Doug, I would say osmosis is not a common problem. Minor osmosis may be present as the boats are old. One factor in causing osmosis is how the lay up was done. If there are more tiny air bubbles in

Hi Ben, We just arrived at Port Louis Marina a few hours ago after an overnight from Trinidad. We are right next to Rascal and another British owned SM2000, and nobody else near us. Plenty of room to

It is entirely possible that my fear of boat fires is making me irrational. So anybody should feel free to come to an alternative conclusion about risks and benefits without me thinking they are

Hello Bill, But this is a negative, there was more in the bilge than just what was in the line. Here is what Olivier wrote on Feb 23, 2016 So may be I had more fuel than I thought… May be I had

A valve there is not for convenience during repairs, although it would be that. There shouldn’t be any way to empty the fuel tank into the bilge without a positive shut off in case of a broken hose

Hello Bill (SM#160), At the time when it happened to me, I didn’t mention it on the forum as I couldn’t understand it (and kind of felt stupid to be honest), then others mention the same thing so

Alexandre I am trying to understand what is going on here… If it really is possible to syphon fuel out of a half full tank via the return line, then putting a shut off valve on it would become

Good morning Bill (SM #160), April 28, 2015 in reply to Mike Ondra’s post, I reply: my injectors (engine) were removed to be check/rebuilt Somehow fuel was still coming drop by drop in the bilge

We have spent 2 winters in Aghios Nikolaos on Crete. A very nice place and with haul out possibilities. When hard weather from the north it gets bumby in the marina, but with a thourough mooring that

Hello Calby, I’ve not seen earlier posts from you. SOOOO welcome here. It is an amazing resource! Just a friendly reminder, no one knows who you are etc.. also this is a closed forum and registry

We have also experience the siphoned effect, next time the level is down we will install a close off valve on the return line It got rather messy last time we. Had to prime The Onan Paul on SYKerpa

Just bought a Maramu nr 116 46' built 1982 ... boat had been afloat sin april 2014, moored idle since jan-2015. Fairly good condition on top, hull under covered in marine growth. Came our of water

Thanks Steve. I agree. Sixty Amps is max with my current DC cabling which would be a lot of work to upgrade. We too are checking Marinas out in St George as Gayle and I may be going back to

I am puzzled… How can the fuel “syphon” back from the tank through the return line? Amel’s drawing of the tank does not show a dip tube (and there certainly shouldn’t be one!) on the

Dominique: I just replaced my electric priming pump on my SM #335 Onan Genset. I did not have access at the time to a proper FLARE NUT WRENCH when I did this. I ended up distorting the "B-nut" on

I doubt that's it Alan. I haven't motored more than 30 minutes total since I got the batteries. Kent

It could be that since you probably have the standard automotive regulator in your engine alternator it is slowly killing your batteries. The standard auto regulator is designed to charge start

Thanks Mike, Sincerely, Alexandre SM2K #289 NIKIMAT Club Nautico de San Juan, Puerto Rico --------------------------------------------

Bill and all, Motion Industries has probably hundreds of locations across the US. My local MI is about 2 miles from my office, so super easy access at my source for seals, bearings, and anything

Mike , His name is Jeff Krause jmkraus@.... Neat guy—he is a commercial fisherman up here on Long Island. Drop him a not if you wish. Fair Winds Eric Kimberlite Amel Super Maramu #376