Hi, Bill. I have an '94 purchased recently and servicing all the winches was one of my first tasks. The Lewmar electric 58 mains were particularly troublesome and although it may or may not help you,

Hi Alexandre, Just to let you know I got the Spurs kit/gear and now back on our boat. It is perfect just what I wanted and like new as you described. Thank’s again, could you send me the link to

Thank you Craig for clarification Paul

Hi Charles; I recommend you seturmarinas chain marinas. SETUR KALAMIS MARINA: http://www.seturmarinas.com/en/marinas/kalamis-fenerbahce-marina/specs SETUR YALOVA MARINA:

Hi all, Looking for a place to birth my boat (Maramu) in or near Istanbul. any suggestion? Charles Inuit

Hi Paul, Yes, you indeed are incorrectly calculating your jib percent size. It is not the foot length / J. In your case the foot length of 8.25m divided by your J of 5m does indeed happen to work out

Alexandre, And Bill my apologies. I lost the drum off the starboard mast Lewmar46 chrome on brass 2 speed winch on passage and am looking for a replacement. If anyone has either a replacement drum

Thanks for the interest, but I'd rather stick with the 58. Regards, Bill Shaposki S/V Pacific Cool

Hi Alexandre, Thanks for the reply. Where is the unit located and how old is it? How much do you want for it? THe real problem though is getting the old one off. But if I had a spare in the wings

Thanks for the info. Very interesting. I suspect that you are spot on. I'll do as you say. Enjoy Guadeloupe. If you're in Point-a-Pitre in the next week, look us up. Regards, Bill Shaprosk S/V

Bill, We had a similar experience with momentary black cloud from the exhaust and particles in the water with our Onan Generator. Turned out that our exhaust mixing elbow was heavily carboned up so

Sorry Paul, I don't have those specs available right now. If I find a nice light-air day, I'll measure the 135's foot. Kent SM 243 Kristy Paul asked: Kent Do you know the foot length of your

How about a lewmar 46? Excuse the errors. Sent from my IPhone Www.fouribis.com

Hello Bill, For information, if you can not have the issue solved, I have an complete Leewmar 58 electric winch for sale. Sincerely, Alexandre --------------------------------------------

Hi Ian, your sail is Dacron, we ordered the same as you, have been very satisfied up to now. herbert, KALI MERA, SN120, on the hard in Shelter Bay Panama

I forgot to mention that Pacific Cool is SM 141 built in 1995 and has 5,500 hours on the engine. Regards, Bill Shaproski S/V Pacific Cool

For the past year and a half, Pacific Cool (SM 141 built in 1995) has had a port side genoa winch that works electrically, but is drawing 160 amps versus 30 amp for the starboard winch. Technicians in

Pacific Cool is currently in Guadeloupe and as I was picking up a mooring in Les Saints, a big cloud of black smoke gushed out of my exhaust. I also noticed black particles floating on the water. It

Hi ! SM owners , Belavita have been equipped with Effekta 120 Ah model in sept. 2010 and cruise along 7 years without any issues . Dead last year in Colombia , and difficult to find the same trademark

During off-season, or other periods of non-use, the main and mizzen on the SM are routinely left furled inside the mast with halyards eased, while the genoa is dropped and stored inside the