Alan we will be anchored in St Anne tonight Cheers Courtney Trippin

Please let me know what the difference is between these two models. I am considering purchasing one or the other.

Miles, If you look carefully on the back of the top rack I think that you will find that your boat actually has two grease nipples on the steering system, or at least mine does. I missed the

Hey mate, I did not remove the slide, I just removed the plywood at the back to allow it to slide up to the dodger. I masked off the wood on either side before raising the slide to work on it. I

Alan, I came by this morning to have a look at your companionway, and it looks great. Could you give some more information on your proceedure? Did you remove the door, or just raise it to the

David, That’s very encouraging, thanks. Cheers, Paul Paul Dowd Managing Director FGPS International DWC LLC UAE: +971 (0)567 841 061 UK: +44 (0)7710 466619 skype: pauldowd

Anyone interested in this manual can download it from my Yacht School website here: Side Power Troubleshooting Guide with IPC.pdf --

Hello, no I did not strip the masts, booms and spreaders to bare aluminum. Just carefully treated the corroded area and then re-paint all. Care full prep is required when painting aluminum, don't skip

Jerek, Many years ago I did just that, sanded the corroded spots , primed them then lightly sanded (320 grit) the mast and repainted with Awlgrip . I can't imagine the work in order to sand all the

Jean Pierre Hello, thank you. Did you strip the entire paint to aluminium or just repaired corroded areas and left the good paint on place? I think of repair corroded spots, thereafter sanding the

Hi there I thought it would be interesting to note that on the mid 80s Maramus with morse 401 commander rack and pinion steering system each rack has a grease nipple so this sounds like a good idea

Paul, I recently had an intermittent one way bow thruster issue and it was being caused by the switch under the joystick beginning to fail. On the SM it is pretty easy to lift the black bow thruster

Hello Alan, I’d love to see the quote. In the meantime, I’ll look him up and ask for a quote. Cheers Jean-Pierre Germain jp.germain45@...

Hi JP, In 2014 we had all the standing rigging on Elyse replaced by Phil Ash at Gulf Harbour Rigging. He is probably one of the best if not THE best rigger in New Zealand. He has re-rigged a number

Hi Mark, Could you send me that trouble shooting guide to A 54 bowthruster - I have never really understood properly how it functions with the relays? Peter Forbes The Old Rectory

Hi Gang, We are planning to replace our rigging before proceeding W from NZ in the new season. I have found a very competent rigger but he wishes to have a full rigging plan in order to get the proper

There is an online Panama Cruising guide...

Mark, That’s a useful document as it looks like it tells me exactly how to troubleshoot my problem. However, before I got a chance to use it properly the problem disappeared which, fortunate as

In the owner manual ZF recommends oil change and filter change after 300 hours or each year. -- Gerhard Mueller Amel Sharki #60 Currently Kalamata, Greece

Hello Arthur; I believe annually and we replace at 200 hour engine oil changes all together. This makes sense to us, although not sure if it is as recommended by ZF. Happy Sailing;