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22-05-2014, 12:33
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#391
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Vancouver, BC
Boat: Niagara 35
Posts: 1,878
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Re: Post the Worst "For Sale" Picture You've Seen.
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Originally Posted by Pete7
Not a worst picture, but when I read what he has done to a perfectly good engine I did wonder what else he has fiddled with. Some folk shouldn't be let loose with a toolbox.
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"I wanted to have the engine overhauled this winter, and next winter I was intending to lift her out and do the hull. A friend in the marina suggested that I pull the injector and take it in to be serviced and tested. Against my better judgement, I agreed to pull the injector myself, and then took it to my friend for a quick inspection, before sending away to be serviced. He promptly informed me that the part I was holding was not an injector, but the fuel pump. I decided there and then to take no further part in the overhaul of the engine and engaged a reputable company in Peterhead to carry out the work.
The engine is now starting like a dream and runs real smooth, but the engineer was unable to get total control of the governor. You will be able to talk to the engineer if needed, but basically, he believes that when I removed the fuel pump, without disconnecting the linkage to the governor, I lost the linkage inside the engine. We sourced a new linkage, but he believes that the part lost is stuck down behind the counter weights of the governor, and therefore the only way to correct the problem is to take the governor out. Sounds easy, but the only way to get the governor out is to first disconnect the engine from the saildrive to allow access. The boat would also need to be out of the water for this!
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LOL. I often break as much as I fix, but this one has even me beat!
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22-05-2014, 12:52
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#392
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: On the boat, somewhere in Australia.
Boat: Swanson 42 & Kelly Peterson 44
Posts: 9,126
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Re: Post the Worst "For Sale" Picture You've Seen.
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Originally Posted by Pete7
... Some folk shouldn't be let loose with a toolbox.
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Or pine skirting boards....
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29-05-2014, 08:45
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#393
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: San Diego, California - Read about our circumnavigation at www.rutea.com
Boat: Contest 48
Posts: 1,056
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Re: Post the Worst "For Sale" Picture You've Seen.
There's a 122' sloop for sale just down the dock from me. The first time I saw it I knew there were major issues with the boat and when I looked up the listing on line, I saw some of the worst photos I've ever seen of a boat trying to be sold. What was particularly attention grabbing was the photograph of the helm with a sack of garbage next to it. Or the shot of the galley with the cabinets open, revealing a nice inventory of fuel filters (what are fuel filters doing in the galley? On a 122' yacht?). See for yourself.
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29-05-2014, 17:39
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#394
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: On the boat, somewhere in Australia.
Boat: Swanson 42 & Kelly Peterson 44
Posts: 9,126
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Re: Post the Worst "For Sale" Picture You've Seen.
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Originally Posted by nhschneider
...what are fuel filters doing in the galley?
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Cleaning the deep fryer oil?
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31-05-2014, 18:12
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#395
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2013
Boat: Golden Gate 30
Posts: 80
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Re: Post the Worst "For Sale" Picture You've Seen.
Sail boat with trailer
"Sail boat with trailer - $3000 (Walterboro)"
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31-05-2014, 18:34
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#396
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Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Australia
Boat: 21 ft sail boat
Posts: 347
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Re: Post the worst 'For Sale' picture you've seen.
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Originally Posted by Madcatter
My parents had a neighbor who had a flat bottom fiberglass johnboat for sale. He took out an ad in a trader paper. It read as follows. Fiberglass John Boat for sale. Busted bottom. leaks like a sieve. Great Gift for an ex who can not swim $25 or best offer.
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A picture of it in my mind would make it the best of the worst 'for sale' photos
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02-06-2014, 20:39
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#397
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Join Date: Dec 2013
Posts: 3
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Re: Post the Worst "For Sale" Picture You've Seen.
What a dump is right. Did you say Pugh! 😜
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12-06-2014, 11:34
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#398
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Gig Harbor, WA
Boat: 34' Crowther tri sold 16' Kayak now
Posts: 5,067
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Re: Post the Worst "For Sale" Picture You've Seen.
Picture is not needed. The ad says it all.
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12-06-2014, 11:40
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Gig Harbor, WA
Boat: 34' Crowther tri sold 16' Kayak now
Posts: 5,067
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Re: Post the Worst "For Sale" Picture You've Seen.
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13-06-2014, 15:40
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#400
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: On the boat, somewhere in Australia.
Boat: Swanson 42 & Kelly Peterson 44
Posts: 9,126
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Re: Post the Worst "For Sale" Picture You've Seen.
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Originally Posted by Sand crab
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Actually, it makes sense if it was a half share in the previous advert...
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17-06-2014, 11:26
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Tampa, FL
Posts: 5,009
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Re: Post the Worst "For Sale" Picture You've Seen.
Ad says the boat "will require some work." Ya THINK!?!
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17-06-2014, 15:02
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#402
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Senior Cruiser
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Port Moresby,Papua New Guinea
Boat: FP Belize Maestro 43 and OPBs
Posts: 12,888
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Re: Post the Worst "For Sale" Picture You've Seen.
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Originally Posted by denverd0n
Ad says the boat "will require some work." Ya THINK!?!
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Nothing that a bit of epoxy won't fix
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17-06-2014, 16:16
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#403
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Houston, TX
Boat: Beneteau 461 47'
Posts: 927
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Re: Post the Worst "For Sale" Picture You've Seen.
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Originally Posted by denverd0n
Ad says the boat "will require some work." Ya THINK!?!
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"Light and airy quarter berth"
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17-06-2014, 23:14
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#404
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Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 202
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Re: Post the Worst "For Sale" Picture You've Seen.
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Originally Posted by denverd0n
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...That'll buff right out ~ (somebody had to say it!)
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18-06-2014, 05:27
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#405
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: VA, boat: Deale, MD
Boat: 1981 Nor'sea 27
Posts: 1,414
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Re: Post the Worst "For Sale" Picture You've Seen.
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Originally Posted by denverd0n
Ad says the boat "will require some work." Ya THINK!?!
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This boat has a nice sky light to let in all the bright sunshine you'll experience during your cruise.
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