I have not tried this, but a captain I know suggested I get a can of expandable insulation foam from Home depot. He says it works great and removes easely. Vito

Eric...Try a small pice of modeling clay..the kind that does not harden...mold it around the chain and over the pipe Paul --- kimberlite1212 <no_reply@...>

Hi Eric If you problem is to prevent the sea water to come in I believe that the small piece of rubber attached to the windlass is more than enough as the amount of water that may come inside is

Has anyone come up with a good way to plug the windlass hawspipe during a passage? fair winds, eric

Hi I have the original genoa from my SM 2000 that I would like to sell. The sail is 3 seasons old. It has made one round trip from Ft Lauderdale to Annapolis and a trip from Ft lauderdale to NY.

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If you are talking about the stock ballooner halyard, it has a proper location to be tied off. On the side near the hauling plates close to the shroud. As for the additional one as it has not been

Erick, i ordered kimberlite with a balooner halyard from amel. they also provided a few rings on the anchor roller to tie off the balooner. where do you tie off the balooner halyard when not in

You can get photos even a video of my SM under construction from my site www.almalibre.gr <http://www.almalibre.gr> . Best Regards Dimitris Krassopoulos SM Alma Libre

My SM was not fitted with the optional pulley as the more recent SM are.In those days Amel was a bit reluctant to support the use of an assymetric. One way was to use the stock ballooner halyard but

erick, did you use the block (pulley) that was supplied by amel? thanks eric sm kimberlite wrote: SM. It is so gearing the fitted on cutting. of 65g/m2. on the single handel. make the

Does anyone have photos of the sm under construction? I have seen some under the yahoo section of photos but i am interested in any and all additional photos of the boat under

Conversely to what you may hear the assymetric is a must on the SM. It is so convenient and efficient. It save you sometimes the hassle of gearing the ballooner. Prior to anything you must make sure

I would appreciate hearing from Super Maramu owners who have had an assymetric spinnaker made. Size, shape, overall area, material, cost......Thanks JP

Hi Anne & John, you are not the only one to have a leak! I had one after just 3 months from new but the warranty replacement has lasted over two years with just a little rust on the outside around

Many thanks for this. Yes a little more brute force and out she came ... new one installed with no problems. Chris & Millie <no_reply@y...> wrote: installing bearings

hi, i don't know much about visas except i have not needed them in france, spain, or italy. I understand the boat has to be ""exported" to get get around the VAT. we sailed to Guernsey ,3 days from

I don't know if this is the proper forum, but please re-direct me if you have other suggestions. We have been trying to get the "real info" on what will be required of us if we plan to winter in an EU

We just used a large pipe wrench and rotated while tapping with a rubber mallet! No problem! Cutlass bearing was changed 6 years earlier. Cover new bearing in dish soap and wrap in tin foil and

Hi everyone We have recently bought Sharki Hull no 24 and are in the process of making her ours!Have revamped the saloon, galley & head and are now onto the underwater. We need to replace the