Andrew This is a rather long winded way of answering your question but let me try to explain. Although somewhat clunky looking and consuming too much valuable space at the nav station area, we still

Thanks Ian, Actually a neighbor of mine (3 years ago) suggested to repaint the anchor (I did know any better, now I do). With the new Rocna I already purchase a “Refinishing kit”. Since I work

Welcome to the group Christian....you will find a LOT of useful information in here. I certainly did. Je te souhaite un bon restoration !! Cheers Alan Elyse SM437 - Fiji

Welcome to the group Christian....you will find a LOT of useful information in here. I certainly did. Je te souhaite un bon restoration !! Cheers Alan Elyse SM437 - Fiji

Hi Alexandre, It looks as though the previous owner used his anchor a lot and then instead of regalvanising it he chose to slap on some white paint to hide the rust. Not a

Right on ! The toothless (rebuilding bow thruster), spot-ridden, rusty keeled Maramu is being rebuilt (hull, keel & rudder whilst on the dry) after years of poor maintenance & extensive sailing. She

That Spade looks like was coated with some kind on corrosion protection. Normally carbon steel anchors are galvanized. Galvanized anchore is good for more than 15 year. I do not wash off my galvanized

Hello, First and foremost thank you for all these answers and tips.It is really a relief to be able to tap all this specific experience that no one around can match. Gary, great warning for

I forgot a question Ian, Since you have the same Spade I have. What type of care or maintenance do you do for your anchor? I did not know anchor needed to be “maintained” (aside washing them

Good afternoon Ian, Well, I explained the story on FB how I end up with 2… In short I later discovered about the lifetime warranty on the spade, and it was too late to cancel the rocma which

Alexandre , Why do you need two anchors ? We have a 30 kg Spade which has coped in all conditions . We carry an aluminium version 15 kg , with a couple of meters of chain which we keep in the

JPG, This sounds like a pretty good solution for a secondary anchor to me and I might duplicate it. It makes sense to minimize the weight of the rode since it sounds like you will have to

Good afternoon Bill, Well I hope I am not starting a fight on the forum, not my intention at all! I am just trying to find the best location for my unexpected 2nd anchor… You have the same anchor

Hello Paul, Andrew et al, I installed the Ray SHD with a 4 foot bar antenna. It serves more than one purpose: navigation, weather avoidance and ship safety. But I have considerable experience with

Alexandre, One sure fire way to start a fight in a bar frequented by sailors is to start talking about anchors! Everybody has very strong opinions, and very few facts. One rule I have always liked:

Hello Andrew, Concerning radar, My experience concerning radar is rather limited, before we bought our SM, I have sailed two boats with radar together totally three month. Both of them where equipped

Christian Are you across on the dry at the moment with the very rusty keel and the anti-fouling stripped right back? We were out a few weeks ago and noticed a maramu being extensively worked on?

sorry I barged in on the conversation, but emails appeared after I tried to register on the forum, & Yahoo gave me access to the group. Here are my credentials, Christian Alby, Désirade VIII, Maramu

Hi Francesco, As you'll recall, we've got similar B&G equipment, although we do not have the ZG100. I wanted to use the NAIS-400 GPS antenna as master, but could not find it in the menus. A tech guy

I uploaded a general diagram of the electronic connections on BeBe SM387. You should be able to link to it