Also check out the nesting dinghies. They are hard dinks that come apart into two halves. They are much better to row, can be sailed or powered with a small outboard. I don't remember the name, but

Hi Bill, Agree with Steve that you won't find an adequate rib that will fit in your lazarette. I have the 10.5 ft AB with fiberglass hull. It is a very dry ride compared to other details blks I've

We bought a Highfield Ultra Light 260 this year. Aluminium hull. It fits on the front deck of our Santorin inflated or on the afternoon deck with the bow deflated or completely deflated it sits easily

Hi Bill K, We have the same RIB as Steve Davis… gives me a real pain in the knee when I play silly bugger and bounce off the wave tops at 30 knots. Just spent quite some dosh getting a knee

Try doing a Google search for “Folding RIB”. This will give you some options but very few in the USA. With best regards, Mark Super Maramu 2000 Hull

Hi when I had the standing rigging replaced in April, which involved removing the 2 masts, I also requested that the masts and booms be treated and painted. My problem is that when they reinserted the

Hi Bill, I don't think you are going to find a RIB of suitable size that will fit in the aft locker. We have an AB 9.5 aluminum which we are quite fond of. It is under 100#, which makes it fairly

I suspect I know the answer to this already, but it's worth asking the group... Has anybody found a rigid hull inflatable dinghy that when deflated/disassembled fits a Super Maramu's aft deck

Hi Mike, Noa has a Yamar engine which is serviced different, but we had a Volvo TMD22 on our previous boat. The camshaft cover on the TMD serves as the upper part of the camshaft bearing. When you

Mohammed and Aty, When my mizzen furler finally completely seized up, the sail was being unfurled, and the force of the winch handle is what unscrewed the shaft from the main housing. Taking off the

Hi to the group, Sludge in the fuel tank is caused by bacteria growth in the fuel which is caused by 7% Bio-diesel added to the fuel in Europe. Growth starts with the aging and water from condensation

Since this seems to be a hot topic, I checked in the Volvo TMD22 manual and this is what I found under Technical data: Valve clearance, adjustment cold engine: Inlet 0.20-0.40mm : Outlet

There is a cleaner available in the Caribbean and probably in the US and maybe Europe named H7. H7 works very well, It is a very good degreaser/cleaner. Also, Citrus Clean works well. Both of these

Thanks, Craig, I believe that you are absolutely 100% correct. Opinion: The consequences of out-of-adjustment "valve lash" are numerous, but the most common reason for diesel smudge on the side of

Thanks, Bill. I'll do both the racors and have the lash checked. I do have quite a bit of smudge on my hull. Soapy water (Dawn dish soap) gets most of it, but if I wait too long it takes Soft

I usually love to learn things, but how often do we do it... if it is every 1000 hour (10 years for me), plus I have to work 45 hours a week already... Just like when my propeller was rebuild, I let

Masha Danki, Craig, I had just finished looking it up. Bon dia to Catherine. Kent

I looked it up Alex. It's the distance between the valves and the rocker when the engine is cold. If too small the valves don't seat properly when the engine warms up. Beyond my pay grade right now,

Kent, To add just a bit to Bill's reply, and not to be too picky, "valve lash" is not the adjustment, it is the actual gap between the rocker arm and the tip of the valve stem. Adjusting that

Good morning hesitated to reply since I have limited knowledge fuel additive. For my Diesel, I used to use only: Star Tron Diesel Recently I decided to add Biobor JF based a Practical Sailor