You certainly don’t need to fill your tank to the top, if you don’t care about collecting water in your fuel, and the associated issues. It’s certainly your choice! ~~~⛵️~~~Matt

Hi all, Spoken to a number of Volvo dealers here in Greece and the UK and the two above parts are obsolete. So in Volvo terms, 'we no longer sell a simple radiator cap, simply replace the engine

Why fill up your tank to the max when you know where you want to go? I think filling it up to the max only makes sense when you go for a really long passage and then you add some anti diesel bug

Bill, they went to hydraulic steering somewhere around #50 - mine was one of the first boats with hydraulic steering. Paul, sorry but I have no information on your request. Joerg Esdorn A55

Scott, I am very sure you've checked this, but it sounds like an intermittent break in the low amp control circuit, and probably the low position sensor (analog or newer sensor) and/corresponding

Excellent! We will order one in Martinique to have as a spare. Thanks Kent and Iris SM 243 Kristy Bahamas heading South

We want to wrap our wheel and companionway handrail, too. That's the nicest one I have seen yet! Does that braid have a name? Instructions on how to do it? Michelle, you are hired! Thanks Kent and

Thank you very much to all for your tips, sounds great. We will contact him. All the best Frederic

Hi, so finally my BT is back in again (SN). I had the impression that it has never had a overhaul since 25 years. But... amazingly all gears and bearings are still in excellent condition except the

Hi Steve and Alan, we dont have the inner forestay so fly the 90% off the main stay. I have tried a barber hauler system to sheet it inboard. Not worth the effort so we just sheet it to the outer

Hi Steve, We actually have an inner forestay with a staysail on it, and the problem you would have, as we do, is that in trying to sheet it in, the leech fouls the forward lower stay. We do actually

I checked it on the boat and it matches mine on our 2001 SM2k. Van: main@amelyachtowners.groups.io namens Patrick McAneny via Groups.Io <sailw32@...> Verzonden: maandag, februari 10, 2020 12:00

Yes, that's our machine too, except it's called Kenwood Mini 1150 Rapid around these parts. Fits perfectly, works great, gonna cry when she breaks....

Matt, If you are reading on the H2Out site under the section titled maintenance instructions, read the last paragraph where they state the annual change out frequency. I suspect that the change

Every 55 I have seen has hydraulic steering...no cables...Like other things maybe some of the first 55s had cables, but I don't think so.

I took a look online at the H2Out. Looks OK. A bit pricey. Refills aren’t so bad, and they recommend them at your oil change frequency. Likely more than every 12 months? ~~~⛵️~~~Matt

Annual change wouldn’t be bad at all.... ~~~⛵️~~~Matt

I wonder if the TSA will pull it out of checked baggage? ~~~⛵️~~~Matt

Matt, I came across a company called H2Out that sells driers for vent lines that suggests an annual change of the desiccant with a properly sized unit. I would think that unless the boat is in

Hi Steve, We had a similar sail a 110 % Yankee cut headsail . It is made from 10.5 Oz material. It is bulletproof and we have had it up in 40-45 knots. It’s a great sail. When we go offshore we