Herbert Well done! Mine took me a few hours too. I used a chisel and hammer after soaking in Corrosion X (on the advice of Craig). Heating with a blow torch was the secret. I used the tool, but the

Hi Ruedi, heating, spraying, puller, nothing worked. I remember it took 5 hours using a heavy hammer and a piece of wood: tapping, hammering, then brute force ... fair winds, herbert SN 120 KALI MERA

Hi Amelias and Eric I tried to remove the Vetus coupling from the shaft and I was not able to remove it even not with a strong puller and heat. Maybe someone out there has another great Idea?

Craig, I hope you received my email. Fair Winds Eric Kimberlite Amel Super Maramu #376

Hello David, Aquarius had these hatch protectors on the aft lazaret when I bought Aquarius, but then I put some similar protectors on all the lazarets. Several photos to look at. I had them made in

Hi Eric, We're headed to eastern LI - could you send me contact info for your A/C /Espar genius, please? May need some assistance reinstalling & diagnosing mine. You can pm to sangaris at aol dot

Good morning Carina, Long time since we net in St Lucia! Were the two webasto heaters installed when you bought your 54 or did you fit them? Can you send me a photograph of what they look like? I

Hi Alexander, We just lived our second winter on the boat in Sweden, without any major problems. We have two webasto heaters, one just for the after cabin and one for the rest of the boat. We do

Hi Billy, I have an air conditioning genius that works here on eastern Long Island . He also installs Espar heaters. He is installing one on my friend’s 54 as I write. Where are you located? Climma

Normally, meaning before COVID, you could get a good answer regarding who to use from either info@... or customerservice@... Bill

My climma did cool the boat on delivery in June and wouldn't heat it in the winter and now won't cool it today. Does anyone know someone in the new york area (ish) who can work on these. The yard I'm

Alexander, We've cruised the Mediterranean, Caribbean and the Baltic and Scotland in our Santorin. We live in North Wales where we keep the boat at present. The Eberspacher keeps the boat warm enough

Hi Alexander, We spent three seasons in Chile, including two based in the Beagle channel. We didn't find problems with the cold or condensation. What proved useful were: The curtain in the cockpit A

Wrong this time. Heat exchanger had to be cleaned. Few hours of cleaning and now the temperatures are 73dC and 23dC. Sea water temperature is 15dC. Thank you all for help. -- Slavko SM 2000 #279

Alexander, I would be super careful with over insulating and no air circulation. You may discover later mold problems or create allergies. Can you fit a second heating unit (webasto or espar)? Create

Eric, We had both the outhaul and furling motor for the main shear several years ago. Mike

Hello, Perhaps you can have a look to aerogel : https://www.agitec.ch/page/aerogel/index.php?lang=FR For condensation I put on board a dehumidifier (5-10 liter/day !!)

Dear all, I am planning to sail higher lattitudes in summer times in the coming years in Europe (Norway / Baltic) and globally later on (NZ South / Patagonia / Alaska / New Foundland etc.) where

I cleaned exhaust elbow, and cleaned manifold. White smoke is gone, but overheating not. I am now left, my opinion, with heat exchanger and thermostat. The flow of the seawater is stronger then it was

Hi Mike, What furling motor is this? Main or Genoa? Fair Winds Eric sm