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Posted by member David Kemp on Friday 25 April 2008

My Fishing 24 has been taking the bottom twice a day for 5 years on the Essex coast at Brightlingsea with only one minor problem. The battery locker outside the cabin door can take in water if it rains when the tide is out. Reason is that the outlet is obviously blocked when the boat is sitting on the mud so any water draining into the perimeter gutter to the locker builds up and overflows into the locker. Its unlikly that the water will build up enough to reach the battery terminals if the area is inspected regularly but to be sure I have fitted a bilge pump with a float switch, pipe discharging to the scuppers. Had no problems with the open heads to date. My vessell has been towed from Poole to Essex on delivery on a trailer but you need a big vehicle due to gross weight and I wouldn't want to be doing it on a regular basis. My engine is a Volvo 150hp. D41D with 1000ish hours on it which has performed alright to date. Have no knowledge of any other of the options. One thing is that I do not seem to be able to get the engine revs that the surveyor achieved when giving the vessel sea trials when I bought it. He got it up to 4000rpm currently I struggle to get near 3500rpm. Any thoughts? Regards Dave Kemp

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