Hi Bill, we have been out of range for a while, doing a catch up, just saw your reply. Thanks for this but our hole is actually in the side of the stainless tank. I removed the tank, took the pipe ass

Thanks Danny SM 299 Ocean Pearl

Hi Kent, after discussion with a Volvo tech at St Maarten I corrected the code setting on the tacometer to match the motor and immediately achieved a 300 rpm improvement from 2500 to 2800. There is a

Hi Richard, on a previous boat, a 42 foot racer/cruiser I had a volvo 2030 30 hp. At 2000 rpm and 5 knots boat speed the consumption was 1.2 (one point two) litres per hour. At 2500 rpm and 6 knots sp

Hi All, We need to replace our Genoa sheets currently 16mm braided polyester. We are considering 14mm spectra at twice the breaking strain but also twice the price of 16 mm polyester. As a former raci

Thanks >David appreciate the advice Danny

Hi all, having successfully stripped and re-bearinged the main furler gearbox am doing the outhaul. Have a problem, with the furler the centre shaft came out quite easily, not so the outhaul gear box.

Hi Bob, good to hear from you, we are in Shelter Bay Marina Colon awaiting a Panama canal transit and then to Galapogus and across the Pacific. thanks for the referal to the postings, I have tried pou

Hi Judy and Bill, thanks for this. Have looked at those references and hope I can find a puller of sufficient dimensions. If not in the past have found a gas torch judiciously applied works wonders an

Hi Eric, I placed the grease nipples centre of the bulge in the housing for the output shaft from the motor which puts the nipple to apply grease to the main load area directly over the interface betw

Hi Bill, will do with the photos. The yard manager has changed I think, there is an Aussie Dave now. I will pass on your regards to the others. Danny and Yvonne SM 299 Ocean Pearl www.getjealous.com/d

Hi all from warm Panama. While at Shelter Bay marina in Colon I admitted defeat about getting the cetre shaft out of the outhaul gearbox and asked the yard for assistance. I suggesed heating with a ga

Hi John and Anne, your boat name? Thanks for the Pacific info, much appreciated. The engineers used a big oxy acetelene torch. You could try the butane but it may not have enough grunt. Watch out for

Hi Mark, we have just prop speeded our propeller and bought a 200 ml kit. I would estimate it would do three propellors so only mix up one third for a start. I mixed the lot and had to throw away very

Thanks Gary Danny Danny and Yvonne www.getjealous.com/danneve

Hi all you Amel people. We have crossed the Pacific from Panama to Marquesas and then to Tuamotos and now in Tahiti. Get more impressed all the time at the cruising friendly performance of the SM 2000

Thanks Richard, could well be Ocean Pearl SM299 Danny and Yvonne

Hi Richard, CRC 556 or in the US WD 40 has to be the best tool we have, I slather it around liberally and I will take particular care on that shaft.. An anectdote from our previous boat. It had a Volv

Hi George and Kim, any competent fitter and turner can build up the shaft and turn it in a lathe to original specs. I recently did this with the shaft of the salt water pump on my volvo TMD 22. A new

Hi Kent, we got beaqrings, seals and brushes from a small electric motor rewindfing shop in St John Antiga, These parts are readily available wherever motor rewinding is done (brushes, the bearings an