Generated by All in One SEO v4.9.10, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Sea Start 24/7 Marine Breakdown Service ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://www.seastart.co.uk/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [News and Tips](https://www.seastart.co.uk/news-and-tips/) - [Don't Bug Me!](https://www.seastart.co.uk/expert-tips/dont-bug-me/) - Sea Start can confidently recommend Marine 16's products - Diesel Fuel Maintenance and Diesel Bug Treatment. Sea Start has been successfully using and recommending Marine 16's products for several years. We have received excellent feedback both from pleasure and commercial boat users. The growth of bacteria can be extremely rapid, as the organisms multiply exponentially. - [Round The Island - SS Varvassi boilers](https://www.seastart.co.uk/sea-start-news/round-the-island-2013-ss-varvassi-boilers/) - The Round the Island Race is one of the big racing events of the year here in the Solent. If you are thinking of taking part this coming June, you may be interested in these pictures of the Varvassi boilers, the last part of the wreck that can do damage. There are two of them - [Sea Start orders new Island RIBs to bolster busy breakdown service fleets](https://www.seastart.co.uk/sea-start-news/sea-start-orders-new-island-ribs-to-bolster-busy-breakdown-service-fleets/) - Marine breakdown service company Sea Start has placed an order for a number of new RIBs from Cowes-based Island RIBs to add to their south coast-based fleet. Sea Start’s Managing Director Nick Eales explains: “2019 was a very busy year for Sea Start and we have seen a significant rise in our breakdowns amongst our - [All records broken on May bank holiday weekend](https://www.seastart.co.uk/sea-start-news/all-records-broken-on-may-bank-holiday-weekend/) - 26 May 2020: At last lockdown has been partially relaxed and sailors who have been dreaming of being out on the water once more have at last been able to head away from their berths, most of them for the first time this year. In their desperate rush to feel freedom at last, however, many - [Winterisation Tips](https://www.seastart.co.uk/expert-tips/winterisation-tips/) - If you are planning to take your boat out of commission over the winter, then it important that you winterise the engine otherwise come the spring you may start to incur problems before you launch. Winterisation is very similar and incorporates a minor engine service. The difference is that half is done in the autumn - [That's a Whopper !!!!](https://www.seastart.co.uk/sea-start-news/thats-a-whopper/) - In idyllic Channel crossing weather, this poor member came a cropper mid-channel! A boat he was in company with stayed with him while he continued on one engine. Because of the lovely weather we were able to take a diving team to him about five miles south of the Needles, and this is what we - [WOW - We Are Busy!](https://www.seastart.co.uk/sea-start-news/wow-we-are-busy/) - What with the fantastic weather it's good to see members using their boats. However for us it is hard work and relentless, with breakdowns coming in thick and fast from all over the country and France. Our RIBS based in Hamble are doing enormous distances, and anything up 140 miles a day. With the fine - [Sea Start in Action](https://www.seastart.co.uk/instructional-videos/sea-start-in-action/) - Sea Start is a Marine Breakdown Service based in the UK. We are using our YouTube channel to provide you with instructional videos and demonstrations on boat maintenance as well as interesting movies. - [Gearbox oil level check.](https://www.seastart.co.uk/instructional-videos/gearbox-oil-level-check/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGPXGOoTYYE A short video of how to check your gearbox oil level. The video is a Volvo penta gearbox on a shaft drive, the check is also carried out in the same way on a saildrive gearbox and on Yanmar engines. - [Winter is coming...](https://www.seastart.co.uk/sea-start-news/winter-is-coming/) - With the cold weather already starting to appear we should start to prepare our boats for winter. The obvious thing, once when we have decided that we are not going to use the boat, is to fully winterise the engine but if you intend to keep her in the water and use her occasionally in - [Racor 500FG Fuel Filter Replacement Procedure](https://www.seastart.co.uk/instructional-videos/raycor-filter-change/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoepJbqXW_0 Click play to find out how to change a Racor 500FG Fuel Filter. - [Battery Maintenance Tips](https://www.seastart.co.uk/expert-tips/battery-maintenance-tips/) - Especially this time of year it is important to look after your batteries, our main call outs at the start of the season and over the winter months are mostly battery related problems and mainly because they have gone 'flat' through lack of use, your boat will have longer spells of not being used and - [Batteries](https://www.seastart.co.uk/expert-tips/batteries/) - Each here sees Sea Start carrying out over 2000 breakdowns and 2018 has been no exception. As memberships rise, the frequency of calls for assistance rises. However the reasons for the calls remain very similar from year to year and most are electrical faults. This can cover a whole multitude of things such as starter - [Seaweed](https://www.seastart.co.uk/expert-tips/seaweed/) - Well what a great summer we are having and it looks like its sticking around. We have had a high number of breakdowns, related to overheating, due to seaweed causing blockages in raw water intakes. Now not only is this in hull fittings it is also in Saildrives and Sterndrives. There are a few tricks - [Towing a 40 Foot Yacht](https://www.seastart.co.uk/instructional-videos/towing-a-40-foot-yacht/) - Sea Start towing a brand new 40 foot yacht to safety in Southampton. It had broken down on the Round Island Race. - [A new face at Sea Start: Grant Freeman joins us as an additional breakdown engineer](https://www.seastart.co.uk/sea-start-news/a-new-face-at-sea-start-grant-freeman-joins-us-as-an-additional-breakdown-engineer/) - We are really pleased to welcome Grant Freeman as an additional breakdown engineer to our team here at Sea Start. Grant will help us to meet the needs of our increasing membership of boat owners with engine breakdowns as well as helping to provide our range of services. Grant, who has an NVQ in engineering, - [Getting ready for the 2020 season !](https://www.seastart.co.uk/sea-start-news/ready-for-the-season/) - With our winter maintenance programme complete, all our boats are ready for the 2020 season. With Easter not far away now - remember - "Don't cast off without us" - [Propeller maintenance](https://www.seastart.co.uk/expert-tips/propeller-maintenance/) - Remember, your Sea Start membership includes first-aid assistance should your propeller become fouled. One of the types of breakdowns that is on the increase is fouled propellers. This is mostly likely caused by the amount of debris in the sea. We have found all manner of things around propellers including one instance where a propeller - [De-Wintersing Your Diesel Engine](https://www.seastart.co.uk/expert-tips/de-wintersing-your-diesel-engine/) - As you can imagine we get numerous call outs for people in the early season, who have headed out for their first sail to find they have forgotten vital checks on their engine. Something that we do come across a great deal is Seacocks not being opened; this can have disastrous consequences, the obvious one ## Pages - [Home Page](https://www.seastart.co.uk/) - [Suzuki](https://www.seastart.co.uk/suzuki/) - What We Do Engine Sales/Servicing/Parts Click here to go to customer enquiry form or call us on 01489 557364 or email suzuki@seastart.co.uk Sea Start are the authorised Suzuki Marine dealer for the Hamble and Warsash area around the Solent. We provide genuine Suzuki engine sales, servicing and parts. 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