HalfBoaterHalfBiscuit

Thanks for the feedback. I have given the solenoid and arm a clean and it has turned off without a problem all day.

Yesterday I could not get my engine to stop. After advice from RCR, I manually pulled the arm from the solenoid and this did the trick. I checked connections behind the ignition control panel and on the solenoid and all seemed fine. I then found that there is a solenoid reset switch on the control relay box. Once this was reset the arm travelled the full distance and the engine stopped and started fine. I thought that the tripping may have been caused when I got a rug wrapped round the prop and this stopped the engine. However after a couple of hours cruising today I had the same problem of the engine not stopping. I reset the switch again but it kept tripping. Having stopped cruising an hour ago I went to have another look at it and once the switch was reset, it was once again stopping and starting fine without tripping. The only similarity I can see, is that it has stopped when the engine has been cold or cool but not stopping when it's at full temperature (though this could be pure coincidence of course) I know that intermittent faults are always the hardest to cure but are there any suggestions?

We were moored at Stoke Ferry a couple of weeks ago. There is a road crossing the river which is busy with lorries, so if that is close by it would put me off. There are quite a few long term moorings there which are owned by the neighbouring caravan park. Speaking with staff on the caravan park, which backs on to the river, they say they very rarely get flooded. You can wind at the end of the navigation about 10 minutes further on, but it can be a bit tricky if there is a strong flow. The river does get narrow before the winding hole and I doubt if you could get through with a widebeam. You have a trip of over 2 hours to get to the Great Ouse and about another 15 minutes to get to Denver Sluice. The Wissey is a very nice river to cruise and typical of the area very quiet. We spent 3 days on it and only saw about 5 boats.