lewlew100 wrote:I know that your budget is tight, but if you do manage to get afloat please make the effort to beg, borrow or steal lifejackets and an anchor with sufficient chain/rope. That is not meant to be a list of minimum equipment - I realize that you will not have radio, but at 17 you will already be far more conversant with a mobile phone than I am!!! Good luck and enjoy your first foray into boating. Geoff.
Don't worry. i already have pfd's that i was using on my little 10 ft dinghy with a 5hp air cooled 2 stroke 51cc that brakes down every 20 seconds and drinks 4l of fuel an hour hahaha, im considering installing an i/o engine as i have a qualification in light vehicle maintinance and repair, if i go this route, any suggestions on an engine to choose. i know its a big job but may beworth it. trandsom is solid but when cleaning it one patch of gellcoat came off where they clearly hadnt used hardner and revealed a large repair, about 12'' by 18'' on the starboard side of the bow. the trailer is made worryingly unsecurely so will be needing reinforcing as it bends with the weight and is a homemade made from a robin reliant axel and some thin angle iron :/ luckily i have a welder and some spare tube steel. could you suggest a type and/or wight of anchor for use around tamar river and plymouth sound, unsure of the botom type.