SHETLAND OWNERS ASSOCIATION

Hi Christian
If your boat is like my Black Hawk there should be a drain hole - about 10mm diameter- to allow water to run out of the anchor well. If this is blocked that's why water has accumulated and rotted the panel. The hole is quite low down and in the 'V' at the front of the well - you should ...

Thanks for your opinions, everyone.
If I were going to do a Rolls Royce job on the sides I'd make proper lining panels (I was thinking about using a lightweight foamed pvc material in about 3mm thickness), wrap them in the embossed pvc, devise a method of attaching it to the cabin side and then ...

Having carpeted our cabin (Black Hawk) from the waistline down, I've turned my attention to the upper area, where the screen and side windows are.
At the moment it's bare fibreglass since I stripped off the manky paint last year.
I'm lining the area with embossed vinyl, the headlining stuff.
The ...

As a veteran of about 12 hours in total on the water, and a certificated 'know-nowt', I shouldn't be commenting.
But.........
The maximum speed of any displacement hull, regardless of horsepower, can be calculated by 1.34 x the square root of L.
L being the length of the waterline in feet, and speed ...

The Nov issue is here:

http://turbo36.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/motorboat-owner-nov-13.pdf

Since it's openly available on the net there can't be any copyright issues.
Can't find any earlier issues.
The similarities in content and layout are very similar to another powerboat magazine, which I ...

Hi D

On my Black Hawk the main bilge, accessed through a hatch in the cockpit; runs forward and disappears beneath the cabin door.
I found to my cost that it links the to narrow void beneath the table mounting hole.
Lack of space when leaving the boat on the trailer overnight at a marina meant I ...

I'm interested but i guess our 9.9hp will not be sufficient for coastal work.
If I need to buy an additional outboard (it has always been our intention to use the Black Hawk for coastal trips) how big do i have to go?
2 stroke or 4 stroke?

Deaks

I should think you'll be fine.
You're going through the same anguish as I did, running a Volvo V50 2.0D.
Turns out that towing has been no problem at all and our limited experience of slipways so far has also been entirely trouble-free.
We have a Black Hawk too. We had two towing issues. Firstly the ...

Thanks Colin

Since I've left it rather late for on-line shopping my choice may well be decided by what's available at chandlers en-route!

Ian

Most of my questions on here have been a bit basic.
And here's another.
Next week we take the boat (Black Hawk) up to Windermere for a few days.(Overnighting at a marina).
Our limited use so far has been on rivers and as yet we have had no need for an anchor.
But for Windermere I guess we'll need ...