This is one of those “duh” moments. We have been aboard Cream Puff for 5+ year cruising fulltime. When in a marina with the incorrect cycles to run the washing machine, wehave always run the

I agree, this is a big issue.... I have had issues with insurance companies that say they CAN'T insure Elyse because she is British registered, moored in New Zealand and I live in Australia. What has

Arno, do you have a OPACMARE part# of the rotary actuator? Martin AMEL54 #149 „CHIARA“

Ralph, Thanks, but the oil pressure was manually measured and confirmed to be low. Cheers, Paul S/Y Ya Fohi - Amel 54 #98 - Grenada

I had a faulty oil pressure Sensor - Error was" low oil pressure" - tested and it was only a faulty oil sensor ( this happend after 80 hours nonstop motoring on flat see - 4 days nonstop - Maybe the

Dear Duane, I have seen only now your message. We have the same difficulty in recieving the DTV tv signal also mooring in places where the tv signal is very good. I Confirm the possible shortcut

Hj Greg, The actuator is pure hydraulic/mechanical. It has two oil connectors. Push oil in one and the thing rotates in one direction, pushing oil from the other connection. Reversal by putting

I would certainly appreciate Zoom sessions with subject matter experts who can keep us up to date on topics which are relevant to our vessels. Maybe we can add Instrumentation Systems (B&G, Furuno,

Great, thanks Bill.

Arno, Is the actuator totally hydraulic or is there an electrical component to it. If there is any electro-magnetic control/clutch function, the manufacturer must use low carbon mild steel to

Hi Bill, Both suggestions would please greatly Kind regards Jean-Pierre Germain, SY Eleuthera, SM007, NZ

Hi Mark, Really appreciate your and the other members help on this. Yes Sir – all of these are part of the 6 or 7 I approached. Y-Yacht Niki: reason 1 and 5 on my list The Marina Shop

Teun, Have you tried: Y-Yacht (UK – EU)- http://www.yyachtinsurance.com/ The Marina Shop (NZ) - https://www.marine-insurance.co.nz/ Top Sail (UK) - https://www.topsailinsurance.com(10%

Bill, I think that insurance is a very big issue. I have now approached 6 to 7 agents/companies mentioned on our AYOG Forum and get very conflicting reasons of not willing to write insurance,

That would be awesome Bill. I couldnt attend the last meeting as I had a conflict with my work schedule but looking forward to more of these calls.

All, The most common suggestion that I have received regarding the ZOOM meetings is to have expert guest speakers on subjects that are of interest to most of the members. I have contacted people I

Hi Carina, You were very fortunate. Our actuator was seized up so bad that the whole workshop of FKG hydraulics here in St. Maarten found no way to disassemble the thing. I suppose if there is still

Arno, that diagnosis is a shock! I have to sit down and reflect, what to do. Because CHIARA is currently in Varazze/Italy, I currently have no access. As soon as I am back on board, I will see, what

Hello Paul and keep us posted on what you discover. Be sure to get a spectrographic test as it will tell precisely, in parts per million/ppm, of everything in the oil other than the oil itself. Most

Hi Martin, we had the exact problem 3 years ago. After trying to communicate with Opacmare for over a month we gave up and took it apart ourselves. the problem was corrosion. This is a very heave