Hello Casper and Vito, I just refurbished my furling gearbox and I'd be quite sure that the grease you're seeing from the bottom of the furling drum is because the seals are failing in the gearbox -

I have been advised that the Furuno chart plotter on my 2003 SM has Navnet 1 software installed and cannot accept an AIS receiver. Can anyone help a i frequently sail through high density traffic and

Hi Kent, Glad the info is helpful - good luck with the project. Here's a couple of afterthoughts: most important is to absolutely take this opportunity to open your jib furler gear box and

Ok here is the explanation. The AIS B is required to have its own GPS since the boat it is mounted on might not have a GPS. The GPS dome does NOT transmit it locates my boat and sends it out vis

Ian, It is possible that you may have a small "air Leak" in the stainless steel pipe that runs from the left side, back side of the genset, under the engine to the hose that connects to the salt

Receiver only.  Guessing it's OK, but still wondering why you have to have a dedicated GPS to transmit. Kent

Can anyone please help resolve a problem that I have had for several months now which is driving me nuts. Whenever I take my SM2000 sailing, even in smoth water, the genset will not run afterwards

Do you have a AIS receiver only or an Ais receiver/transmitter? Fair Winds Eric Amel Super Maramu #376 Kimberlite _____ From:

Well, that answers my questions, doesn't it.  I hope I'm not outside the law to have my AIS receiver using GPS data from my primary GPS. Kent S/V KRISTY SM243

As a ps to my previous note my receive only AIS did receive the ships Gps via nmea as did the two radar/chart plotters the autopilot, and mmsi gps on the VHF _____ From:

Kent, I already have a dedicated VHF antenna mounted on the mizzen from my receive only Ais which I replaced with the ACR transceiver. Unfortunately a separate gps is required with the transceiver by

Hi, Craig, Great, and I do mean GREAT info.  I have seen some early loss of diameter of the winding wires at the bottom swages on several of the cables.  I could probably go another year  or so,

Hi Kent, We just finished replacing ours - here's my 2 cents: You didn't say if you'd had a problem or not, or if you just judge your rigging to be too old and want the added comfort of new rigging

Thanks Eric _____ From: amelyachtowners@... [mailto:amelyachtowners@...] On Behalf Of richard03801@... Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 6:40 AM To:

Thanks Eric _____ From: amelyachtowners@... [mailto:amelyachtowners@...] On Behalf Of Judy and Bill aboard SV BeBe Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 2:30 AM To:

A good GPS antenna is tolerant of moderate obstructions. I installed my AIS GPS antenna behind the nav station against the hull on the small shelf back there. It works OK, and its data stream has

I have a single GPS that feeds the Radio, AIS, and Computer (CAP'N program).  Still don't see why your current GPS can't talk to the AIS.  I do have two other GPS for backup, but not necessary for

Any chance you could use your current GPS signal and feed it to the AIS?  Not sure why you'd have to have a dedicated GPS for the AIS.  I don't see why you can't use your VHF antenna as well, unless

We too use an antenna on top of the mast using a spliter VHF/GPS and get very good contacts with major ships with our receive only unit. AIS is a very good safety device. We prefer using a stand alone

Eric we have two GPS the sat phpne and SSB all mounted on the aft rail without any problems. Best wishes Richard in Annapolis SM209 Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T