Excellent question, Herbert, and one I've wondered about, too. My wheel goes about 3 turns from stop to stop. That's 3 X 360° = 1080°. My rudder moves about 30° each way or 60° stop to stop.

Steve, I just made a template the best I could with all the bolts , it is pretty good and with the additional pics I took ,it should help. I will mail it off to you and email the pics when my wife

Herbert, There is no need to disconnect the cables when using the linear drive. The cables and wheel actually move quite freely, the force you need to move the rudder while on the hard manually is

Herbert, Yes the linear drive moves all the components connected to the steering system. I am not an engineer , but I suspect it all comes down to leverage imposed from the helm is greater than what

Hi Bill, I think I could not express myself very clear, try to say it again, sorry for my English: when the rudder is moved by the rotary drive (or by the steering wheel) it moves very smooth, you

It is very possible that you will need to reverse polarity if the physical alignment is reversed. Think about it and you'll understand that the course computer controlls right and left rudder by

maybe a stupid question from a SN owner: when adding a linear drive -- the rotary steering system stays exactly the same, no changes, is that right? No need to disconnect the cables when switching

olivierbeaute at gmail dot com and atlanticyachtsurvey at yahoo dot com Mark McGovern SM 440 Cara Deale' MD USA

Thanks Gary and John for your very detailed responses to my dilemma. Michael and I spent the afternoon rearranging some of the lockers, cupboards and the bilges and now feel reasonably happy with the

Hi Mark, We are currently in Hobart, Tasmania which is a beautiful part of the world. Will be there for winter as we sort out Nebo. Our first project was to get the diesel heater working and I am

Olivier could you send me your email address. To onboardaphrodite at hot mail.com

Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the amelyachtowners group. File : /Amel Drawings/JibFurler_SM29.pdf Uploaded

Kostas, Thanks for posting the plans, I'll find a place to put them in the "Files" section. Best regards, Duane

Steve, I am glad you have the same layout. No worries about the mailing ,my treat. We'll get everything on the way to you asap. Thanks, Pat SM Shenanigans

Thanks Pat...it is greatly appreciated. We have modified our aft stateroom a bit by removing the fiberglass liners on both sides, building the berth on the port side out to King size at the head and

Steve, It is a pretty straight forward solution ,uses no usable space and does not require cutting out any structural components . Remember you need a 24 v linear drive with the long arm. You will

Hi Mark, We are currently in Hobart, Tasmania which is a beautiful part of the world and will be staying here for winter while we sort Nebo out. First project was to get the diesel heater going

Patrick, I have looked at the photo section, and your technique, seems the most simple of the 2 different methods I’ve seen this done with an older SM. We are definitely going to do the job with

Steve, Rather than fabricating a new quadrant , which would have been necessary had we attempted to replicate Amels original installation , I only had to fabricate an extension arm and weld it to the

I think this is a fascinating thread. I'm getting all kinds of new ideas, and I'm reconsidering some of the storage decisions I've made. Here's what we do: The cabinet aft of the stove contains