Eamonn, I am by no means an expert on this but I'm pretty sure that the rubber sleeve's purpose is to keep seawater out not to keep oil in so tightening those hose clamps should not stop an oil leak.

Hi Porter, Sounds like your travels are going with a more normal level of smoothness now! Do you plan to visit Australia, and if so, when do you expect to be there? Regarding the runners, do you have

A week ago my C-Drive started leaking oil into the engine room. While doing 1000RPM on the Volvo TDM22 a rope wrapped 20 times around the short shaft of the Maxprop and within seconds stalled the

You mean the EchoPilot 2d professional? It has a realistic price also Paul

Amel has published the attached guide regarding the use of runners on the A55. This can be found on the Amel Club website, just as several other short papers on operation and maintenance of the

Not sure if this is to Ken on Aquarius... But.... Yes, I have OpenCPN running on my Mac and my PC on board Aquarius. And we use it most of the time. I love OpenCPN. Most of the experienced sailers

Dear Amelians, is the only way to access behind the water maker panel from the front? If I take away the 4 screws there is a lot of resistance. I realize not all 54's have it at the same place, mine

Alan, Check with your local Onan dealer. I think your Onan part is 327-1533 PCB Assembly. There are several places I found in the US that have this part in the $1,200 - $1,300 range. Best, CW Bill

Hi Paul, last year I had the latest B&G installed and despite a software upgrade introduced later last year it works really well, in the boat speed needs to be less than 5kns to maintain accuracy and

Thank you Alan, I appreciate the information and this will assist me Regards Paul - Fortuna II 55#17

Hi Ken Do you use Open CPN on a Mac ? Nick Still without a boat 🚣‍♀️

Hi Colin, Sorry about the FB !! ....much happier without it, life is simple. Look fwd to catching up in Oz sometime. Sure the generator issue will be solved...hours?...don;t remember bit I think

Thanks Bill 327-1533 is the number we have for the MDKAV. I'm still waiting to hear from my man how the windings tested out. How did this get in a thread about Running backstays ?? Cheers Alan

Unusually we have a staysail (trinquete) on our Super Maramu. We had a staysail on our previous 12m IOR yacht also. You use the running backstays ALWAYS when using the staysail, because it supports

I like the one that JP (the previous owner) installed on Aquarius. Easy to use and easy to install. Echo Sounder 2D Professional. Two places to buy in the USA. GEMECO MARINE ACCESSO Tel.: +1 803

Thank you Eric, Davi, Bill, Olivier and all for your suggestions regarding the align issue. At present it seems yo be well aligned, done fairly meticulously but sans tool. The vibration is

Ken I'm thinking of installing a forward looking sonar. Is there any one you recommend? Paul on SY Kerpa SM 259

Same in Fiji, same in Indonesia, same in Vanuatu. You should have Google Map Overlays for all your anchorages. OpenCPN with the google map overlays is a good solution. Also, I would suggest

Hi Porter, Could you please explain how you sheet it to the opposite side? I appreciate the knowledge Regards Paul - Fortuna II 55#17

Hi Ruedi Could you please complete your email address? ...(dot).... Brgrds Gerald