In my opinion an liferaft in a locker may be useless in an emergency situation. To lift a raft out of a locker may be very difficult in storm conditions. I know mine was hard to remove from the

The question of where the liferaft should be positioned on our club owned Santorin has arisen. It has been suggested that it would be better if the liferaft was mounted on the rail or deck. Personally

Hello Ivar, I suspect that the problem is the result of the batteries being fully discharged during the winter and thus killed off. Delphi Freedom batteries should be charged up to 29.6 volts

I hve problems with my batteries. I hve now bought new Delphi batteries each year. I suspect the problem is charging. my 24volt/50amp charger deliver max 28,5 amp on my meter and in that way I believ

I hve problems with my Delphi batteries, hve bought new last year in Italy 115 ah. Hve to charge after max 25AH when batteries without load is at 24 volt. I believe the charger is not charging high

The pickle solution eroded the end caps of my watermaker and killed the membranes. Just stick to fresh water with new pre filters before storing. Fair Winds, Eric Amel Super Maramu #376

Hello John, well, good news: only fresh water! I had some duobt about. You know, sailing around and along the dingy dock there are many opinions. A technician sailor told me about the fresh water, but

Hello Giovanni, If you enter "watermaker pickling" in the search box you will find a lot of advice. However we have followed Olivier Beaute's advice and did nothing more than flush it well with fresh

Dear Tony, Sorry to hear that you are having to sell WORLD CITIZEN. Our plans are to purchase a SM next year for our retirement adventure into the sunset. We would be interested in receiving

Tony, What a shame you have to sell World Citizen after all of the care you have provided her. Who ever gets her will certainly appreciate the love and care that you and Heidi gave her. FYI yahoo

It is with a sad heart that we offer WORLD CITIZEN seriously for sale. Health and family issues have forced a halt to our cruising. We would like to sell WORLD CITIZEN to a person(s) who will love

hi to all, I have a Dissalator HR 4 and I have to leave my SM2K for 5 monthes ,during the hurrican season, on the hard in Venezuela, Puerto La Cruz. Wich the best treatment I can do to preserve its

Patrick, The manifold does have just straight fittings no hose barbs. It is easy to remove. You must also remove the first pre filter for the 220-volt watermaker to access the mounting screws. Fair

If I remember well, price must be around 350 euros. But manifold comes with tap and neck, ready to install. Olivier Beauté said there is no difficulties to disconnect existing hoses, because there

Hi Patrick, I have a feeling that the bonding strap that is connected to the keel bolt in the bilge is rotten and no longer connected. I will check it this week. I have already made plans to

Hi, To weld stainless steel you need to use an 'Argon' welder, it welds in an atmosphere of argon. This gas is blowed by a pipe to the welding area while it is being welded. I suppose that a

Erick, Make sure the welder iknows how to weld stainless steel for underwater use. I had one welded up, it looked beautiful. Lasted two months. I took it to a boatyard the next time and they re-welded

Eric, We had to remove our Salt Water Manifold Super Maramu in October to clean the nasty Cartagena mussels that were packed into the mainforld...we did not notice any electrolysis or corrosion. I

Hi Eric, we have the same, but our salt-water manifold is still working. We just see that black paint is rotted with small white points, and water drops some time at main connection. It's like that

I did follow David's directions for disassembling the bowthruster and removed the motor with the drive shaft attached. The machine shop here used a 100 ton hydraulic press to remove the splined