Thanks Eric

A simple blood test saved my life...I had very aggressive prostate cancer. Small price to pay! Bill BeBe 387

Hi Eric My Arch is still in Turkey being finished off. Will send some pictures once here and installed (approx April only till I get free time to install) Cheers Colin Streeter Island Pearl II,

Yes it can be quite concerning about where the results come from and how true everything is. I experienced being given a report that belonged to another person, I DID go off the deep end to the

Jer, I have an original Maramu cockpit table on board. I will be glad to measure or trace a template for you but you will have to wait a couple of weeks (minimum) for me to get access to the boat.

I will be on board in a few weeks.

Ross, I am in Huntington and Kimberlite is in St Maarten- will be on board. Next year you should try the Huntington Yacht club. A much better place to keep your boat over the winter or summer on a

Hi Joel, I will take a photo next time I can get onto the boat. By the end of the month the temperature will hopefully stay above freezing. Getting on board is really dangerous now, the floating docks

Hi Bill: You have received some good advise here to look at the brushes on your outhaul motor. I found that motor service was most easily done by removing the entire assembly of the outhaul

Hi, when we were in Shelter Bay marina, Colon, Panama I decided prior to crossing the pacific to NZ I would undertake preventive maintenance and replace the bearings in the outhaul gearbox. I found

Just posted some photos of our boom box replacement. There are 3 bolts that hold the motor to the gearbox. Its a lot easier if you take the motor off the gearbox before removing the gearbox from its

The gearbox and motor are held onto the boom by 4 bolts in the bracket below the Boom. There are y flexible washers like a flat grommet that isolate the motor/gearbox from the boom- I guess because

Bill, The photo of the boom with the sledge hammer is me. The first time it was a brute force job. Now I use anti seize compound on the shaft every 6 months. Now I also use the compound on the

Bill, Are you sure its the gearboxes and not the motors ? My experience when the gearbox goes is it gets very noisy and then after a while, the motor spins but the gearbox shaft doesn't. If its

Bill, I think you will find what you need here: https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/amelyachtowners/photos/albums/333498171 I did this a couple of years ago. You will need a BIG hammer or a

My main sail outhaul gearbox and furling gearbox are not working very well. They both slow down to almost zero speed when used to extend the main sail. I have now purchased two new gearboxes from a

ha ha Bill, I like that !! I think I think too much about spares too...I hear about someone who has to replace something and I order it. BUT I'd rather have them than not...you never

Hi, Is anyone other than Miles Bidwell coming to this CCA Cruise in March? Fair Winds Eric Kimberlite SM 376

Derick, I ordered it from Cummins Onan dealer in Houston. I am not sure that you need that as a spare. I ordered one because I was replacing the sender. Sometimes I think I over-think spares...I

Hi You can get this from Cummins metropower in the Bronx or new jersey. They have all the Onan Parts you need. Fair Winds Eric Kimberlite SM 376