Eric, I do the same once we run flush the system we leave the fresh water flush water in the water maker under pressure. ( we close the valve with the high pressure pump off and the 'boats' fresh

Hi Ian, I was told by Mr. Carteau a long time ago that the entire drive train, prop included, is protected by the anode system in place with the zincs on the rudder. Mr. Carteau said that the prop

Hi Y'all, I have just had my Autoprop bearings changed after about 2,500 hours and 7 years.I did it as a precaution. When stripped down,the bearings were in good condition. The prop was returned

Hi, Christoophe, I looked at the Mango "Hu Song" a year ago. It was so dirty that you wouldn't want to go into the boat. It was so full of old gear and trash that you couldn't get to the forward

Hi Malcolm, thank you for this great idea. I'll contact him. Christophe ******************************************* ALFRADE Übersetzungen & Synchronisationen Christophe LASCOMBES Am Schmidtgrund

Hi Christophe, Why don't you contact the AMEL agent in USA ;- Joel Potter ? Malcolm Bon Jovi S/M # 464 ________________________________ Sent: 26 October 2009 14:05 To:

Hi all of you, I'm a new member of this forum, I'm a french sailor living in Germany and I was the owner of the Kirk n° 1 in the 90s bevor I was forced to sell him because of a bad divorce. Please

The little hole under my keyboard I believe is for an dc power supply to plug the safe in if the batteries are dead. Fair Winds Eric _____ From:

I have a German safe manufactured by Hartmann Tresore Model HS 605-3. My electronic keyboard also failed recently. I have written to the manufacturer inquiring about obtaining a new keyboard, or,

Jamie: The best solution is to rig up a timer to flush the membranes with fresh water every few days. Most modern watermakers have this capability. I did this using a fish feeder timer that people

Richard, I replace the pre filters after I do the final fresh water rinse. Then one quick flush to fill the filters. Fair Winds Eric _____ From:

Eric, generally speaking if I were to leave Challenge I'd make sure I had real good fresh water flush. But before I flush I pull out the pre-filter and clean the filter case put in a charcoal filter

I lost my membranes and end caps with pickling solution. I now use only fresh water flush. The longest I leave the boat unattended in st Martin is 2 months. I believe Ian Jenkins has laid up his boat

given that you are in a very hot place and that things tend to grow there I guess given the choice I'd pickle it and know that the bugs we not be in there when I get back. Or if you are really

I'm about to leave our SM on the hard for 5 months in a hot climate. There are various posts on this site suggesting I should not use a storage/pickling compound on the Dessalator watermaker as it is

HI all you ball bearing dropers.  the reason you to a grease like for example silicon is hold the balls so they don't fall out.  You can also look around a local rigging shop of  piece of track

Has anyone removed the safe in the aft cabin? Our keypad is broken and we are looking at a new safe to install at a cost of $50.00. We have tried contacting the Italian manufacture and to replace the

Highly reccomend McLube. Its dry, clean, & works incredibly well. Great used on sails to seal & makes them easier to furl in the mast. Ric Gottschalk Bali Hai SN24 wrote:

an old trick to keep ball bearing balls in place it use grease to hold the balls. Try it or use some other stuff you can wash off you you don't make a mess after the fact.Richard and Joan on SM 209

In 2007, while sailing on the Med, the shakle linking the mizzen car to the pulley broke. The car is Goiot  but the SS shakle (unmarked)  broke leaving a star telltale crack, which seems to indicate