My friend here in St Thomas has SM #24. He also has the aluminum drive. Didier in Martinique rebuilt his drive a couple of years ago. I will forward this to him and see if he has any

Can anyone tell me which is the usual price for a SM ballooner? (tri-radial cut and parallel cut) Leo SM 69 Yin Yang in Fiji (I am in Austria)

Mark, The thumbscrews are for the cover plate for the water pump. They are a lot easier to hold and install. Eric

Very cool! Thanks! With bestregards, Mark Skipper Sailing Vessel- Cream Puff - SM2K - #275 Currentlycruising - Tahiti, French Polynesia www.creampuff.us

Try using these using these thumb screws. They are so much easier then the ones supplied with the pump. Fair Winds, Eric SM

On July 19, 2020 at 12:13 AM Mark Erdos <mcerdos@...> wrote: Hi Kent, I do mine by brail. Are you using threaded impellers? These make a huge difference: The above

Hi Kent, I do mine bybrail. Are you usingthreaded impellers? These make a huge difference: The above toolis used for installation and removal. I have a littletool kit just for

These are the best photos I have- the one with the shaft alternator is not mine. Fair Winds, Eric

Had you seen the solution Amel came up for that problem? they flipped over the intercooler upside down and made a bracket to hold it up aft of the engine. I will try to send a photo. Eric Sm 376

JP, I know the Mizzen furler is water-lubed, but the main furler had heavy oil, and others have used grease when refurbishing. Are you using water only on the manual mainsail furler? Kent

I know a few SMo have repowered with the Yanmar 4JH4HTE. The raw water pump is on the aft/starboard side next to the fuel tank. It's almost impossible for me to change the impeller without removing

Hi Elja! That feels good. I’m not alone with this lovely old traditional clocks. I like them very much. They made from very good aircraft Aluminium quality. I’ll try to find a used processor, but

Hello Kent, I followed Danny SIMMS suggestion; I rinse with loads of sweet water when able. This has been done automatically in NZ... so much so that a newspaper called the storm “the 500 year

My 55#56 has a chest freezer which has both keel and air cooling systems. I was on the keel cooled and with the water temp now 27C, it is unable to get the freezer temp under about 25F. The air

Thanks Bill, I hadn't seen that. Mine doesn't have the "dust cover", but that's not causing the oil leak. Does anyone know the dimensions of the dust cover? I'm guessing it's a double lip oil seal

You might want to contact Ken from Aquarius who has three Youtube videos he made of how to rebuild the main sail manual furler. He used grease instead of oil to lubricate after rebuild. He also used

Well darn, sometimes I think my old "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" policy is best. My newly refurbished manual mainsail furler, which I filled with heavy gear oil, is leaking onto the cabin top. I

Hi Craig, Sorry, I don't recall. If you speak with the vendor the product was used 3 years ago. Best, Eric

Hi Eric, The picture of the stipper you used doesn't show the full label but does show rockmiracle.com. I recall Rock Miracle is the brand I used years ago. It had methylene chloride which is the

He Stefan last week i have the same problem , i maild and fone some houers with B&g on the end is the processor takes the data in give it to the digital unit but not to the analog units . The think