Jim

Give it to Rob ! He could make a fortune ! ! I undestand that I.T. work is Money for Old Rope ! ! ! Jim

Has Niggle seen it yet ? He'll be doing a detour on his way to Alderney Jim

Happy Birthday Charlie & Dave. Hope it's been good. Jim

Sounds good Jon. Is it big enough for your needs? Tiddler is 13 feet and quite light. I wouldn't want a 25 on that, It's just not big enough. What is the reccommended size for your boat ? Jim

Poole marine services serviced my E-tec and my Honda. Fantastic engineer by the name of Sam Cobb. He comes to my house to do the work. jim

what size boat are you putting it on Jon?

http://www.berleybomb.com/ Hi Steve, I just bought mine from here. I've not used it yet but I know the lads in the club swear by them. There was a thread on here about 3 years ago. Jim

Hi Jon, Yes I had an E-Tec 75. Exactly the same physical lump as the 90 but the computer told it that it was a 75. The plastic on the early ones used to crack a bit but that's been sorted I believe. I had a couple of bits where the paint bubbled but I sorted that. I found it to be a very good engine. It never played up, was brilliant on fuel and cost about £300 every 3 years for servicing. The guy that bought Small Fry sent me a Christmas card to say how pleased he was with both boat and engine. ( He's an ex AA serviceman ) so he would pick up on any faults I would have thought ! E-Tecs are not noisey or smelly and run on tick-over quite happily as the oil usage is controlled by the computer. Thought I would try the Honda this time ( which is also a lovely engine ) but servicing frequency and costs have made me wonder if I should have stayed with the E-Tec. My view of the E-Tec ? - - - - - -Nothing wrong with it at all ( well no more than any other outboard ) Hope I have been of some help. Jim

What a cracking report ! I'll have to accept your words about planning and safety but it frightens the hell out of me ! Well done. Jim

Very Good Kam ! You got me ! ! !

I like option 2 Brian !

Fantastic Graham ! Good fun by the sound of it. Jim

That's jolly decent of you John. I don't need one, but some may ! Jim

Feeling better then Mr. Chairman ? ? ?

Now that he's lightened his wallet, it should get on the plane OK so it should be quite nippy ! Jim

Or maybe you should get a motorised Kayak Graham ! ! ! Jim

Looks great graham. Looking forward to seeing you out there. Jim

Well I'm in there ! Where ARE you Johnny B ? ? ? ? Jim

Fantastic Graham ! See you out there. Make sure you've got a flag up so we can all see you easily. Jim

Looking promising for next weekend. Even I may get out !

I can imagine the tears from the guy who has to fit the engine to boats with a titanium plate ! Mind you it's probably a very good idea Charlie I've worked on that stuff and it eats tools for a pastime ! But at the end of the day - - if people don't buy it - - - nobody will nick it.

It's hard to steal with NO FINGERS ! Oh sorry ! we should send them on a holiday swimming with dolphins to teach them the error of their ways !

B***ard !

Niiiiiice ! Very Slippery. Not cheap though !