Sorry to disappointing you, bud I was the one who prepare the boat for the trip and sold her. The trip is new owner not me, I wasn't part of it.
I am in Mel. sailing Aquarius.
Back to her. Swanson 32 "Sweet Chariot " 28HP Volvo Penta, 80 l fuel tank, sailing her in Spencer Gulf for 2 years, very economical, something like 2.5 l/h, don't known
any more details of the trip. Believe the crew had rough run and she was
recently sold again.

Not disappointed Charriot, just thought it was your story...didn't read the intro properly. Well done then, the new owners.

My spin on purchasing and delivery trips hold true I feel, though .

Fair winds
Trace

When cruising necessity is the mother of invention. I reckon I can fix just about anything. Of course it has to be worth the time and effort to fix in the first place so no room for chinese junk in my life. Recently broke the Golden Rule and bought a cheap chinese chainsaw for one handed use on the theory that when it crapped out within a week of purchase and after I had finished the job that I needed it for I would bring it back to Mitre 10 for a cash refund. Trouble was that on the first day it fell off the back of the bobcat and was run over. Looked like only cosmetic damage (bent chain bar, completely bent and buckled handle, broken recoil handle, and numerous cracks and ripped off bits of plastic housing. Figured that I could straighten the chain bar, Unscew the aluminium handle and bend it back into an approximation of its original shape. Fabricate a recoil handle and self tap it to the stub of the broken one and stitch the cracked plastic housing back together with wire. After this investment of time (approx 1 hour or twice the value of the chainsaw at my hourly rate) I discovered that the little bracket on the engine casing that holds the magneto coil had cracked and the clearance was out so the bloody thing wouldn't start. I then had to make a couple of little steel plates that fitted between the fins on the casting that could be bolted on as a flange to affect a repair. As the space available for bolts was limited I used cap screws that I could tighten with an allen key. After assembling I noticed that the cap scew heads and 3mm plate had caused the magneto coil to be offset out from alignment with the rotor by about half the magnet width. It still started and ran for about 10 minutes before becoming extremely hard to start so I had to countersink and use countersunk head capscrews to correct the alignment. It was used heavily for a day until the choke button pulled off with a sheared plastic pin. Took it back to Mitre 10 and explained that I had bought it earlier in the week and inspite of its hard life it was defective and should be replaced. After much humming and Haaing from the Mitre 10 garden products manager who said that as it had been physically damaged they would have to ring the distributor to see about a warranty claim. I insisted that the broken choke had nothing to do with the damage but was a design defect. The distributor agreed with me and I was given a replacement. After two days use the choke on the replacement also broke so I took the otherwise undamaged unit in for a full cash refund. Then on the way home bought a Stihl chainsaw which is the same brand as my big one and is indestructible and worthy of repair if requtred.
I could have fixed the choke with a bit of wire but as I wasn't at a remote anchorage I didn't have to.
The feather on my wind instrument was made of an orange coloured plastic material that was subject to UV degradation. The feather broke off while we were holed up in Flinders Island so I had the rock climbers practice ascending the mast in 50 knots (at anchor) to retrieve the masthead transducer. Using the outside tube of a ballpoint pen and some plastic sheet from a tupperware container I was able to splice onto the remaining arrowshaft using thickened epoxy and stainless wire as rivets to fabricate a new feather. After setting I trimmed the feather area for balance and had one just like a bought one. More climbing practice and we once again had wind instruments.
What have you fixed?