Hi JP, Congratulations on a successful passage, and Merry Christmas. Our rudder post tends to develop a small leak about once a year, and about an eighth of a turn on the nut will stop it. We have new

We used diesel to flush the Cdrive on a friends boat with the same issue, and it worked well. Steve Davis Aloha SM72 Martinique

Bill, I've always used Gary's excellent instructions, and also the technique of drilling a small hole in the seal and using a screw to extract the seal with no issues. Between Aloha and others I've as

Hi Bill, Do you have this puller, and how well did it work at pulling your seals out? Seems like an easy solution if it will work in our application. Steve Davis Aloha SM 72 Martinique

The motor is 120/240v and 50/60 hz, and I've actually run the motor both on 50 and 60 hz. Steve Aloha SM72

Hi Vladimir, When I purchased my 1992 SM, it had the original watermaker in non working condition. It was going to be very expensive to repair, and I wanted higher capacity, so I decided to replace it

Hi Ben, I'm not sure why you are getting the screeching sound unless the gearbox is failing. There are no lube points on the gearbox unless the previous owner installed some, as some owners have chose

Hi Ben, When we were at Le Marin last spring, we met a fellow with an SM2000 who had a new stainless manifold fabricated by someone there. If I remember correctly, he paid in the 300 euro range for th

Sorry we will miss the BVI Amel rendezvous, but Aloha, Rascal, La Bella Vita, and Anni Bea True will be in Martinique for December.

Mike, Sounds like a great plan. We lived a few miles from St Augustine for many years, and really enjoy the town. Hope we get to meet up one of these days. Steve

Thanks Mike...that will save me a lot of time. I'll be back in the USA in December, and can pick it up then. Are you heading south this year? Steve

Hi Mike, Would you mind passing along all the part numbers you had to order, as mine need replacing as well. Thanks, Steve Davis Aloha SM72 Grenada

We have the 15hp Yamaha 2 stroke, and find it to be the perfect engine. It has enough power to plane 2 men and 2 women with our 9.5 AB Aluminum rib. Any less hp would not suit our needs well. The last

Thanks for the update. We also use Pantaenius, and nice to hear they were so responsive for you. Glad you have your boat back together again. Steve Davis Aloha SM72 Grenada

Hi Ben, We mounted our GO at the nav station. In that position the flip up antenna works terrible, but with the external we have great reception. Steve Aloha SM72 Prickly Bay, Grenada

Hi Pat...my 2 cents worth. Your best bet for dry storage is at St Augustine Marine. It is a large and well run yard with a huge dry storage area which is not very expensive. Also, they have a 100 ton

Our boat came with an 8kw Fischer Panda installed by her previous owner in 2005. This would not of been my choice, but with that said, it has been a reliable generator. We had 1100 hours on the clock

Thanks for sharing what looks to be a great improvement to the system on our older Amels. I'll add this one to my project list. Steve Davis Aloha SM72 Cariacou, Grenada

Eric...I just paged through the entire 346 page 2016 Vetus catalogue and couldn't find the buttons. Do you have a part number I could reference? Steve Aloha SM72

Hi Mark, I got 2 spares from Amel Caribe back in April. They were either 65 euros each, or 65 for both. This was the switch with rubber cap attached. I keep a windlass cover on when possible to reduce