Hello Alex and Jimbo, I’ve found reverse to be frustrating… almost as bad as a long keeler; she’ll go wherever she wants!! But there are a few tricks: 1. There is a bit of prop walk to

Hello Jimbo, Always difficult for me to make short story… I took my sailing classes in the US, from the ASA 101 to the 106, some like docking and advance navigation I took twice !!! In the docking

Hi Colin - cheers for that I am going to have a little google on the Santorini - and see what is around - I get the feeling not as many of these built as the SM - but really encouraged by your

Thanks Bill

Alexandre, thanks for sharing your experiences and tips - I agree with docking in wind on my 38 - I used to have some fun with wind gusts. It sound like sailing however is no problem either single

See you at the show. Pat and Diane Shenanigans SM123 On G dock Bert Jabins Yacht Yard Back Creek

Hi Joel, We talked several times on the forum. My boat name is "Life is Good" SM 345. I live in Edgewater. It is several miles South of Annapolis. We want to invite you to our house for BBQ on

Greetings Everyone. The Annapolis Sailboat Show begins this week. I will have a sweet Amel 54 in the’ Brokerage Cove’ part of the show. It is a very pleasant water taxi ride, or a short walk

just found an SD card with scans and pdf of all the equipment on board our boat. We even have blueprint drawings of our entire boat with hand written notes by Amel. I feel like i just found a

I think Steve is right on ! Alexandre --------------------------------------------

Good morning Jimbo, 90% of the time I am single handed and if I have crew it is usually for decorative purpose. To handle the vessel at sea is fairly easy, just have to pay attention and take your

Hi Tom, I'm fairly certain I know what your problem is, as mine was doing the same thing until I rebuilt it last spring. First, you need to remove the rope drum from the windlass. This may be easier

Just to clarify my problem: If the anchor is in the water, I insert the handle in the hole on the drum; I pull the handle back as far as it will go; my understanding is by pushing the handle forward,

On our SM53 I often sail single handed fairly easily in local waters. The only time I really need a 2nd person to help is when docking at our marina berth to have someone attach the lines whilst I am

Good morning Tom, Most welcome for the document !!! Glad someone use it !!! Do you mean you can not “lower” the anchor using the ratchet? I think it was only made to retrieve the anchor (as

I seem to remember Olivier saying the triatic was a weather fax antenna sat here than HF. Also I thought he said that the triatic was not actually needed. I'm sure that statement will be corrected if

Mine only hauls chain on the backward pull, not the forward. Manual windlass especially usually haul in both directions. Hope this is what you're looking at. Ian Ocean Hobo SN96

Jimbo The Santorin is the easiest boat to handle that I have ever sailed, there isnt anything I cant do single handed. The hard parts, like marinas is made easy with the super efficient bow thruster;

Hi David, the boat is currently located in Florida and I'll be on it in the beginning of November. I have plans to be in the Caribbean for the winter and in the mediterranean next summer. Alex, SY

Jimbo, I love to sail Kimberlite singlehanded. My longest trip so far was a 12 day passage from St Marten to Long Island, NY. The only issue was waking every 25-30 minutes to take a look around and