 mil of gearbox oil. Solving the other leaks was quite hard. Now she is demanding a new gearbox - needless to day. The 6hp shoves the boat along briolliantly 25hp would be overkill.

Perhaps an electric inboard would be a good option? Sure, range in the form of a bunch of ready-made lithium batteries is a bit expensive, but DIY lowers the price a fair bit. And you can always add something like 2-3kw petrol generator like for example The Rigging Doctor /Sailing Wisdom did years ago. The recently posted a couple of videos about how they built their own lithium battery bank and got a significant performance upgrade :) I'm planning on electric conversion for my Volvo 110 S-drive, sold the MD11C diesel and looking at 10kw BLDC motors :) should be able to get good propeller regen with the speed capabilities of my Wasa 55 as well :)

@dylanwinter2138

2 жыл бұрын

I have been thinking the same way. A local bloke has started fitting them ^kw or 10kw... 48 volts. It is too late for this summer but next winter .

@richardfinnigan7458

2 жыл бұрын

I can't help wondering if an outboard engine could be utilised to generate electricity. Obviously that's new product.

@Robinlarsson83

2 жыл бұрын

@@dylanwinter2138 go for it :) For sailor that actually prefer to sail, an electric motor is probably perfect. Where is local to you, if I may ask? Always nice to see that companies are offering such solutions. There is a company here in Sweden that offers a conversion kit for saildrive with motors from I think 3 to 20kw. Don't know their prices yet, but I plan to talk to them :)

Best of both worlds, still got the diesel when you need to punch into 25 knots with a short sharp sea. Now to swap the outboard for an electric one....

@dylanwinter2138

2 жыл бұрын

good idea.

Nice boat .

I've got similar problem with my boat s diesel So bloody noisy I'm thinking of running 30 hp 4 stroke outboard on back my launch

@KeepTurningLeft

2 жыл бұрын

the engine under the cabin is a bit noisy - the outboard on tickover is quieter - at high revs though it shakes the fillings out of teeth

@richardcooper4206

Жыл бұрын

Get the leak sorted. There's only a few places where the leak can be.

Get a good marine diesel guy to take your money and fix it That outboard won't stay in the water if you are pitching and rolling

@KeepTurningLeft

2 жыл бұрын

good plan

So, plan ‘B’ has become plan ‘A’ and plan ‘A’ has become plan ‘B’ …. good thinking👍 Btw, heard a cuckoo in the woods around Martlesham Creek, that made me happy.

@KeepTurningLeft

2 жыл бұрын

the back-up is the main engine on most days - fire up the diesel for east coast bars

@Scruffy1000

2 жыл бұрын

@@KeepTurningLeft Have you seen the new Buoyage at the Deben Bar……. it all looks a bit confusing. It seems, to me anyway, that if you follow the buoys you’ll end up on the shoals…. Maybe I’m reading it wrong ?

nice we have a very similar boat

@KeepTurningLeft

2 жыл бұрын

what is your boat

Sorry about the problem but brilliant film

I feel up to speed know, it was the one with the whale on the bow. It definately looked like it needed work, but the cheapest F25 on the market at the time. There is a couple in France for 25k and they still have the old MD2 diesels. All old boats need money throwing at them unless meticiously maintained, and at that price.......get what you pay for is a true saying.

@KeepTurningLeft

2 жыл бұрын

it was cheap and it does have issues... slowly fixing or circumventing then

@KeepTurningLeft

2 жыл бұрын

I did drive to france to see one two years ago. I drove to Brittany, got there, met the man in the boatyard and he promply and rudely told me that he had raised the price by 1,000 euros. Rotten sod. A year later the boat was sdtill on the market. The man drove an Uadi TT and was wearing impossibly shiny black shoes

@skaraborgcraft

2 жыл бұрын

@@KeepTurningLeft Ouch. I drove from Cornwall to Stockholm with a 3.5 ton trailer and a Range Rover, and when i got there to collect the boat, he said a Dutch guy had offered more money, so I had to increase my offer! Being a man of principle, i told him what he could do with his boat! There is still an F25 in Brittany for sale with a wooden bowsprit addition,same boat?.

Wow new boat? Nice one

@dylanwinter2138

2 жыл бұрын

old but a bit buggered.

Yeah, I'm jealous :)

@KeepTurningLeft

2 жыл бұрын

there are days when I am jealous of myself....

@RandomDoive

2 жыл бұрын

@@KeepTurningLeft I have wanted a Fisher since I saw my first one in my twenties. We have since owned two yachts, one very nice, both now gone but I still want a Fisher. Motor sailers are just so gentlemanly!

At my club I’ve watched too many times with gritted teeth, skippers trying to control their 22-26’ boats in confined creeks with outboards. Get your engine sorted Dylan

@KeepTurningLeft

2 жыл бұрын

The engine is resource hungry - I have thrown too much effort at it. It needs to be removed and replaced... and in marinas I use the main engine rather than an outboard.

@SimonLeslieEllis

2 жыл бұрын

Didn’t think for one minute you would. I guess my comment was aimed at the broader audience, borne out out of vivid recollections of screaming cavitating outboards in full reverse followed by a loud crump and swearing 🤬

You have no idea how lucky you are Dylan,around here in Hampshire on the South coast where I live I last heard a cuckoo about five years ago. Why is building new houses concreting over the Countryside to house all the immigrants disproportionaly carried out?

@nicholasmorrill4711

2 жыл бұрын

@@freddyrassinger8198 I'm not sure the reason but we certainly seem to have a lot of unpatriotic traitors in charge. kzread.info/dash/bejne/poCayrqPaMngc9Y.html

@dylanwinter2138

2 жыл бұрын

we also get nightingales

@nicholasmorrill4711

2 жыл бұрын

@@dylanwinter2138 We used to have nightingales as well fifty years ago before the Tory's flooded the whole area with more & more people Dylan.I should enjoy them while you can.

There is something wrong if it smells, find the problem! Then....no problem

@dylanwinter2138

2 жыл бұрын

the main source of bilge contamination is the volvo gear box - and to fix that I have to remove the engine

@matui6983

Жыл бұрын

Is the Volvo box saltwater cooled? Get rid of it Almost every dingle Ive ever seen has issues. There must be a myriad of small and better boxes over there in the UK that dont have saltwater running thru them Hurth, ZF, Kansaki, PRM/Newage and thats just 4. If its a mechanical box then cooling isnt really an issue. If you go hydraulic then a small oil cooler will need to be fitted but its not really a big job at all once the box is bolted up properly yo the bellhousing.