03/09/2026
🔧⛵ Phoebe has had a serious upgrade!
Our training yacht Phoebe is back together and ready for a busy autumn of sailing courses after having a brand-new engine and saildrive fitted and supplied with the help of Darthaven Marina
It’s been a proper team effort getting her there. We removed the old engine and saildrive, thoroughly cleaned and prepped the engine bay, installed new noise-reducing insulation, and then fitted the new engine and saildrive.
While we were at it, we also rebuilt her helm and installed new steering cables, giving the whole setup some much-needed attention - and we did all of this in just 3 days.
And because there’s no point having a shiny new engine in a grubby boat, Phoebe has also had a seriously deep clean and a fresh coat of antifoul ready for some autumn sailing.
Keeping a training vessel working hard takes plenty of effort behind the scenes, but investing in our boats means our students get to train on well-maintained, and reliable equipment.