Hej! Here are some photos You can see at the back of the boot (she is now in Berlin) the control jet water running (right) an the exhaust fume (left). The control jet fitting is a garden hose fitting which has been widen to fit on the outlet (11 mm diameter) and is hold in place with a metal plate ...

The previous owner of my boot had 3 very good solutions. He fixed a tube under the control water jet outlet to eject the water at the rear of the boot He fixed two metal fittings on the 2 smal exhaust outlets in the upper part of the shaft (glued with some kind of metal cement) and fixed a double ...

Hello sailors Now my boot is out of water for the winter and looking at the motor (in well) it looks some kind of weird! The shaft has an angle of about 15 degrees against vertical (it looks as if the propeller wants to overhaul the motor). Is it normal? Should the shaft not be vertical in the water ...

Hello Sweden The IF boat I bought in Sweden has a "International Micron WQ" antifouling. This special type is not available in Germany. Here they only sell MICRON EXTRA EU or Micron WA or MICRON EXTRA or even Micron Extra 2 but no Micron WQ. My question is: what about compatibility? Can I put some ...

Thank you all for the tips

I think I will have to thake the boot out of the water this winter. All other solutions are more complicated and would mean a lot of work before and after sailing.

Anyway thank a lot for those useful answer.

Captain Frog

Hello Svensk båtägare! I'm the owner of an IF boot with an outboard motor in well (Mercury 9 HP). I leave in Berlin and I would like to leave my boat in water during the wintertime. I already ask many people and they all agree that the boot hull should not be a problem when the lac freezes, but n ...