Kent, In your CBR ditty bag was a brochure from Bay Shore Marine. Jeff Leitch is an Onan and Yanmar dealer along with many other systems. I have known him over 20 years. He has built a very

I've exhausted every option I can find for a Diesel and/or Onan class. There are two places that I could find that give classes, but they wouldn't be as comprehensive as the Mack Boring class I hoped

Hi Ric. Of course, you are correct, no alcohol in diesel...my bad. Had just read an article about E-Diesel which will probably become an issue befor long. For now, low sulfur is the problem and

I believe you turn the valve in the engine room to the vertical position. When operating, the sea /fresh water vane valve is in the down position to let sea water in. When horizontal, no water enters

Hello Malcolm, We live in Malta which is a very humid sort of place as theisland is surrounded by the sea and have no problems with the boat but cannotsay the same about our house as the moisture from

Thank you all for your replies. Good point about leaving the fridge open - last time we didn't and came back to mould. Regrds Malcolm SM 117

When we bought our boat the rear bumper was in a bit of a sad state so we tried to buy a new one from Amel – they said they didn’t sell them any more as they had had quality issues with the

OK - well done to have picked up that buoy! Peter Peter Forbes ppsforbes@... Carango Sailing Ketch Amel 54 #035 Gouvia Marina - CORFU, Greece

Peter - unfortunately I am not in Gouvia Marina. I was anchored in the bay south of the fortress at Corfu Town on saturday night/sunday morning when that electrical storm hit. My anchor dragged (as

Andrew, I have had two boats with Webasto circulating hot water heat. They both performed well and required little maintenance. I used baseboard units which I built and routed the piping to each

I would recommend Lubricity for a clean engine (injectors). 1 quart is good for 250 gallons of fuel . I don’t think you find ethanol (grain alcohol) in diesel. I have an Espar heater. Works

Oops, Mark beat me to it. Kent

You can do the same thing by closing the seacock and filling the sea chest with a hose from the dock. I do the same when the boats going to sit for a while. Kent SM243 Kristy

I've been using a fuel stabilizer when the boats going to be sitting for a while. Before I crank it up again, I suck some fuel off the bottom of the tank with a piece of PVC pipe and let it sit in a

I haven't used my Espar a whole lot, but it's been reliable and will toast you right out of the boat in anything but sub zero weather! Kent SM243 Kristy

Sorry for my English. GFK is German and means Fiberglas. Regards Hanspeter

Mark, I understand, and I do melt...it is just that Eric's method is so simple. Bill Rouse BeBe Amel 53 #387 sent from my tablet