Geoff

She is fitted with a ford sabre 180hp  gives 16/17 knots at 2000 revs

There may well be an ounce of truth to that. 

Hi Martin, it is great to hear that your family have a lot of pleasure with your boat as well. Back in the days when I used to zoom about in my then new 200HP petrol Fairline Carrera, I found it better NOT to keep a fuel log!!! Geoff.

Hi Geoff
Thanks for the compliment, Neil has been out on Madness in fact I think it was the trip out with me that confirmed to him he wanted to upgrade to his current boat.
The crew, the grandchildren love playing around on the boat or more correctly jumping off.  Her indoors also liking the social side of boating.  The eldest boy and I love offshore fishing so she gets well used for allsorts of water play 
She has twin D3 170 hp diesels, flat out at 26 knots so not super quick but will cruise comfortably at 18/20 knots using about 40 litres per hour.
I keep a full fuel log and average consumption is about 15 lph but that includes slow plodding and drifting over wrecks with the engine running
Martin

Bit of a "Dad" joke that... 2/10 I'm afraid. Must try harder... 🤦‍♂️

Whats next? Dump the inboard, fit a pod and a couple of 300hp outboards!!! -  you will never look back. Geoff.☺️

In the above post, by temporary means I meant anything from tape, glue gun or even holding in position. The holesaw will just run inside the template and cut the hole. Once the saw has started the cut the template could be removed if wanted. Common sense I know, but sometimes very useful.  Geoff. ☺️

A useful tip about using a hole saw. If you need to cut a hole near an old hole such that it is impossible to use a pilot hole as a centre. Cut a holesaw hole in a piece  of ply and use a temporary means to fix the ply hole template to where you need the hole. Use the holesaw without the pilot drill. The holesaw will run in the hole in the ply and cut the hole where you want it. I was looking for a reason to post something as I would like to know what the little rectangles (smilies) are and how to access them. Geoff.☺️

A useful tip about using a hole saw. If you need to cut a hole near an old hole such that it is impossible to use a pilot hole as a centre. Cut a holesaw hole in a piece  of ply and use a temporary means to fix the ply hole template to where you need the hole. Use the holesaw without the pilot drill. The holesaw will run in the hole in the ply and cut the hole where you want it. I was looking for a reason to post something as I would like to know what the little rectangles (smilies) are and how to access them. Geoff.☺️

In the above post, by temporary means I meant anything from tape, glue gun or even holding in position. The holesaw will just run inside the template and cut the hole. Once the saw has started the cut the template could be removed if wanted. Common sense I know, but sometimes very useful.  Geoff. ☺️

Welcome to the forum. That is a nice looking rig. Geoff.❤️

The MF is a bit of a marmite boat some love it some hate it,  Personally I really like it. 
They way we fish and travel the helm by the cockpit door doesn't cause a problem and I like the fact it has a bench seat across the back of the cabin.
night and day to the 570 which was a good boat.

I had a 75 hp mercury so upgraded to the 90 because its fuel injection and the fins were already fitted so still getting use to the tilt trim..gets on the plane really quickly

I was having a sort out, didn't realise I had so many.
Diane says I've got too many, so didn't tell her there were 5 more in the garage and 5 beachcasters in the shed.

Daughter and I went out early today to scratch some species at Bullocks Patch. She had a great time. "Faster Daddy, go faster!"

Fish weren't playing ball. Just a solitary "bull huss" again for our efforts at the Patch, so we dashed west to Sandown Bay for a drift or two. I got some cracking sonar pics of the Camswan which I'll post up later.

To top it off we put the hammer right down on the way back after she kept on asking to go faster... 31 knots over Culver Spit! Woohoo! 🥳🥳 I ran out of balls before the rpms did! 👍

Great pics Andy - that is what it is all about. Geoff.☺️

Great pics - even better second time around. Geoff. Wink,Wink, Wink.

☺️Sorry EO, your boat looks lovely. It looks very fast even on it's leash. Geoff.☺️

There is a strange likeness to that photo ! 
you need an offshore outlaws hat ! 
get your order in! 

Sounds like a lovely day out. Cheers for sharing 👍

Our last trip of the year (down west) started with an uneventful 2hrs odd drive to Milford, where we were all fairly glad to find the toilet block open and free to use
Boarded Lady Gail at 8.30am and got through the lock a short while later, to the sound of Fen (skipper) asking what bait we had
Lures and feathers we happily replied, why didn't you bring bait, should've brought bait he said
With a wall of concerned expressions looking at me, I explained to Fen that his booking agent (mate on another boat, long story) assured me that we would be fishing the islands and reefs as we had the last few trips
Mutiny avoided we headed out of the Haven and with the islands in view, turned left away from them (they don't fish too good this time of year apparently)
Stopped on a reef just outside the mouth and picked up a couple of small Pollock around the 2lb mark on first drift, then nothing
Move a bit further east for similar rewards and this was pretty much how it panned out for the remainder of the day
Probably tried 8-10 different areas, doing 2/3 drifts in each, but no rich pickings today
We did have a couple of drifts where the fish were around 5lb (and I managed a couple of brace) but then seemed to disappear, leaving the smaller ones on the feed
Back through the lock and tied up around 5.15 ish and on the road by just after 5.30
A very enjoyable day with great company and plenty of piss taking (especially our mate who blanked)
If any of you fancy a trip next summer, I can't recommend this area or skipper highly enough
Not brilliant this time of year, but June to Sept it's phenomenal, absolutely non-stop
 
 

I think you’re missing the most important of all.... the Mark 1 sledgehammer 😉 for those welded nuts that won’t shift 😀😀😮😀

Hi Patrick, welcome aboard. Shetlands are great boats, we had a 570 with a 'rude 55hp back in the seventies and it was a really nice rig. Geoff.

Hi MD, welcome aboard. I seem to remember you and your boat project from WSF. Much nicer over here. Geoff.☺️