When we had our Princess V39 we kept her at Berthon Lymington Marina on the Solent.

In September 2002, after just a month of not using her, we went for a short spin to Yarmouth for lunch taking some family members who had never been on board before.

Excitement was high.

Out of the Lymington fairway and past the Jack in the Basket marker, we opened the throttles expecting her to fly.

But something was wrong. The engines wouldn’t rev and we couldn’t increase speed.

Play d’eau’s get up and go had got up and gone – completely.

Back in her berth, I raised the outdrives and found the problem.

Having her lifted revealed all….

Piers
from the Engine Room of
Play d’eau
Fleming 55