What we did on our SM2K - after we got access to all the hatches - was to first shock the tanks with bleach, then hit them all with a pressure sprayer. Worked like a champ, considering our boat was

Hi Group, Just observed that water is coming through the main cylinder / shaft hole in the forward cabin picture 3 and pic headed "Removed the old seal (please note that I did not had the 2 retainer

Good afternoon, Not sure the message was to me, but since my name is Alexandre, I thought I would answer!!! After 1 - 1.5 year, my bow thruster started to leak (water coming in while sailing) (I

Hi Alexander (or anyone else), While on relatively long trip in Greece is that when the bow thruster hole (of the cylinder in the forward cabin - the 3rd picture of your page) is underwater (when

I am going to stick my neck out a bit and say that first, it's not that bad, second a serious and time consuming effort may get only moderate results and finally, if you have a year of patience you'll

Thanks, everyone. I’m going to follow along the lines of what James and James both did. Scrub it down, hit it with another dose of chlorine bleach in the spring, close it up and not think about it

Hi, this was on our 2006 Amel 54 when we bought in 2015. We thought it was a standard attached by Amel at build. Was very helpful when we first sailed but we do more checks now. Very Best Barry and

Excellent suggestion. Use flow to create the list. (You commercial big iron guys are the best!) William Sent from my iPhone

Hello William, I flew heavies and they all use a flow form of checklist. I have never needed a written one but you could develop your own, specific to your vessel, broken down by areas of concern.

Was a private pilot and very familiar with check lists. But…in my sailing I never crossed the concept of checklist from flying pre-flight over to leaving the dock. Humbling realization. Anybody have

Absolutely agree on releasing the pin at the dock or anchorage and decompressing the seals. On our boat, pulling the pin and flipping the down switch for as short a time as possible usually lowers it

Your trivia for the day.... The fish added to cisterns is usually Gambusia affinis the "mosquito fish" a close relative of the "guppy," and very similar looking. I don't know about on Bonaire, but

Hi Mark, I'm referring to these external neoprene seals (two glued together). They should be slightly compressed when the locking pin is in, creating a watertight seal. Photo is from Nikimat (

Great source of Iron!

It is difficult to get you head around this but to set your expectations maybe you should try to see the inside of your local municipal water tank. Here is a real photo: As for strange solutions,

David, We cleaned the tanks in our Maramu and they were much worse than your, in fact we even had live snails living in there! There was also significant amount of sediment in the aft low end of

Hi Dave. I’m familiar with this view! Last year, I opened up all of the ports, and found mold balls on the walls of the water tank. I flushed our tanks with bleach solution as described

We have a similar appearing tank. I also shocked it with chlorine, with little cosmetic improvement. My sense is that it is classic mildew. Even if you kill the fungus, the dark stains will persist

Good morning all! I tried cleaning my fresh water tank using Bill’s alternate method (fill with bleach solution, let sit for 48 hours, drain, flush, etc.) and did not get the desired results. The

Hi Mike, I’m very methodical in my checks before sailing away ... retired airline pilot.. and it involves all systems internally, in the engine room and on deck. Covers all bases. Takes 10