Hi Alex: I have removed and resealed my forward cabin roof hatch. The hatch is secured by screws from the underside which are countersunk and concealed beneath a layer of epoxy. After removing the

I found the minimum CCA Cold Cranking Amps required by the Onan MDKAV. It is 360 amps at 12.0 volts. Now I need to compute the loss of amperage based on the approximately 5 meter run of wire from

Gary & all, Does anyone know how many amps are pulled in the starting cycle? Starter = ?amps Glow Plugs = ?amps Computer, etc = ?amps I think that in some cases hard starting may be the

Gary and All, I was doing some research on our Onan generator and learned how to recall a fault code stored in the genset. I have not tried this, but the source is reliable: Go to the genset and

Hi Ian, Good to meet you at the Lakki, Leros dock last week. Sorry to hear of your genny car failure. As you know, we're a Santorin, but I suspect our genoa track is quite similar. We removed the

Hi Rainer, This e is the site of the manufacturer of the paguro generator where you can ask for information or ask you to ship the replacement

In the past 6 weeks I have sailed from Kaş to Ayvalik, an area that covers most of the Turkish Aegean and Aeolian coasts, with stays in marinas in many cities (Marmaris, Fethiye, Kas, Kusadasi,

My only reason for commenting on this is to say it is too simple to say there is no problem in this country. Anywhere you go you need to be vigilant.  Americans and tourist are targets in this wide

How amusing - I have just printed this gold dust and put in in my on board data file! Thank you Amel 54 # 035 In modification Goçek Turkey. Peter Forbes 07836

As usual, Gary...YOU DA MAN!!! I'm going to print this and put it in my on-board folder. Kent ________________________________ To: "amelyachtowners@..."

Ian I had a similar problem with my main sheet traveller mid ocean. Because the traveller is recessed in a channel on the deck there is no way to get the car or end blocks off without removing the

Hi Gary that was a very nice way to troubleshooting the onan good job Regards Richard Piller Cell 603 767 5330

Sammie, with respect, I think you are being somewhat paranoid. I have cruised Turkey on and off since the 80's. In my opinion the Turks I have met are lovely helpful people. As has been said

Hi Ann-Sofie & Jonas, I am anchored in Patheni Bay near Agmar marine. I am a bit disabled at the moment as my port side genoa car failed yesterday and I will have to stay here till I get a new one.

Has anyone removed their genoa car from its track on a Super Maramu? It will not slide past the aft chain-plate. Maybe removing the forward block and the nearby stanchion might work, but I would

Hi Trevor, I suffered a similar problem and traced the fault to the earth solenoid. What I did was to remove the unit then drilled out the four pop rivits then clean the two big copper contacts and

Hi Trevor: Perhaps you have already solved your problem but let me seek some clarification on your problem. Do you have the shop manual for your genet? 1. I am confused from your post whether this

Thank Tom, we will do that and figure out what is the real power of this windlass, we are finishing the refit of this Santorin here in Annapolis before going to the Pacific. We bought her in Spain

Hello Danny and the propeller problems with fouling and wear and RPM reductions are not exclusive to the Volvo engine installation (and the Perkins Prima which is virtually the same engine). I had a

Hi, I guess what you are looking for is this one: http://www.bigship.com/catalogue/electricite-1/distribution/interrupteur s/bouton-poussoir-etanche?cnt=1189447&scc=1049041&seg=1 Sorry this is in