On my Sharki, I have a problem with my swivel (top of the mast). Turns out the swivel was locked up. It caused the tnages to crack and shear. More importantly it also made the motor work really

Thanks Danny. I will drop the main to check the top swivel. When the furler stopped it was being unfurled. I used the winch handle to put the sail away and it was very easy to rotate the foil. The

It is in a good position in the upper area of the storage space (behind the backrest next to the electric winch motor and switch box) and the expansion tank is placed there with a hand hole with a

Friction causes over loading. So what are the posible friction points. Well there are the bearings in the gear box if they are not lubricated, a good starting point. But a much over looked one and

Hi.I have encountered this problem with my main furler motor. I have sheared the shaft on the leroy somer motor where it enters the gearbox. Any suggestions on how I would be causing this

Hello all. I plan to change the oil and seals of the bow thruster in my SM. Can anyone tell me how much oil I need? Ant the type of oil? Thanks in advance. Victor Alendoy SM #314

Hello All, I had posted availability of 4 pr of the silicone seals that I had available from my order of 10 (min order size). Since they have been spoken for and I have had some additional

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Thank you! What's the reason for having the heater in the cockpit locker and not in the engine room? Paul

These are plate heat exchangers with a fan. Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures of the installation, only the cockpit and the backside of it! Left to the Autopilot!! Arnold Am 07.11.2020 um 20:44

Thank you! What kind of heat exchanger do you have in the cabins? Just convector elements or heat exchanger that blows air into the cabin? Do you have any photos on the installation? Paul SY Kerpa

Hi Paul, I have an Eberpächer Hydronic heater on my SM with an outlet in all cabins, saloon and cockpit. The heating is also connected to the water heater, which requires an Isotemp with 2 heating

Thanks to all for your responses. This site is an amazing resource. William Sent from my iPhone

Hi, Not sure who you are. Sign of with name, name of boat, and type and hull number e.g.SN 01. The seals are neoprene. I guess as a temporary measure you could cut them out of neoprene or an old

Hello! Plan a trip to Nordkapp next season and need to install a diesel heater in our SM (we do not have the forced ventilation). I have searched on the forum but did not find the information I was

If you scroll to this illustration, you will see how is the Amel special took used (when you overhaul the bow thruster “in” the

What we did on our SM2K - after we got access to all the hatches - was to first shock the tanks with bleach, then hit them all with a pressure sprayer. Worked like a champ, considering our boat was

Hi Group, Just observed that water is coming through the main cylinder / shaft hole in the forward cabin picture 3 and pic headed "Removed the old seal (please note that I did not had the 2 retainer

Good afternoon, Not sure the message was to me, but since my name is Alexandre, I thought I would answer!!! After 1 - 1.5 year, my bow thruster started to leak (water coming in while sailing) (I

Hi Alexander (or anyone else), While on relatively long trip in Greece is that when the bow thruster hole (of the cylinder in the forward cabin - the 3rd picture of your page) is underwater (when