Hi Danny, I understand what you are saying here, but I would NEVER use WD40 on anything that I wanted not to corrode. WD40 might be fine at dispersing the water initially , but its chemical makeup

I had a similar problem this week. the engine upon starting made a funy noise for a few seconds on thetrip to he caribbean the engine would not start, we eplaced the ignition sritchm,'and the valeo

Hi again, the WD40/ CRC is prevention rather than cure, regular use stops the problems arising. When you have the problem it is a case of find, remove, clean, reassemble. regards Danny SM 299 Ocean

Hi to all, Thanks K Mike and Danny for your suggestions about. Normally it works ( W40 ) but my decision is to avoid any dangerous situation : When you need the engine it must start, always. Two

http://www.passagemaker.com/articles/trawler-news/government-trawler-news/lite-composite-gas-tanks-recalled-company-insolvent/ Got this URL from a friend, thought it could be useful info for mainly

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Hi All, these sort of problems arise from corrosion in our salt laden atmosphere, any electrical connection is vulnerable. The answer is to liberally and regularly spray all connections, alternators

Hi Kent I think that what is going on is when you use the two spare halyards you need to take very good care not to WRAP the horns. Sometimes it takes a bit of doing to get them on the "front" side so

Thanks Trevor. Guess I've been lucky so far ... Will start paying more attention when I reef the jib. Kent [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Hi Kent, It happens fairly frequently when you have an extra halyard fitted to the mast head if you don't pay attention to the halyard it can get caught in behind the bars or "horns" as

I had to repair on the Yanmar 4JH4HTE due to a small pin hole on the weld. I noticed it when I rebuilt the turbocharger. I have <900 hrs on the engine. I repaired the unit with JB Weld HighHeat expoxy

I have now had 3 new bars constructed for my SM. The last 2 done in the last couple of days. The problem for us has been going "off the original Amel design". We had a special bracket made for the

Kent, The answer is that I should have made a new one as original and not had a ss screw welded on the old one. Doing that now Cheers, Ric Gottschalk Kitchen Magic Refacers, Inc Office

I wonder why so many problems? Sounds like something's not right with the way it's set up??? Has anyone else had these issues? Joel, any ideas? I've not heard of anyone having this

Had one bar where threaded end broke. Was fixed several times by welding (even before noon when they begin island drinking). Last time it broke, the double nuts chewed up 3" of upper foil. I like to

Hi Ric, Long time no see.  Hope you are well. What kind of breakage issue did you have? Kent SM243 Kristy ________________________________ To: amelyachtowners@... Sent: Thursday, July

Ric, I have not been to the top of a Santorin, but if it is rigged anything like a Super Maramu, I do not think you have room for a halyard retainer. The swivel bars do a great job. They are simple

hey maramu 46 owners, i was wondering if there are any of you in southern california who would be kind enough to let me come aboard and see your boat. i'm narrowing down my boat choices and the amel

Hi Gary, Thank you again. The symptoms that you describe do sound identical so I will follow your advice. We are back home in Ireland and as yet don't know when we will return but I will

I have a 1990 Santorin sloop with 2 stainless steel bars on the jib swivel/halyard. Can replace this with a halyard retainer? The weight is significant and i have had breakage issues. Ric