Modifications & Maintenance
Interesting items that have accumulated over the years.
Renovations
Deltacraft fibreglass strength and weaknesses
Convert Mark 1 Outboard, back to Inboard
Self Draining Cockpits.
Replacing the curtains on a Mark 1
Radical modifications to a Mark 1.
Rejuvenate a Deltacraft Mark 2.
Another Rejuvenation of a Deltacraft Mark 2.
A range of modifications over a period of years.
Signwriting.
Covers for my Deltacraft.
Upgrading the interior which is looking a bit tired.
Builders Plates, what year was my Deltacraft launched.
Motors
Deltacraft Islander 5.7 Series MK.II, Operating Manual
Power problems in a Mark 2.
Convert Mark 1, Outboard back to Inboard.
Owner's Instruction Manual for Volvo Penta MD7A, MD&A/110S
Owner's Instruction Manual for Yanmar Diesel 2QM15.
How to quickly judge a diesel motor.
Overheating problem, cured
Trailers
Trailers suitable for Deltacraft.
Trailer Modifications.
Trailer for a Mark 2.
Trailers, repair or replace.
Weigh the trailer & boat together as there are so many variables.
Tenders, Gates, Hatch support & Duck Boards
Tenders suitable for moored Deltacraft.
Transom Gate for a Mark 2
Duck Board Landing Platforms
Seagull scarer options
Hatch support arm
Tanks
Repair a Fuel Tank.
Identify Fuel Tanks.
Remove Fuel Tanks.
Water Tanks.
Toilet repair or replace
Toilet/Shower Cubical Drainage - Mark 2
Shower previously ran through a heat exchanger into the hot water tank.
Weigh the trailer & boat together as there are so many variables
Under water
Anticorrosion Zinc
Rudder Repairs.
Rudder Design.
Stern gland
Fitting bilge keels to a Mark 2.
Propellers, by Steve Leonard
Water Ballast
Fumes that drift into rear of cockpit
How to replace the stern tube in a Mark 1.
Rudder bearing condition and replace the gland packing.
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