Good evening everyone. I have a Dessalator 160L/hr, and I'd like to order a spare set of high pressure hoses with fittings. Online, I am finding these to be quite expensive with stainless steel JIC

Painting stainless isn’t a good idea. Stainless requires contact wit air to be “stain.less”. It’s also difficult to get paint to stick to stainless. ~~~⛵️~~~Matt

This is Tom Deasy S/Y Aphrodite Thanks to all that responded to my fuel tank problem. It came out with no problems other then cutting the fuel inlet pipe off to clear the hatch way. It has rust

Very cleaver. Thanks Fair Winds Eric Amel Super Maramu #376

He Andrew We sail from 2004-2015 an Euros 39 built in 1968 You have a verry good boat but a lot of work You get it ! We had a hydraulik steering sytem too For the engine we had an Perkis 4108 Have a

Covering it with fiberglass makes sense. Whenever we back into aslip we always have a fender back there anyway trying to protect the expensive bumperJ Thinking aboutthis method some more, a

Andy, Wade, James Thanks for this great info If you have any photos of the removal and hose positions they would be greatly appreciated. All the best Miles Maramu 162

I thought the same but was advised that this is dispersing micro volts. I'm not nerdy enough to argue. They talk so high over my head I can barely hear them. lol So I will go with the Copper I have

Someone on a previous discussion on this topic suggested copper water pipe hammered flat Seemed sensible cheap option to me and might give it a go All the best Miles Maramu 162

Hi Andrew Welcome to the board ! One thing to check with the steering is the cables and how well they are moving These are very hard to replace for the older models - I looked into buying spares a

I removed mine and covered it with fiberglass Steve Forever young SM2000 272

When we were at Chantiers Amel - Caraïbes in Martinique we removed the outhaul motor which came out easily with a puller tool they supplied They did not have the replacement rubber inserts but

Hello Gerhard Many thanks, I'll stick it on the list for now as the jobs are mounting! Since posting, my friend helped me strip the steering with pullers. There was a broken circlip and some seriously

The bolt/screw underneath the steering is for fixing the steering wheel so it doesn't turn anymore neither by hand nor by autopilot. As there is so much missing and damaged of this steering I suggest

You will not find a door for a fridge more than 40 years old. Better buy a new fridge which fits into the place of the old one. I have found a new fridge which fits exactly into the place of my

Excellent article, thanks! ~~~⛵️~~~Matt

Ian, You are correct. Jabsco changed the base part. I think the change was about 1998. --

You do not drill any holes. You change the oil drain plug for a new one with the "V" holder made to the plug. You get this part from Amel. See below, snippet from my book. --

I found a good article on how Racor fuel filters work and thought I would share it here since many of us have these on our boats:

Good idea ..thanks Craig. -- Adam Body "Flora" SM128 Annee 1994