Hi Ian,Have you rodded through the pipe to the strainer (with the sea cock open)?John & VickySM JOVICMalaysia _________________________________________________________________ The New Busy

Hi Ian, I did not ask for the experience, but I have had a lot of experience with salt water flow and the Onan because I had 3 strange issues occurring at the same time: (1) The stainless steel

Ian, the thought occurs to me that the engine cooling/salt water continues to be feeding the engine but the gen set is higher up the manifold. Why not put a "T" or a "Y" fitting on the engine hose

Thanks Eric, I was afraid of that, Amel wants 130 euros each, plus shipping,!!!! Oh well, at least I know they will fit and work. I bought spare outhaul lines for the jib and main years ago, I've

Thanks Ian, it's a great suggestion, given that as the bronze bushing wears it allow more and more salt water to get at the seals. When we were last in the Caribbean the little corals in the water

We have also replaced ours on Challenge. We used a 1/2" thick bungee cord and knotted it then stitch the bitter end on the Ring end/rope. The end near the boom was knotted at first until we sail a

Ian, As I understand what you wrote about the bow thruster you added a sleeve in the shaft that is connected to the prp and replaced the bearings with sealed bearings and then packed the gearbox with

Mark and Eric, I replaced the topping lines and shock cord in the main boom as well as the mizzen boom. My reason for replacement was the deterioration of the shock cord which seemed to be damaged

Hello Richard, the stainless bush was an exact copy of the bronze one, except that it was made with three grub screws instead of two to allow better centering. Assembled with grease there are no

Hi, Mark, Ditto what Eric told you.  I used 3/8" bungee and it seems to be holding up fine after a year. Kent SM 243 KRISTY

Hello All I am looking for my next yacht and Amels are on the list. Does anyone have an SM, Santorin or late model Maramu for sale now or in theforseeable future in the South Pacific or

I have replaced mine twice. On Kimberlite I just opened up the end of the boom and you will see the attachment points to the line that makes up the topping lift. I believe I used hog rings to replace

The elastic line attached to the topping lift in my SM2K's boom broke recently. I can't find any information on appropriate line to use and the procedure for replacing it. I'd appreciate being

Eric when we installed new wheels we found that due to their s Rough surface they caused high wear to occurred on the sheets. Keep an eye on them. Safe sailing. Richard SM 209

Hi Kent, I'd be interested in what you find about the hi-tech line as a standing rigging spare. By the way, on your other post about the out-haul line - do go with the hi-tech-lo-stretch. We got

Further to the Earlier email. If you get enough air to load that line to breaking load roll up the main and hove two. Regards Sent by Richard Piller

Thanks for the info. One question how much clearance did you plan between the shaft and bushings? Metal to metal ss to ss normally does not work well. If they touch they will Gaul as the bronze is

HI, I had the same problem : the lock ring lost and the lamp crashed sailing on the deck ! Aquasignal has now a new version but I wrote to Kohlhoff Thea <Kohlhoff@...> ,very kind

Our strobe light has stopped working. Has anyone had a problem or found a replacement? Thanks, Drew SM 390 Revelation, Currently lying Neiafu, Tonga

Eric, It's made by AquaSignal. I called their US importer and was told that I'd have to buy a whole new unit, as the missing ring holding the lower light is not available. I was subsequently told