Swift 18 Owners

I see Boats4Fun have the moulds up for sale again. The really useful bits like the hatch and garage,outboard cover and locker lids are with them of course!

The gas stove had to go. It dosn`t comply with any regulation and replacement was going to cost an arm and a leg. So I went hunting for an Origo and found this. http://www.outhill.com/stoves.html Cookmate and Origo are both still made by Electrolux. With the new VAT it`s £172 plus £8.50 p&p which is...

John,
I too have found that my rudder blade was full of water. I took it off to bring the boat home and left it upside down in the boot of the car. It seems that there was rather a lot of water inside it!
How did you go about splitting your rudder blade as no doubt I will have to do the same?
Dave H

And so finally I visited with the engineer. We unbolted the winch post, put a long strop from the bow the full length of Brio and around the end of the skeg and put a chain winch onto the front of the trailer and hooked the strop onto it. (with me so far!) And then gently wound the chain winch. Brio...

Making some progress here. Brio is either 116 or 117. I have established that 117 was originally known as Zest, not one of Brio`s prvious names. Newsletter no 8 was issued not long after the date on Brio`s trailer. The new boat and register `insert` is not on the website - does anyone know if that p...

Thanks guys - photos would be good. If possible, can you get a measurement of the pivot point of the hub in relation to the trailer frame or some other reference point. My trailer man has suggested an adjustable bow snubber on the trailer so that we can "tune" the trailer to the weight of the boat e...

After a rather scary incident involving the trailer tow hitch flying skywards when released from the car tow ball, and knocking the outboard off the transom (fortunately not clamped that hard!) I decided to investigate further with a local marine fabricator. He found that the original suspension had...

After years of browsing this website, we have now acquired a Swift 18 `Brio`,brought her to Cornwall and have been playing, including our first overnight trip! I have the usual newbie questions. What is her hull number? Brio was known as Ice Cold in 1999 according to the VHF licence stuck to the win...