OK, I thought that kanalmamman looked familiar...I checked my email for kanalmamman"at"hotmail.com and found that it belongs to Jonas Svanberg and Ann-Sofie S/Y Lady Annila an Amel Super Maramu,#232

First, I do not know who you are. Second, I do not know your boat model or hull number, nor do I know your current location. Third, I paged through all of the photo albums and could not find an

Look at the pictures in the Album Desalinator D50 1998. What can that pile of salt-looking thing be that appears under the nob that we use for managing the preassure on the watermaker. (The pipe

Alan, I bought the 24V timer and a 24V solenoid water valve on eBay. Both were shipped from China to Turkey at no additional cost...most of the China eBay sellers ship worldwide via China Post at no

Thanks Bill....that's great, where did you get the 24V solenoid valve needed to go inline ??? Cheers Alan SV Elyse SM437 in Opua, New Zealand ---In amelyachtowners@..., <yahoogroups@...>

This is the 24V weekly programmable timer that I bought for less than $10 delivered:

Gary, Thanks for the great explanation of a simple timed fresh water flush system for the Dessalator membranes. In sending for the timer using your link, I note that it refers to a 24 Volt AC

Richard, Thursday is good, give me a call at home by 8 am. 410-348-2388 and let me know when and I'll tell you how to get here from 301. Its going to be 26 degrees tomorrow morning, but Thursday

How about this Thurs. ? Regards Richard Piller Cell 603 767 5330

Richard, I always run all my water through a charcoal filter from the tank. What is in the lines takes a lot of flushing to get rid of the awful taste. Nice to talk to you last week and Great Water a

Hi Pat to clean up the taste issues charcoal filter between your tank and fresh water pump taste issues should go away. And in the spring flush flush and flush some more and you'll have good water

I just spoke with a Dessalator dealer up in New England about winterizing the watermaker, and they said all they do, is run potable, pink antifreeze through the watermakers and its good for several

I don't remember the exact lost retch line I bought, but it was too slippery at first. At someone's suggestion(I think it was John and Ruth on Moon Dog) I sprayed it with 3M contact cement. It

Last time we were through LaRochelle I got replacement line from Amel for all the runs (outhaul, traveller, and jib cars). It was a three layer line with parallel core Kevlar surrounded by two woven

Later SM's have a water tight housing for the improved bow thruster with a drain to the engine room bilge to get rid of seepage past the seals. There is thus never water under the floor by the

Eric, I too had a problem with the sensor which showed by counting up on a hot sunny day. Trouble shooting was not productive but replacing the sensor cured the problem completely. I

Thanks Colin...that's good to know...and also others that have commented. I'm going to the gold plated shop tomorrow and buy a length of Spectra and see how it goes. I think the outhaul line is

Alan, I remember how to use the outhaul to tightly stretch the new line when installing. Move the outhaul block to about 1 meter from the mast-end of the boom. Tie a piece of 6mm line to the

Hi Alan Good to hear you are getting good time out sailing that beautiful boat of yours. Our outhaul line on the main boom snapped under pressure (it was actually pretty warn before this and had been

Hi, On our Santorin we found spectra had 10 per cent stretch and was too slippy. We replaced it with one of our older spare ropes. No worries now! Mike , SV Akwaaba 027 santorin sloop