Checking to see if anyone would be interested in showing off their SM or 54 to me an the girlfriend the weekend of 9 - 12 November in the Hampton Roads area. Cheers! Brian

I discover today that the two lids on the Leroy Sumer gear box for the main furler was broken. Any chance that anyone of you has a lid or two laying around and could sell those. also interested in

Miles, On our SN there's a thin wood finish trim strip that's nailed on the inside. That has to carefully be pried off to expose a row of bolts that need to be removed in addition to the screws

Miles Correct for Santorin. I presume it may be the same on the Maramu. A tip when finishing any overlaps of the new fabric on the sides - scrape the foam backing off the overlapping section so

Hi Ian Many thanks for this response Can I just confirm how you managed to remove the ply window panels? Sounds like you are saying that as soon as the window screws and bolts were out then the ply

I use the Raymarine fluxgate compass from Autopilot over NMEA 0183 to get magnetic heading and calculating true wind. There might be a delay, not sure, in my NMEA 2 K setup by reading this

Hi Alan, I'm glad that you mentioned wiring in the fresh water pump. I have the flush solinoid, but have not controlled the fw pump that way. That has left me with the concern of leaving the pump on

High John. The sunk yacht was a Bavaria with a cirumnavigation under its belt with the same skipper. The 4 on boatd were all experienced off shore sailors. Apparently the windows stove in. I am sure

Miles I replaced all the headlining in the aft cabin. For the roof I did put the lining on thin ply. I then used Velcro to position the panels correctly and keeping it all in place by screwing wooden

No we regularly get 50 plus knots in cook strait that are easier to deal with from a northerly direction than from the south. (Nothing between us and the Antarctic ). which means the wind cold and

Dave, I would like to eventually replace the entire liner in my boat as well so am curious about how the job went? The flat areas of the overhead look pretty straight forward but what about the

OK, thanks...I was just trying to pass on what appeared to be a good deal --

Hi Miles, Just a thought here. I also have a small leak there and have temporarily sealed it externally so can not speak to the logistics of the headliner directly. Liesse has had the entire

I would have the parts in case they fail. The generator should alert you of any thermostat issue and a leaking radiator cap would be visible at the time of routine checks Regards, Paul... Sent from my

The manual for my Onan generator says that every two years I should change the radiator cap and the thermostat on my generator. That seems a tad excessive to me. Do I really need to do that or

Hello A leak on the stainless grab rails on the aft cabin top has lead to some discolouration of the headliner during previous ownership. I’m hoping to leave the Headliner trim on the vertical

Hi, I just bought my seals from Maud. It is on my boat and I will wait till I get to the Caribbean to install it. What I received seems to be a low durometer. I will report back when I have a

Hi Bill, I think a compass is also necessery. The part is only the interface. Thank you very much Wolfgang SY Elise Amel 54 #162

Hi Oliver; Responses in red. Happy Sailing; Mohammad & Aty B&B Kokomo Amel 54 #099

Hi Eric, and others, Eric did you get your seals? If so did you order from AAA-Acme rubber company? If so what model# did you decide on? Does it have tape on it for attaching? Did you pick neoprene?