Isle of Muck Practice Flight 26 April 2023
Heading north towards Whitehead with our refreshed decks and cushions on full display. We can feel the new season is coming! It has been a long winter, but not an idle one. We have undertaken so many jobs it is hard to remember them all. Top of the list must be engine servicing. We contacted Finnings for a quote to service the two engines and were quoted all the parts plus close to £2500 for labour. This encouraged us to look at what is actually involved in a service, which lead us to decide to undertake the servicing ourselves. Over 3 days in early March we serviced both engines and at the end of it we are delighted that we did so. Not just because we have saved a significant amount of money, but because we also now know the engines much better. And, apart from one of the impellers, it wasn’t a difficult job. In retrospect even the tricky impeller wasn’t too bad - though there were moments when we would have disputed this at the time! Engine room looking sparkly clean, and s