Hi Elja, had the same problem some years ago. Had "experts" crawling all over the system (we were in Raiatea in French Polynesia) and they wanted various electronic pieces replaced.. A very

Thank you all for your input I'm rather convinced that a stay sail is well worth to have, have not yet decided if with or without runners. The disadvantage to have to furl the genua when tacking,

After probing quite a bit with an ohm meter and discussions with a company that rewound my linear actuator motor I established that the problem was in the junction of the copper winding end and the

Hello Eric, I’ve had Coppercoat on Pegasus and now on Eleuthera. In both instances, we applied 2 coats of epoxy primer then 5 coats of CC. CC has worked well for us thus far notwithstanding

Eric, We took off all our bottom paint after 10 years, before we applied Coppercoat. We stripped the old anti fouling with a dry sand blower which allowed millimetre control. It revealed a

Eric, I hand stripped Seafever back to the original gel coat in February this year. I was very surprised how shiny the hull was, there was no evidence of any abrasion by the factory before

Or, use primer. Bill Rouse BeBe Amel 53 #387 Sent from my tablet +39 333 121 8115 Italy Mobile +1832-380-4970 USA Voice Mail

Eric, I believe applying a barrier coat on the bare hull makes the bottom paint adhere much better than directly on gelcoat.. I believe you should apply paint as soon as the barrier coat dries but is

Hi Eric normally when you do my last job or a heavy-duty same job down to the gelcoat we always use enter lnterlux 2000 barrier coat two coats before we put the bottom paint on. And sailing New

Eric, Sorry to hear about the flaking. I had a flaking issue with Micron66 when I hauled the boat after two years to apply new antifouling The paint flaked as it dried. It was determined that the

Thanks for your feedback, We will go for a replica of the old tank in 316 Stainless Steel, with the addition of inspection openings - we are very lucky to still have skilled craftsman here able to

I hauled Kimberlite last Saturday to change the lip seals on the C-Drive it was taking on sea water. I had the bottom painted with micron 66 with two coats a year ago this month. The starboard side

I think that there are a number of reasons to have an inner forestay / staysail setup. The primary one is to be able to keep the boat in better balance when reefed. In high winds, going to windward

I have sailed a number of boats with a staysail. A Frers 60 ketch, Tayana 52 ketch, my own Alajuela 48 and the Cape Dory 30 cutter with a boomed foot (ankle breaker). Loved them all in a blow .It

Good afternoon Paul, When I purchased my vessel (SM2K #289), the (very knowledgeable) previous owner had installed a stay sail after many years of ownership reason: to sail closer to the wind. At

Paul, I can add one more reason for installing a staysail (trinquette in French) to Bill's answer. Peace of mind. Should your genoa fail for any reason (furler failure, sail problem, etc) you still

How close to the wind can those who have added the inner stay sail? It would have to be a lot closer to justify the cost and questionable effect on resale value. I've heard it said that "gentlemen

Paul, There are a number if reasons why I would not install one and I believe only one reason to do it. The one reason that I know of to install one is to be able to sail closer than 54 degrees true.

We are planning to let Emek marine in Turkey install an inner fore stay, I have seen that some of you have installed an inner fore stay, example Brava and Pilgrim, but they have chosen different

Hi Duane: I am familiar with that recommendation to replace the bearing every 5 years and as my Onan is not 14 years old I have wanted to accomplish this for some years now. I even purchased the