Hi Mark and Duane , Having spent a couple of hours this morning fitting a new impeller to my Onan plus cleaning the broken impeller blades from the heat exchangerwould be interested in that same item

Hi Bill, I can answer all your questions in about two weeks time. I am now 71 ( Judy is of course much younger) and hope to have at least ten more years afloat. You will have seen from past posts that

Hi Jose, We had our sensors changed in Martinique. As with everything on an Amel, what may look daunting turned out to be straightforward. Disconnect the inboard end of the cables. Undo all the cable

Gary, We raised the water line significantly when we applied Coppercoat eight years ago. We took the Coppercoat to the top of the orange stripe, left an inch or so above that and then added a new stri

Hi Stefano, I have twin Racors and have used both 5 and 10 micron without a problem. Engineers have told me that 5 is unnecessary and would put a strain on the pump but I think other Amel users have u

Thanks, Dieter, I haven't see this gadget before--I had always assumed that a tacho would be accurate. My mechanic comes soon. His first thoughts are that it could be the fuel pump rather than the inj

Thanks , Bill , It’s a brand new tacho , 300 hours . ( maybe made in China ! ) Ian

Thanks, James, You may have seen my exchange with Bill. I think I may be getting somewhere. We've always had a great experience with our Autoprop which is spinning freely. I have been amazed that it w

Bill, Thanks. That's really useful. I find that in neutral it is now idling at 800 revs, which seems high; more importantly, it revs above 3,000--and that's without the throttle flat out. Looking rath

Hi James, ( or anyone else ) If you are on board and have the same 75hp Volvo as I have, can you put on full revs in neutral and let me know what revs you reach ? Thanks, Ian and Judy, Pen Azen, SM 30

James, Thanks. The mystery continues, but we have a mechanic recommended here so we will see what he has to say about it. Incidentally, there is a Volvo customer help line to which you can email an is

Bill, Do you have the 78hp Volvo with a governor ? Can you tell me how the governor works--and what might upset it ? Ian

Hi Nick, That's very interesting, and I shall follow it up--but I don't think my Volvo has a sensor like yours---it's 18 years old and no computer has been near it in that time ! In neutral the revs a

Thanks, Bill, Alas....in neutral the revs do what they oughta do. I will have to risk trying the local Volvo agent. Incidentally, to anyone who has had Volvo work done near Athens, does Mantalas Kyria

Hi All, I thought this subject had been reviewed so many times that there was nothing else to know. However..... Last year our 78hp Volvo was partially rebuilt by the Volvo agent in Hyeres. Not a happ

Hi Eric , We have sailed nearly 60,000 miles in our SM , including two seasons in the Beagle channel and a rounding of Cape Horn . We have sailed in the south Atlantic in 60 knots . We never felt the

Hi Jean and Danny, I think Jean's points are well made. Unfortunately ( or fortunately for many) the relative costs per foot of a yacht have come down significantly with the advent of industrial produ

Hi Eric, Great minds think alike-- I have also used a strip 1/8" thick and am going to join it to the existing top half which is in good condition. Wish I had your retriever on board--just hope I won'

Hi Mike, Yes, I did spot that 2mm was on the small side! I have left your phone number on the boat. Can you send it to me at penazen@... ? Ian

Hi all, Does anyone know the diameter of the keel bolt in the grey water bilge in the engine room of an SM ? I am making up the copper strip that bolts on to the aft bolt but I'm not on board and don'