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I always said that i would never buy a boat, instead i would buy a bucket and through £100 a week in it. That way you would have something to show for the money you are essentially throwing away.
But back in July last year i was offered an old jet boat on a very sturdy galvanised trailer for £250 and i just couldn’t resist so i bought it. (Decided that the trailer was worth £250 alone)
After a bit of research i found out that it had a 1600 escort engine in it that surprise surprise didn’t have much life in it although it would turn over it just wouldn’t fire. So the advice i got was to just replace it, its only an escort engine so it’ll be easy to find another one and it shouldnt cost alot. Problem was that it’s a mark II escort engine so there not so common. A couple of months later thanks to Dickie Dyer i had an engine straight out of a cortina that is in full working order.
Since then i have taken the old engine out, stripped it for the parts i need and started to fit them to the replacement engine.
The interior is pretty shot at the moment so the boat looks like a complete wreck and reminds me of the kind of thing you see on ebay “unfinished project from 20 years ago”.
Then deadline is easter and i’ve promised myself it will be finished by then.
I’ll keep you posted on all the progress as it happens