Hi Drew, I don't know if it is the same problem you are having, but we had a similar noise, and it turned out to be the Raymarine Rotary drive. Our noise got worse over a couple of years, and finally

Steve

Some owners have described a click or stiffiness. WIth Revelation, whether hand steering or using the chain-drive A/P, rough seas cause a loud twangy pop. It was there 4yr ago, crossing the Indian

I think the best solution is to have a sailmaker make a "noise-stopping sail" out of old sail cloth about 1m H X 1.5m L. Have him sew bolt rope on the 1m side and a grommet at the top and bottom on

Bill, It was the control box,, thanks for that tip! After replacing the older switch on the winch, it still didn't work so I opened the control box, cleaned the contacts, and coated with Corrosion-X.

David We sheet inside,that was the idea for the beginning, I have 10 mm dyneema 99 low stretch core between the base of the mast towards the chainplate o the forward shroud. on that line it's easy to

Thanks Paul, looks like most are furling a thicker line to keep the separation.

Thanks Ian. I'll give that a try. Mohammad and Aty

Hi Paul, I have seen your photo's on the stay sail you installed on Kerpa. On my SM #351 also a stay sail is fitted. First it was accordingly to the surveyor Mr. Olivier Beaute poorly installed (not a

Hello We hoist a 12 mm three strand rope in the top swirled hold the rope were lose and fuel maybe 10 revs in total. Then there are no noise from the profile what so ever. Any rope of similar

I tension the small line enough for the swivel to have solid contact with the internal aft section of the mast. Being Dyneema, the tension is quite high. No movement observed even in 30 Its winds.

Hi JP. It's been a while. You guys just moved too fast and we have not had a chance to run into each other. We did try that but we furled as we raised the swivel to get some wraps on the Furler as

Hi I tie an end of one of my thick mooring lines to the swivel, hoist it above mid point and carefully furl. Needs some experimenting to get the right thickness so it fills the void and stops the

Hi A & M, I had the same issue on my SM. I tie a small line (dyneema) on the swivel and tie it loosely to the aft end of the boom. I then raise the swivel to about mid mast and tension the small

Hello every one; We are removing our sails for the winter and would appreciate ideas on how to prevent the Furler extrusions from hitting the mast when the sails are removed. We have tried different

Hello all, Aquarius has been updated to look more like BeBe on the inside, and we have replaced our lightly used interior cushion set. This includes the cushions around the table and the love seat.

Thank you very much for this info Roger! really helpful I'm thinking i might go for a slightly smaller With small kids onboard and therefore almost single handed sailing anticipated by your truly ...

You can see Rafael's SM at the 1:03 mark of this fly by. So sad. Anse Marcel Anse Marcel The last one of my aerial footage of damaged marinas and yards in Sxm.