Thanks Dave. I'm just concerned that they will continue to grow and someday when I sell there will be large price deduction because of them. I think it's a matter of pay now or pay later. I

Thank you to all who provided comments about on board dive compressors. Your feedback was really helpful and is now a good source of information for us all on this site which can be added to for

Blister repairs are a huge revenue generator for boatyards, and they love to get people worked up about it and convince them to do a peel and complete new bottom. On some of the Amels I have seen

Hello All Greetings from the great white north where the outside temp yesterday was -39c and the wind chill was down into the -50s. My wife and I live in Northern Ontario Canada and our dream is to

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Thanks for your feedback. For the time being ill take a wait and watch action. I think they have gotten larger Diane I purchases her 7 years ago. I'm afraid that I will continue to worry about them

Pie or square but you still need to deal with them even if a few at a time. Open them up with a ice pick and let them drain then fill, sand, seal with what ever you want ( epoxy ) next time you re

I was recently discussing this issue with some knowledgeable people, and their take on it was unless they were large enough to be a structural issue, paint them and forget them. Their argument (as

Thanks Ian for you reply. Much appreciated. Bob S/V Chara

Gerhard, I am guessing, but I think that there are two possibilities: Most likely 1 - 3: #1 is that the new nozzles are out of specification. I am guessing that your mechanic changed injector

Gerhard, Have you replaced the water heater? If not it is 14 years old and probably is where your leak is. But, to answer your question, yes coolant could escape the closed system at the Yanmar heat

Gerhard, I had the opposite problem and found my overflow tank filling up whether running the engine or sitting at the dock. It was a leak in the water heater heat exchanger. When I figured that

Dear Gerhard, It looks as if engine water heating element inside your calorifer has got pin holes. When the water warms up inside the calorifer it has to expand, the pressure

Last year I had the engine injectors replaced by a professional mechanic. Since then my engine smokes more and leaves a black streak on the white hull. The injector pump was not checked. The turbo

Last year I had my heat exchanger serviced by a professional mechanic and since then the engine coolant leaks slowly from the reservoir. This also happens while I'm stationary in the marina at a slow

Jeff, I should have told you to send an email, but you were asking how to dial a number. When you send an email for parts, I find it best to carefully list the part, remembering the language

Hi Bob, Sorry, can't help you there. I understand that the problem was with the gelcoat rather than the fibreglass. If that's right, then once the gelcoat has been replaced or dried out

Hello Chris, We wanted another hanging cabinet and decided to removal the single berth to stbd. This would not be a problem for us… grand kids are all past the “ankle biter” stage. We’ll