After all our engine problems we decided last year to replace our ageing and noisy 3 cylinder Kubota. In a fit of madness I bid for a new Isuzu 35hp engine on Ebay... and won. The race was then on to find someone to put it in and get it delivered there. So last November (that long ago?) we clanked and puffed our way up to Newbury and left it in the boatyard to have the engine swapped. And waited.... and waited... On the plus side we had the opportunity to clean out the bilge, scrape it and paint it. In a cramped, filthy, oily space in sub-zero temperatures this was really fun. (not!)
