I want to share our recent experience with you. I truly hope that I do not bore you with this story. We were contacted through our website (www.svbebe.com) by an Austrian couple who intended to buy

Is anyone able to confirm that the Top furling swivel on the Santorin is the same as the Super Maramu (1996) Ian, if this is the case how many 10mm bearings were needed to fill the swivel? Terry SV

I believe you have a ground solenoid problem. Check the tightness of the terminals on the ground solenoids. I have seen this happen before. Fair winds Bill Fletcher

To anyone interested in ONAN generators. Cummins [Onan owner] have offered a one day course in Peterborough England some date to be arranged before Christmas 2014 to cover the below. Anyone interested

Graham, You have not said whether or not you load-checked the starting battery to see how many Cold Cranking Amps (CCA) are available. I think that you need to either have a battery guy come to the

Hi given the problem seems the battery cables. Check the battery cable ends to be sure to either take the battery cable itself is in good condition. They have corrosion inside the battery cable.

Further to this thread I am still having problems. When I turn the ignition key on the Volvo one click power appears on the starter panel. Turning the key one further notch to the start position

I'm looking to replace the hatch in the saloon. It's leaking. The main weather stripping is shot, and the opening brackets which also lock the hatch in position when open are working poorly at best.

Look into "secants". Hard to find in any cruising books. It is a method to sail the fastest speed in the least distance given the parameters of the Boat. Simple example is a multihull that sails much

You’re right Dave, I’m now 63 and I’ve learned sailing without computer, without GPS, without radar, without AIS etc…So, today I continue to sail with a long experience behind me, but…I

Jacques, I understand the goals and have made use of software for identical reasons. I just feel that we're better off using some real world data from our own boat or even informed estimates. I can

Many thanks for your comments Dave, The reason why I want to use polars on a cruising boat like an Amel is just the one you mentioned: Security and comfort. When I use a routing software, for

As a sailmaker and former racer turned cruiser, I fully understand the value of a polar diagram. On race boats, we'd consult the polars to insure that with a given sail combination and conditions,

Just for your information: I have an application on my ipad called ipolar, so I had created based onthe SM polar and PITU (my SM) a polar for PITU. I exported this polar in another ipad application

Hello Alan, We hope you are enjoying Fiji, we certainly did during thelate nineties when we used to spend a lot of time in Viani Bay just east ofyou. In the seventies and early eighties I was crewing

Hi Kent! They know how much we appreciate Indecent -- Their care for her shows! and I hope one day they they visit us. They are always welcome aboard "their" boat! -- they will always be a part of

Kim and George were very proud of that boat Stephanie. They'll be happy to hear she's in good hands. Kent SM243 Kristy

I have a 1985 Maramu that had the bottom bearing seize up so the foil will not turn. I have been trying for a couple days to get the motor/gearbox apart. Does anyone have any suggestions? So far I

Thanks for all your comments. I understand perfectly that a wrong polars file is useless. The polars calculated by SailGrib are based on VPP calculations (you will have more infos on their

Thanks for the pointer Mark. Will do this when I get back to Libby next Friday. If it is not the switch there is a work around suggested by Lewmar which is to install Lewmar part number 68000934 which