SHETLAND OWNERS ASSOCIATION

Many thanks Adam,

That all sounds straightforward, your advice greatly appreciated!

Cheers

Tony

Hello all,

I want to fish my Family 4 out of the water next year for a pressure wash and ant- foul.
I have room at the mooring site, on the river Yare,for either a trailer or to use boat stands as i would never
use the trailer for any other use than a lift out every 3 years or so!!!
Can anyone ...

When you say white plastic canopy clips, do you mean turn buttons? PLastic ones are hard to get but metal ones can be found here https://www.amazon.co.uk/Turnbutton-fastener-Eyelet-canopy-canvas/dp/B018SJ39SO


Thanks so much for reply, yes it the plastic turn buttons i am after.
I have seen the ...

Hello all,

Can anyone help with a supplier of the white plastic canopy clips for my shetland family 4 please?

Have e mailed shetland but no reply.

Also i have completed , very badly , a grp repair in my anchor locker using the west system repair kit.
Foolishly i touched the deck surface with my ...

Hi Clive,

No not resolved yet and after the recent very heavy rain over here in Norfolk there was 2" of water on the cabin floor, definitely rain water!!

The windows seem fine and the carpet trim on the cabin ledge is pretty dry all round so i think it must be the joint under the fendering
so ...

Mark0405 wrote: Fri Aug 21, 2020 11:46 am Where are you finding the ingress?

Hi

The water appears to collect under the cockpit floor and under the battery and fuel lockers.
There is a crack in the fuel locker floor and if i sit at the stern on that side of the boat the water wells up through the crack.

Hello all,

Have read many a post re water ingress with the family 4 so am working through possibles such as re sealing windows etc.

I cant figure out how so much water gets in but was wondering if i should remove the rubber circular fendering that wraps round the boat
where the hull joint must be ...

Many thanks i will give them a go !!

Hi all,

Re the outboard platform on my 2007 Family 4 is the water in the platform for trimming the boat
or is it just a hollow space with no purpose?
There is an access hatch to pump the space out.
Also had no joy yet finding a floor socket to take the leg of the cabin table as the old one has ...

Thanks all, appreciated.