We have a similar poor-transmit issue with our AIS antenna. It does not seem to transmit reliably but receives just fine. This symptom can often be related to a bad connection somewhere. In

Paul, Kelly and I also use Google Fi. We had the same experience. Except for a hiccup when I first activated my service (likely because I waited until I was in Bermuda to do so, instead of home), it's

Nowhere else in the world except Martinique have I had problems. It has been on/off. There is no alternative. All carriers rely on local towers. Martinique is the worst that I know of. If you had a

I just want to send out a word of caution to anyone considering switching to Google Fi for cellular telephone and internet. I think many are interested because of the advertised "seamless coverage

It is a good idea to pick up an inexpensive (~US$50) SWR/power meter to help trouble shoot radio transmitting trouble due to bad cabling and/or bad antennas. The digital ones will confirm the radio

Hi Thomas; Our issues were almost identical to yours. We had our entire cabling and antenna transmission/reception tested by three different techs at different ports. They all had the proper

Bill, thank you for the informatin and no, I don't have your procedure on how to correctly righ the outhaul. Thanks a lot in case you want to send it to me. Best regards, Alex

We had a similar issue on our SM. Limited distances in terms of transmission (less than a mile), as well as reception. I assumed it had to be the antenna, but after much trouble-shooting, we figured

Hello, we have also been experiencing intermittent transmission and reception issues with our main VHF iCom IC-M505, as we noticed that we had a better range with the portable one. We have conducted

Thomas, We still havethe original Shipmate VHF installed so not sure how much help this thought is; weexperienced similar issues a couple of years ago. We noticed in the Bahamas avessel anchored

Thanks for this Gary I have an older Maramu Not Super but still superb ;) My exhaust parts are clear from any potential knocking but good one to check 👍 I’ll definitely get someone more

Eric, I do use a fuel additive to prevent bugs and indeed have never had one. also use a 10 micron promaty filter. There are inspection ports but not very accessible. I think I'm going to wait until

Thank you. I ordered book instantly for pleasurable hours to come.

I went in April 2018 to Galapagos. Our agent was Ricardo Arenas that has people in San Cristobal, Santa Cruz and Isabela taking care of you boat entrance. Everything went well with the autografo that

Mark, This is exactlywhat I was thinking about. There are some very good pics and diagrams. Thanks! James, When youundertake this project, the best advice I can give you is to label

Mark/James, I'm not aware of the PDF you are referring to but there is a folder in the Photos section of the forum that has a bunch of great pics from Gary Silver and Bill Rouse called "Dessalator

James, You’re welcome.I also failed to mention Gary Silver did a very detailed pdf about changingmembranes. I do not recall where it is on the forum (perhaps someone else canprovide a

Thanks Mark! I did not realize the extent of the online library on the owners group! -James

Mike, No problem. I plan to keep a few sets of completed pulleys "in stock" so if those don't work out I will have some. And just to be clear my machine shop is actually MY machine shop. I own a

Hello Friends - I am about to embark on changing the two membranes in my Dessalator Duo 60 (160L/hr). I have Super Maramu 2000, #347. I am interested to hear of the experience others have had