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Hey gents, My insurer is NRMA. I can't complain one bit about there service either. At no point did they probe me for information or make me feel I was ever going to have an issue. The assessor was an independent marine surveyor called David Holmes. Great guy very understanding and down to...

Well, good news for me. My insurance company contacted me today and have payed my claim in full and based on the agreed value. They have also waived my excess as I was not at fault. Yipeeee !

Bruce I did not know that either. I have seen a number of volvo 165s and some 135 hp and assumed they were different. I'm finding that the Mariner 31 with the twin shaft diesels are hard to find if you want a decent one and that a decent one is perhaps out of my price range. I am looking at a...

Yes a nice boat but not 'my cup of tea' as they say. I still like the older styles.

Thanks Insequent that makes sense. I'm only looking to do 12 knots at best. Be nice to cruise at 8 or 9 and push through a swell with some extra power if needs. I'm not after a speed boat that's for sure. Broken Bay in Sydney can be hairy place to navigate and I don't want to be at the mercy of...

Thank you all for your insight. No doubt I have stumbled across a debate that has been going on since Noah built the Arc and Jesus told him to run a single shaft drive diesel to ensure we all made it. :)) Bruce the Kingston has a Perkins 4236 80 hp. Had a top speed of about 6 knots I just...

Bruce, yes my Kingston was a shaft drive diesel. Single engine diesels on a shaft seem to be hard to find unless your after something like what I had. Ie displacement hull and a low hp engine. I would like to get something that gets along a bit faster as there's a places I'd like to go that a...

Hello all ! Well, after the recent demise of my boat, I have been looking at replacement options. Of course bigger and better has to be part of that :) Although I am a trained and qualified mechanic its not my current career and I left it behind many years ago, but I still know my way around...

They are amazing shots !

Thanks for all the support guys. All I can do is see what happens. I do have an agreed value on the boat and I'm just hoping that because it was not my fault they will just pay it out and pursue the guy responsible. They even said I wouldn't have to pay the excess So who knows. I have since...

Hey all, I posted my first thread a few weeks ago and showed a few pics of my beloved Kingston 770. I just finished the interior referb which took two years and a lot of hard work as im sure all of you guys appreciate. I was going to post some questions about various things but it seems now...

Hi mate, I'm on Brisbane Waters but tend not to venture outside, maybe when I finish some more jobs :) Ill try and find some before shots too. Still got the outside to do ! Cheers

Thanks guys! Here's a few pics

Hi all, Great forum guys love the info ! New member from Gods country Australia ! Central coast just north of Sydney. Had my 26 ft Kingston cruiser for a few years and slowly doing it up. Seems though as fast as I can refurb things they need doing again LOL Powered by a Perkins 4236 which is...