I recently serviced both main furling and outhaul gears and motors. I found the aluminium shaft on the furling motor very difficult to remove. It was soaked 48 hours in diesel and then pressed out

Hi Guys, Michel, the owner of the chandlery at Marina Taina, can probably steer you to a competent electrician... Good luck Jean-Pierre Germain, Eleuthera, SM007, Opua, NZ

Porter, Sorry, I can’thelp with your issue but, if in your hunt for a solution you happened to find ashop who repairs electric motors, please let me know. I have a couple of sparesI would like

Dear Amelians: I beg any insight if you would. This is a 1.5 year old motor and housing from Amel for the main sail foil furling motor. The last one, seal was damaged and the whole unit

So I just un"blocked" it. Looking at the door from inside the boat. I moved the right hand sliding lock slightly to the left until the nub can be moved down. It's as if it's over too far or something

Arno,. You are correct, the Divinycell won't rot if water gets in. For a boat with a teak deck that has fastener holes I would prefer the Divinycell since with that many holes water is going to get

Billy, I have never experienced what you are describing. I have always wished that when the interior lock nub is moved into the locked position, it would have a tactile or audible click assuring

Anyone seen this. The companion way door locks and unlocks normally with the key. If locked with the key then you can unlock using the inside "knob". But, I cannot lock it from inside. The "knob" is

Dear Bill and all, Thank you for the video. That was very interresting and useful for me as a near future owner of a Super Maramu. Anyway the Group activity is fantastic. Best regards Alain Envoyé

Thank s Paul, i have already seen this Swedish company. Very interesting in the DIY Winston Thundersky cell assembly. They will balance the cells before delivery that are from the same batch. Looks

If you missed the QSails ZOOM meeting, it is now posted. Use this link: https://youtu.be/9CR3O9uD9SM Bill

Hi Denis i agree with you , the last 8 weeks have been dealing with Licium batteries , but it was not happy that too many complex questions are still open to me , then I have co2 and carbon batteries

Hi, does anyone have A spare electrical black box M61037 for sale for the airco Compact 9 EH - Cod. M60018 unit?

I looking into this BMS which I will probably go for, expensive but I got confidence in my contact, he provided a lot of valuable information http://www.bestlithiumbattery.com/ Paul on sykerpa SM 259

In Greece I have received the service kit some weeks ago from: Alex Karademiris Marine Accessories Sales ZOIS EFSTATHIOU S.A. - Imports of Yacht Accessories & Marine Engines 57 Posidonos Ave. - 183

Many thanks for your help. I have just ordered a new pump and will service my current one to keep as spare/mobile unit ready for emergencies. Guillaume Carpathia III, SM2K #293 Now in Athens

Hi Alan, Thank you so much. Fair Winds, Eric

Hi Arno, The Kaiken Flash seems to be permanent equalizing. That said sometimes I have the same feeling as you about Lithium. The maturity for the cruising yacht market doesn t seem that established

Hi Dennis, This is one of the problems I have with many BMS systems, if not all. They use passive top-balancing, meaning they can only balance the cells when full and do this by dissipating the energy

Hi Eric, I drilled the hole in the bottom of the U section...this is the part that supports the stove top grating. I omitted to say that I cut a slot in each side of the U section to match the