The Engine - a vital component

The Engineer

Since we are led to believe that about 50 per cent of the tour will require motorised propulsion, we thought that at least one of us should know how to maintain and repair that most wonderful of inventions, the diesel engine. Guess who drew the short straw?

The Manuals

Good job too, as I don't know a big end from a gasket ...

CA House, Limehouse Basin, London

Actually he really loves engines, could spend hours with them -  so it wasn't too much trouble to persuade him to go on a Diesel Engine course, run by the RYA at Cruising Association House. Let's just hope the knowledge is not put to the test!