They should be straight. I bent mine early on when my boat was new to me. It was caused by the ballooner halliard getting wrapped round the foil. This prevented the swivel from turning so the motor

I can say that I witnessed the stabilizer rods bend in real time when I had the ballooner halyard get caught on the the rods while attempting to furl the twin headsails. The first thing that happened

Hello All, Mine are so bent, I'm not certain they were straight by design. Is this the case? Are those of us with bent horns doing something to cause this to occur? It would take a great deal of

Ciao y'all, Wake is in Palma getting a refit and one of the nonessential essentials we chose to undertake was a conversion of the salon table/couch into a lowerable movie lounge bed. We're super

Good afternoon Porter, Before declaring victory, you need to do a sea trial. With my SM2K, when I was tied to the dock or standing still, I was able to get high rpm, but then once the boat kept

Hi All We are in Cape Town departing tomorrow for St Helena and the Caribbean. Whilst crossing the Indian Ocean, our prop shaft has started to rotate whilst sailing due to brake pad wear, so Amel

Hi Porter, You really have been through the mill. Virtually all turbo diesels have an aftercooler because compressed air warms up due to Boyles Law. Within the aftercooler coolant runs through a

Dear Amelgroup: It's Porter, S/V IBIS Amel 54-152 again. May I please impose on you a few questions, if you’d be so kind, regarding our engine issue? We’ve had a MAJOR breakthrough. As some of

Thanks to all for the warnings against using WD40 (a great British invention by the way)! My method of freeing the jammed swivel worked very well. Having clamped the carbon fibre insert

Corrosion X seems so be a divine elixir for metal! Porter S/V IBIS A54-152 Excuse the errors. Sent from my IPhone Www.fouribis.com

Thanks Alan, That is what I was trying to recommend . I always use it but I forgot the name. Fair Winds Eric Kimberlite Amel Super Maramu #376

That Valve is available in the USA—Just google the name and part number. It is inexpensive here. Fair Winds Eric Kimberlite Amel Super Maramu #376

I wouldn't use standard WD40 on anything on the boat at all. It's hydrophillic i.e. it attracts water...it will clean and lubricate metal parts initially and then they will start to corrode in the

Ian, thanks for the advice. You have given me the courage to remove the fore-stay now. Just one major snag at the moment. After removing the locking tongue to see if I could get a local

Thanks John. I'll try what you recommend. It was what I always believed was necessary since it seemed that he gravity drain wasn't getting all the used oil. Bill Shaproski

Hi Fohi, I purchased mine in the UK from Marine Scene (sales@...) Ocean Toilet Solenoid Valve 24v 9-53081 I purchased two for £107.98 delivered to UK address. It is not a Burkert brand but it does

Hi Bill, my TMD 22 had clean oil right through to the next change, as did the 30hp Volvo I had in my previous boat. In my experience unique among diesel engines where the normal is black oil after

Bill, Many thanks, you also answered my last question abut p/n. Cheers, Paul

Nick, Many thanks for that advice. I don't suppose you would have a part number? I've searched but can't find the exact same one. The unit on my boat is Burkert, p/n 125657, 24VDC, 10W,