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Hi Jonathan Probably with living near here I don’t appreciate what is on my doorstep !! Do you mind me asking where you keep your boat? Is there anywhere else around about you would recommend? That sounds like a great way to do it.

Haha. Yes. I know exactly what you mean.

Hi Neil Thanks for the reply. I take your point about fettling v cruising. I could see that happening !!

Evening everyone.. I know this is probably impossible to answer but I am just looking to see what other people think. I am relatively new to boating having only got my boat at the end of August last year. I bought it as an early retirement present to myself and hope to retire in the next year or 2. I am trying to reduce my days down to 4 days this year, 3 next year and not sure after that.... will have to see how it goes. My boat is currently moored in a marina in the Stafford area. At the moment I am only managing long weekends but hoping to get a week or 2 down there through the summer. I have been limited to 3 or 4 day journeys maximum but have loved just cruising up and down the Trent and Mersey between Stone and Rugely or down the Staffs and Worcester from Great Haywood to Penkridge. Not very long journeys but good practice. I live in Liverpool and the journey to the boat takes me anything from 1 hour 40 minutes to 2 hours or more. Not a difficult journey but can be a pain if the M6 gets busy ! Scarisbrick Marina is only 20 / 25 minutes from where I live. If my boat was there I could just go there after work for a couple of hours if I wanted to just go and relax on the boat for a bit. I have walked along that stretch of canal quite a few times and it is quite nice - but I have never cruised along that bit of canal to really see what it is like. I know there is not as much choice of routes there. My dilemma is this ... Would I be better moving my boat to Scarisbrick for the next year or 2 until I pack in work so that I can make more use of it and spend more time on it or do I keep it in the Stafford area and just get there when I can every few weeks? I have considered some of the other marinas in Cheshire etc but most of them take over an hour to get to anyway. Thanks for any thoughts or advice. BMP

That is a good idea. I literally have an inch or 2 below it. Might suck as much oil out as possible first and then drain the last bit using something like that.

thanks.... will give that a try.

That makes me feel better !! I did my oil change on Friday and all went reasonably well. The issue I had with the gearbox was not being able to get anything under the gearbox to catch the oil. There is a bulkhead directly below the gearbox and no way of getting anything under it. I had to use the pump out (or suck out) option to get the old oil out. I would have preferred to drop it out of the drain but couldn't. I then had the same issue as others on here have found ..... not being able to see where the new oil is on the dipstick as it was too clear to see. I eventually could make out where it is up to so hopefully I am ok with that. I will keep checking each time I use it over the next few weeks to double check. Thanks everyone for the help and advice in this thread.

Thanks for that... This is what is recommended in my Canaline manual .... https://www.enginesplus.co.uk/product/engine-oil-api-cc-10w-40-5-litres/ Thanks.

I meant to ask .... Do you use the same oil as the engine oil?

sounds like a good plan to me.

Haha - no dont !!!

Thanks... I will see what he has and stock up for next time. Thanks again for the info.

Thanks for that . I feel better just using the engine oil now. I have the engine manual and a copy of a sheet out of the gearbox manual. It says the bit about mineral oil 15/40 and every 750 hours. I will do it each time I change the engine oil I think - especially if I am using the same oil anyway. Thanks for your help.

Timing is good this weekend. I have already bought my new oil. Is taking the old oil something that he is interested in? I will gladly use his services if he will take the old oil. I will keep a note of his facebook page for future use. Thanks for that.

Thanks.. The engine oil I have is from Engine Plus and it is ... "Multigrade Diesel engine Oil API CC SAE 10W/40". - I cant see anywhere if that is mineral oil or not. I know it is not 15/40 Richard (and others) have said to use the same as the engine oil. I know I am being a bit thick here, but I really dont want to use the wrong stuff and damage the gearbox.

It will be around Great Haywood area. Thanks for that. I have my car so can drive to the recycle centre in Stafford or Rugely.

Hi Richard Thanks. Will be dropping it out of the drain plug - hopefully.

Thanks... I wanted to keep a few containers for next time so that sounds good.

Afternoon everyone.. Just a quick question... I know I can get rid of my old engine oil in the local council recycling centre but I was just thinking about how to do this. Do they have somewhere to pour the old oil into or do you have to leave it there in containers? Sorry if that is a stupid question !! BMP

Afternoon everyone. Just preparing to change the oil in my gearbox. It is a PRM150 and has done about 600 hours. I have read on here to do it about every 750 hours. I am planning to do an engine oil change this weekend and thought I may as well do the gearbox as well. ( for info .... Engine is a Canaline 42) My question is about which oil to use in the gearbox. I have read quite a few previous topics on this and there are conflicting posts and I am not sure which is correct. Some people have said to just use the same oil as the engine - "Engine Oil API CC 10w/40" and others have said to use ... mineral 15W40 oil (not synthetic). I have got a manual for the engine so no issues with that, and I know how to do the oil change for the gearbox - just need some guidance on the type of oil to use. Thanks in advance for any help. BMP

Yes it is the expanded length. It shrinks down to quite a small size too so very handy for storage. Just in case you hadn’t noticed the supplied ends are the screw type rather than the push on ones. I know you can get adapters but I thought I would just mention it.

I got the 50 foot one. My boat is 52 foot and it stretches to the end from the water tap which is a good 5 or 6 feet from the boat. Not sure if would reach 57 foot.

I got got this last September and so far so good. Stores into a small bundle and never tangles. Pressure is good through it too. Only time will tell if it is any good long term. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0785JVT1S/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_image?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Thanks for that. That will be a good option too. I have plenty of space back there too.

Haha. Good idea.