Done it

[aquaplane]

Send heaviest member of crew to top of mast - tighten the strong string so there is no slack.
HCM jumps - line tightens - flywheel turns - engine bursts into life
QED.

That's a bit of a faff, we have a key for ours.
At a pinch it will bump off, down hill with a following wind!

Well done Nick

[Ocklepoint]

Impressed, well done Nick

[wully]

Wully's no engine starty procedure. (no wind)

Blow up dinghy.

Fit OBM to dinghy and lash steering amidships

Lash dinghy alongside fore and aft with OBM alongside helms person

Use 2hp Honda OBM to move 41 foot boat to mooring buoy/ pontoon/ Crinan sea lock

Use boat hook to pull off OBM kill cord when at correct distance from buoy/pontoon/ immoveable object.

Wully's no engine starty procedure (wind)

It's a sailing boat innit?

[Aja]

Hand back your cert you pillock.

I exchanged more lines than words with Steve but he seemed like a nice guy. He said it was a new (2009) engine with no facility for hand starting - same as a lot of modern engines. There isn't any way of hand starting our Beta either that I am aware of.

Of coure there is and you should know it you unworthy wretch. Strong string to a block at the top of the mast and tied to the heaviest crew member on board and wound round the flywheel - if there is no notch, then dive into your comprehensive tool box and cut one with the hacksaw.

Send heaviest member of crew to top of mast - tighten the strong string so there is no slack.
HCM jumps - line tightens - flywheel turns - engine bursts into life
QED.

I don't think my engine has an external flywheel.....

Donald