Greetings from Callisto, I need to order a new line cutter for my prop shaft. Does anyone know the diameter of the prop shaft. thanks peter pappas Vallarta enroute to Costa Rica

Depends a bit when you are going to lay up there.   If it is in the hurricane season many marinas, yacht clubs on the coast have requirements that you move your boat to a "safer" area or take it out

Hi Ian and Judy, I kept my SM2000No 293 "MAIA" in Florida for about 28 months from December 2002 to April 2005. During the whole time I left her in the excellent care of Ray Eaton

Well, the US government is now the proud posessor of our fingerprints and, $260 poorer, we have our visas. Next step is to see where our draft can take us for a cruise in the Bahamas and where we

Richard, Would you be so kind as to translate "DO KILL the nut." from British English to American English? I can't quite figure out what you're saying - sorry! (As they say, two peoples separated by a

Hi Richard, sorry, now I'm at home again. Well for the wrench, I have found it on Budget too, so the next time I'll be in St Marteen I'll purcase it, for secure ! thanks so much all the

Hi Eric, we are sail around the Med this year and most likely next. We were due to winter in Turkey buy they got a bit to slippery at Marmarius Nestel for me.. the messages they kept sending was for

Hi Eric, we are sail around the Med this year and most likely next. We were due to winter in Turkey buy they got a bit to slippery at Marmarius Nestel for me.. the messages they kept sending was for

Hi, The euro must be killing you. I haul the boat every year and do the bottom and replace the wearing out bearing in the saildrive. I have not had such problems. What are you doing? Eric

Hi Pat, for some reason I can't forward the email I thought I had forwarded even though my Sent box shows it as having been sent successfully. You will find it dated 14 March 2006. It gives revs/speed

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Hi Pat, To me your speed for revs sounds a trifle slow, but not by much. Amel govern the engine speed on your rengine to 2800 revs to produce 60hp ( otherwise it can rev higher to produce 78 hp but

Hi, thanks for the note.  Yes you can have issues with the rudder shaft seal leaking.  Pull off the rudder bracket, remove the plastic nut, use a ice pic to pull out the old packing install new

Hi Dave,Richard,Aras,Ed and to all, thanks so much for your very appreciated suggestions. An associated question : have you got some dripping problem from teflon nut of the shaft rudder in the after

Hi Pat I think your rpm/speed is quite normal. We have a Max prop and a TMD22b and have almost the same rpm/speed. Except that we can get 3300 rpm and just above 9 knots. Regards Jonas &

Could someone advise me if this is about normal:I have a SM clean bottom, fixed prop and a TMD22a. Results of a recend speed run in calm water were. RPM 2200 /7.0 sog. -2500/7.5 - 2900/8.4 Also 2900

Giovanni, I am quite new to owning a Maramu but in other boats I've owned I've found that sailing very deep angles, especially dead downwind is less efficient than sailing a slightly higher angle and

Hi Jorge, yes, the RPM could today be rised over 3300rpm. It is a greate difference in power and the engine feels as new! Will do the same on my Onan this winter. Best regards and fair

When running down wind in those kinds of wind we layout about 100 meters of heavy line with about 5 kg of chain as a weight. This forms a big "U" behind the boat does not slow it much BUT dose hold

There are a number so sources in the US for rebuilt gear boxes that will work. Doug Russell com comes to mind as a source. They are outside of Boston and ship world wide. Use the "perkins" guy in