Diesels are great BUT

[Garygee]

Their is the servicing.

Was sunny warm, flat, calm & Febuary!
I had a service planned so didnt go out the only nice day I have been free this year
Had to cancelledl it two weeks before as it was too rough to bring Tigger II out.

[Garygee]

Of course we had the BOSS to make sure we didnt slack,

[Garygee]

It was even time for the kids to earn their pocket money

[Garygee]

They even managed to spend almost a full day without trying to kill each other .

[Garygee]

It took best part of 4 hours to do almost everything.

Refilling the drive leg oil, back up the hole it drained form,was lets say interesting and sorry for offending any bystanders with the language.

All done no big problems but needed a lift for Peter & his landrover when we left lauching too late and ended up the mud.

Standing back and looking at Tigger II she does not look anywhere as big as when she arrived on her trailer for the first time last year, maybe it getting to to go for somthing bigger
.
Lets hope for a day like this on the 7th (PLEASE)

Regards Gary

[simmons0]

Did you just tow that out with an impreza? Or have you got a winch on the tow bar?

[Garygee]

What do you think ?.

Oh and yes that is a 3000Lb winch on the tow bar !!

Their good but not that good.

Regards Gary

[Alex Brown]

Hello Gary,

Tigger II did look quite large at the top of the slipway last year

I never saw the antifouling on the hull before it went in last year here - how has it held up?

While it may have been calm up with you recently, it's been pretty blowy here from the NE.... sufficed to say, I haven't been out this weekend (not cos it was too rough) because I have been grounded in the office working on servers

[Andy Gee]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Garygee
[B]It took best part of 4 hours to do almost everything.

Refilling the drive leg oil, back up the hole it drained form,was lets say interesting and sorry for offending any bystanders with the language.

I know the feeling however you should ask,borrow,beg you local mercury/mariner agent for one of the screw in fillers that they have, then cut the fitting off the end for the bottle and put it onto one of those push down pump things that you get for the 5ltr cans of soap etc and away you go

Andy Gee

[Graham H]

Hi Gary Tigger II looks even bigger out of the water or have you shrunk the kids I think its to much to ask for a calm day on the 7th but lets keep our fingers crossed see you soon. Graham

[Garygee]

Hi folks

When it first turned up on the trailer my first reaction was Ugg, its a bit bigger then I thought it would be.
But a few months on a a few sea miles, many rough it seems to be getting smaller by the month.
Saying that I think its big enough to do anything I am likly to want to do.
The only thing I would have changed is have gone for a cubby console, giving somwhere to sleep when you get where your going.

Well the antifouling, it was a gamble but I think its paid off.

Been aflote for about 10 months now and the only thing on the hull was a little slime which came of with ease with a soft scrubbing brush and a press ganged child .

I dont know what Fleetwood is like in general but areas which I did not antifoul, fouling was quite heavy.

Took a hours or so to clean off the ourdrive, think a power wash is in order next time.

Well the drive oil refill.

Though their must be somthing as I could not see dealers doing what we did. Does anyone know what thread is in the drain plug ?.

If I could find out I will make some filling adaptors up, bet their is a good market for a few quid each , bet I lost alsmot that in oil, most of it going over me .
If no one knows thread I will measure next time its oil change time.

To fill it we used one of the oil guns That I use to drain mt engine oil, but in reverse. Holds about .75L so didnt take that many.