Hi Danny. Thank you very much for your insightful thoughts they are really appreciated. Since I never really completely trust my hull speed indicator as it seems to wander a bit I rely on SOG:

Hi Mark, I was wondering why you bought the flat plate evaporator 200F from Frigoboat in stead of the 380F. The info from the German distributer of Frigoboat is telling that the 200F is for freezing

I borrowed a tool from the boatyard to pull the prop and it worked great. I'm not sure if this is the right size or not but it's only $35.20!

Bill is correct, I was referring to the priming pump. I was mistaken in calling it the "low pressure lift/priming pump". I'm not sure from my notes now if Mac Boring was referring to the priming

Porter, Our WOT with the original Amel FIXED prop was just under 3000rpm when we sea-trialled the boat with Olivier last August. I agree with Bill’s logic, I think you need to lean on Volvo to

Hi Duane (and Bill), Yes, I am thinking it is the manual priming pump and not really the low pressure pump. When I saw the comment about Mac Boring recommending changing the low pressure on the

Clean the inside pump walls well when changing the impeller...use sand paper.and make sure the inside wall is smooth. Also, change the impeller every 200-225 hours...you will not lose a blade unless

When the engine is stopped and the spring whose compression you adjust with that bolt on the end has pushed the piston all the way such that the brake pads are gripping the disc, there's very little

Be careful with ordering replacement pads....they're not all the same. I sent Maud pictures of ours and she sent back pictures of what she had and none of them were like ours. A brake shop, is

Ok, So Onan’s spec C (and later) uses the 132-0459 pump (G702 in Sherwood’s taxonomy). It can be found for less than 300$. Based on the diagrams, the impeller for the newer pump is much bigger. I

To porter. The differing sog is often current. Your boat speed log is speed through the water. Sog is pver the ground. Regards Danny SM 299 Ocean PearlOn 30 August 2018 at 16:26 "Porter McRoberts

Thank you Eric and Bill. Will service the brake cylinder on return to Revelation later next month. Additional question: Is there a need to bleed the system? I noticed that there's a large "set

Maud has replacement pads. That's the easiest solution to worn pads. If you need them quickly, many "old-time" brake shops resurface the pads. We had ours fixed in Tangir-20Euro's. We estimated

Yes, Onan 132-0459 Raw Water Pump (Replaces 132-0358) and was the raw water pump on most of the Onans installed in SMs and 54s, including the 11kw Onan. The pump is made by Sherwood Pumps...their

Porter, If you can easily spin the prop in neutral with the shaft brake OFF, the C-drive isn't adding friction. I think that you have two remaining possibilities: The brand new transmission is

Hi Alex, if you register on this cummins website https://quickserve.cummins.com/ with the s/n of your generator, you can get pdf versions of all relevant documents to your model (parts / installation/

Porter, Yes pull the prop and run it in gear. If it gets to 3100 rpm or near then it is not the c drive. You need a three legged prop puller or some other contraption, but it is something you can do

Hi Pat, No I didn't move anything...just made up a SS plate to mount it on the pedestal so i could get my knees under the nav table.There's 43cm between the seat corner and the companion way steps at

Hi Pat, I got a seat for the nav station with a fold down back. I did post photos of it and various people showed interes. I simply modified the plate provided with the seat and bolted it to the

Bill, I had thought it was a post from Eric, Thanks for posting it again,looks like it really works well. We were just at Fawcetts Monday ,after picking up a repaired sail from North Sails. Thanks