Bill Many thanks - very helpful – I am aware of your background which is why I am interested in the details J Andrew Ronpische SM472

Hi Bill We are quite interested in changing our cushions sometime soon I would be very interested in what you have opted for both in terms of materials and who you are getting to make them for you and

Bill Thanks for the generous words. I have to confess that I felt a degree of frustration when the motor stopped working just after my wife had very briefly used it on the first day of our cruise! I h

Thanks - once I return to an area with decent internet I will post some pictures in case someone finds them useful. I am not sure whether or not it was the correct thing to do in the long run - only t

After probing quite a bit with an ohm meter and discussions with a company that rewound my linear actuator motor I established that the problem was in the junction of the copper winding end and the co

Thanks - I have stripped the motor -fortunately I have some gear pullers on board - brushes and bearings are ok but seems that most bars on the commutator have a resistance of about 0.2 ohms with the

Hi all When leaving the port a couple of days ago it became apparent that the bow thruster had stopped working - the solenoids are activating on moving the joystick from port and starboard and I verif

Thanks Bill - very helpful Andrew Ronpische SM 472

Hi all Quick question - just crossing the Balearic sea to Minorca and have been checking the water maker - water tastes ok and green light is on but I recently got a TDS meter and it tells me the TDS

Hi Alexandre Yes these are pretty much the techniques applied – but maybe a bit more practice is required! All the best Andrew Ronpische SM2k 472 Canet en Roussillion, France

Bill - I said – “close your ears”! J But point taken – we now have if nothing else 4 layers of epoxy and have the option to apply a more traditional “antifouling” method if necessary although our prev

We took our SM out last weekend for the first time this year since fitting new hydranet vertical batten sails, removing ten years of old antifouling, overhauling the engine and propeller, she sailed v

Alexandre Yes that looks the same – many thanks Andrew Ronpische SM2k 472 Canet en Roussillion, France

Our GAS indicator panel light just stopped working – I am quite keen to change it for an LED indicator instead has anyone sourced a good replacement for this or if not know the diameter of the hole in

Derick I think the thin line protruding from the slot at the top of the mast will be attached to the traveller that runs up and down the furling foil – the substantial halyard then attaches to the upp

That has happened to me when I turned too many things on too quickly. Andrew SM472

Bill Interestingly I didn’t see that file but in fact in the end, having exhausted many other attempts to get the race out, this is what I had to do to get the bearing race out – see my previous post

Hi I finally got all the blades disassembled – two of these were relatively straight forward and with the instructions from various sources (thanks Eric and Alexandre) the hardest bit – getting the th

Alexandre Many thanks – that’s a great page with the overhaul guide and Gary’s documents, together with Eric’s comments, I now have a much clearer understanding – as I understand it the side blade gre

Eric Thanks – an exploded diagram would be very helpful - what I don’t understand is that with one of the blades white spirit will simply not pass through the side grease opening (using a syringe) in