Thank's Ian When you say not happy with the cut, do you only mean it is to short? Or the shape is also bad and it does not perform well? Paul SY Kerpa SM#259

The strange thing is that the water s clear. so I'm suspicious could it come through the salt water flushing pump does not make sens to me but... Paul

Paul, While you areunderway and the holding tank valve is open, sea water can push upward. Thiswill cause added pressure in the tank and the air pressure in the tank will putbackward pressure on

We have both main and mizzen sails made by Incidences, new in 2013. I do not like the cut on the mainsail. It is short of the masthead by over 30 cm (even with the foot raised). Mizzen is fine. And a

I changed our wind transducer last spring, it was very easy to pull the cable, our mast was down, but I guess that would not cause any problem to pull the cable with the mast in place. What we notice

We are in the market for new sails, and got a reasonable offer from Incidence sails in France made in Hydranet. They do not use foam luff which surprise me they claim and they should now. So to my

Thank you Mark, i do not think that's the problem as after flushing, the water in the hose do not flow back to the bowl, and even if that would be the malfunction part it should not come in more water

Raymaine in the Azores is attempting to exchange the wind direction and speed cable on Brava. They are having difficulty pulling the old cable up. Are the cables all cabletied together? Do we need o

Paul, You probablyneed to replace the joker valve on the head. It is located past the pump butbefore the hose leading to the holding tank. You should find 3 screws there toaccess the valve. This

We have noticed a strange ingress of water in our forward head bowl, when sailing with the wind in from SB, if there is any water left in the bowl, the bowl slowly fills with water, usually smal

I knew the steerboard origin but not all of the rest. Thanks Mark, I am going to copy and save that. Ocean Hobo is currently anchored off Siel Island in Scotland - in the sun. We’re currently with

Nice job ! On our SM #113 Jetlag, we managed to load up 100 gallons of water on the passage from Curaçao to Grenada due to a blocked drain in the chain locker.... We had a hatch already fitted in the

Very nice work, Congratulations. Fair Winds Eric Kimberlite Amel Super Maramu #376

Aletes locker drain was also blocked. Pushing a fish (wire puller) up the drain pipe from the T in the foreword head bilge broke it loose. Water gushed out along with the mud and sand. Hose pressure

Nice one Mark!! Sorry we missed meeting you guys by not very far. We came through Panama two weeks ago and are now in Ecuador. Best regards Colin & Lauren on SV Island Pearl II, sm#332 -- Colin

(not sure where I found this so as to give credit where due) Ever wonder where the terms port (left) and starboard(right) came from? Ships used to have their rudders affixed to the

We have a Marco pump on Elyse and don't have it connected to the bonding system. As I understand it the bonding system as far as pumps etc go is only applicable to those items in contact with salt

Hi Gang, I solved the problem by always using the chain wash (now fresh water on our boat) and at least once a year… doing a pressure wash in the chain well compartment. Cheers from

Mike- your floor looks great. I know how hard it is to cut and refine that shape. On L'ORIENT my chain locker bilge (under that glassed in perforated grate at the bottom of the chain locker) was

Hi Mike, a while back I posted a photo of a tongue that goes through the inner of the swivel and into the slot in the foil. This locates the center and prevents the scratching you mention. This