Bill, Eric and anybody else on the forum with electrical insights: This is all great info as no doubt we will all need to do this service sooner or later. However, what are your thoughts, or has

Eric, I agree. My only solution is that I reserve the outboard filter for emergency use only...if anyone can figure out something better, I am all ears. Bill Rouse s/v BeBe SM2 #387 difficult and

Eric, The nut is 30mm. - I used 3 12" extensions to be able to reach the nut with a socket and ratchet. When the nut was loosened it fell clear of the socket. - I used a "push button

hi, i have a yanmar engine with a dual racor filter. the outboard filter is very difficult and messy to drain. does anyone have a easy solution to this problem. also how do you clean under the

i forgot to mention it came from home depot , but i am sure some form of it is available worldwide. eric

hi, i have a couple of questions about removing the nut. i believe i have a 30 mm socket on board as it is the same one i use for the prop puller. how did you get the nut out of the bilge? how did

gary, i have 2200 hours on mine and the prop seems fine , the blades are tight and rotate in a linear plane. i lubricate the ell out of the prop every year. eric sm 376 Kimberlite

Ian

Hi Ed, We thought the fore and aft length of the SM too short and so when we bought our boat we asked Amel to fill in the gap between the double bunk to port and the single to starboard with a

1981 Amel Maramu "Popeye" is for sale. She is mechanically very good and fully equipped for cruising. She is located in the Hudson River 25 miles north of New York City. She is reasonably priced and

Very reluctantly my wife and I have decided to put our yacht up for sale. We had planned a circumnavigation this November but unforeseen illness has scuppered our plans, and unfortunately I am forced

Eric, Regarding the Ground Strap: If a ground strap it is broken where mine was, you will need to get all of the water out to see the break (I used a wet/dry vac to get the last 2" out). For what

Bill, i am currently in Bogota . i do business here about every 6 weeks. i was thinking of moving Kimberlite from St Martin to Cartagena this winter. did you have trouble getting insurance for

Greetings from BeBe, While cleaning the bilge sump today I noticed that the Ground Strap was broken just above the keel bolt/nut. I uploaded a photo in a new album titled "Bilge - Ground

Euminia is alive and well. I just ordered a new washing machine. My Google showed a number of sites. You may have to set your search to include French language sites. Most of the main French

Hi DoodelBug, I am not sure that this will help, but it might. Two years ago I thought that I had a leak from the drive shaft seal. The tell-tail red ATF fluid brought visions of very expensive

HI Guys, we are on SM 209 and use a preventer on the main boom that leads back to the secondary winch so we can adjust the tension from the cockpit. We us a 3:1 set of blocks to get the job done.. We

SM#331 has the Yanmar 85 HP engine with a ZF Hurth model HSW 250H – 2.8 transmission. The latter has had a small leak of ATF fluid from the output drive shaft seal. I had a VERY expensive repair

My wife wants to expand the master cabin bed in our SM#331 by the addition of a small section of platform and a mattress section. This would block off the vanity of course BUT – has anyone done

We have a Eumenia mini 5500 dishwasher on SM#331. It went out of service in Australia last year and we have been forced to make long passages without a functional dishwasher. (Just throw the dirty