Hello, There are three seals for the bow thruster on my 1987 Maramu. 2 - foam seals that seat between the thruster foot and the bottom of the cavity that the thruster retracts into. Then there

Hello Vladimir, I went about the problem differently; installed a connection from the forward heads to the anchor wash line. Fresh water anchor wash. Also installed a fresh water wash system in the

Ian, Please let me know precise location of your wash down deck connecter. Obviously it is very important to make it right the first time. Vladimir 202 258 1916

The large upper seal on our Maramu thruster does not appear removable from above, I.e. from inside the boat. Has anyone replaced the thruster seals on a maramu while the boat is in the water? Out

Hi Vlad and Ric, We fitted the stainless flush deck hose connector after we saw it on another SM. Very neat. Means that you can connect a hose without having to open the port bow locker. We also

I found that Johnson (not perko) makes a stainless flush deck hose connector that connects under full pressure with a bayonet. Has a rotating cover. Donovan marine sells it. Putting on my Santa

Hi Vlad, Yes, the locker has to be open or the hose gets pinched. It's not ideal, but no new hole in the deck. I don't use the original washdown nozzle at the bow roller at all. When single handing

Kent, Thanks. Do you have to keep port locker partially open when you use washdown hose? Is your hose connection in the locker? Do you shot off water to the original anchor wash outlet? I am

Hola Vlad, I installed a "Y" connector in the hose in the port bow locker. A 12 ft (3m) hose is kept in the locker and works well with the high pressure anchor wash pump for getting mud off of the

Thank you Dennis. I'll be looking at the USPS offerings. Always thought that was for motorboats but makes sense that many things would be useful to both. Cheers, Rick Gutierrez

Wow! Alexandre, thank you so much for all the links. I will be downloading them all to my iPad and reading through them. Take care, Rick Gutierrez

I recently saw a perko flush deck hose connector on a power boat. The hose snaps in like a typical quick connect hose. The hose is a light, short tight coil. No experience with it. Interesting though.

Now I sail in Chesapeake Bay and most of my anchoring is in the mud. Anchor wash on my SM 2000 is useless. I belive that real solution is installation of deck wash connection on the bow. I plan

Alexandre, I can understand your logic with regards to replacing the bearings each time the thruster is serviced. Thanks for the response and again for the excellently detailed service

Hi All and especially Alexandre, Thank you for your threads and images it has been an amazing help for me during the maintenance program on my Mango. It is almost finished and I set sail on the 14th

Good morning James, With time I will try to post more illustration… Personally I change the bearing every time I service the bow thruster. The way I look at it, the cost of the bearing is very

Kent, The only time I have ever heard the DST-800's "tock, tock" was when I took it out to clean it and I put it in vinegar while it was still on. I turned it off. The "tock, tock" was not at all

We also have the P79 as a 2nd depth sounder right up in the fwd under floor section of the front cabin and can unfortunately confirm that all these particular units are really excellent with no need

I am the owner of a 33 year old Perkins 4-154 with 9600 hours on it. When I bought the boat it had 4600 hours. I have never cleaned/changed the injectors or adjusted the valves. I change the fuel

I have to respectfully disagree with Bob as far as tackling the North Atlantic. My wife and I will soon complete our circumnavigation having gone down the west coast of Central America, turning west