Hi Mike, When I bought the boat the previous owner told me that the generator needed to be preheated for at least 20 seconds. I do that every time and it starts every time. I hope this helps you. Hi M

Rob, I have an Ultra 35 and it bits well the SM2000 and, so far has worked very well in 35+ kn winds for two years. I bought the Ultra at the Newport, Road Island boat show the week after I had a scar

I was searching over internet for marine Lithium Batteries and found the “Ionic” brand that sells a 12V 125 Ah with the same size of the BattleBorn 12 100 Ah battery. Ionic only give 5 years warranty

I had not mentioned that before leaving Carriacou the engine did not start. There was no lighting on the instrument panel It took a few minutes to find that the 12V + cable was corroded and separated

Pat, thanks for the suggestions. Yes I am going to order 2 infrared guns! Sounds like a good thing to have. I cleaned the heat exchanger in March and the boat sat at Le Phare Blue (Grenada) for 5 mont

Thank you for the suggestions. I know that both thermostats are OK, they open before the water boils. I will make the test of the sensor/gauge with boiling water to see if it is a measurement problem.

This was a very useful 3-year-old set of postings for me. We just crossed from Grenada to Curaçao sailing for 48 hours with double spy and 18-22 knots of wind from the starboard stern. As we got close

Unfortunately, the exercise did not go well and, in spite of having proper oil in the system and water circling around, after a few minutes there was a change in sound accompanied by smoke and, after

After major surgery getting the motor/pump out of the engine room (there was no way I could get the back cover out) I found that after turning the motor by hand IT IS WORKING YEEEA!. So, Mark you were

Thank you BIll, It looks almost identical but mine has a single capacitor with 54 micro F. Yours has 2 of 30 mF in parallel (60 mF). is the m for micro of mili? If it is micro, it is bad news for me b

The water maker high-pressure pump motor is not starting and breaking the AC circuits of shore power and Onan Generator. It is a LeRoy motor. I have checked for a short circuit and seems OK. (1-ohm re

Craig Still pristine and constant oil level Jose Ipanema Sm278

David, Yes they are intended to replace the hard lip seal. I installed them in the opposite order of your second picture but with the same orientation that you have them : Both lips facing the water.

Nicely done Bill. I wander if anyone has upgraded the traveler car. It seems to me that it is not possible to remove the old car and ad the new one without separating the track from the deck or cuttin

Hi Danny, Good luck with your seal. It could have been a bad seal but it is also possible that the shaft is no longer lined up and over time the seals get deformed and looses its lip tension. At one p

Patrick, I installed a B&G sonar and I have similar erratic signals. I think we need to find out why from B&G. At anchor, it seems to work fine except that it can be confused by reflections from the c

Oliver, I had a similar problem with the boat speed reading and changed the sensors (not an easy thing to do) Unfortunately the reading was still 0. I then open the box and cleaned the contacts betwee

Below is the list of Amel owners that asked me to order the special seals, please let me know if I missed anyone. Although some of you have already sent me the info via different means, I need to make

Did you have to modify the ballooner and add a gaiter? NO Where do you attach it to on the foredeck? Directly to the anchor support plate standard hole

James No chafe on the sail or the rigging Make sure the sail edge is protected from UV. When we came back from our 1 year cruise I had to replace the edge material of most of the sail Lowest relative