Nick, Ahh, so it has finally cooled off in Greece. But what a nice October we had this year eh? As you have already suspected I am sure that the difference in the flow of the oil is just the viscosity

Jarek Fiberglass that is fractured does not break along nice straight lines per your photo. Those look like joints to me. Oliver could probably tell you for sure but I suspect that the parts forming t

Dave, It would be a pleasure to connect with you if the timing works out. We are also at Cleopatra. We could be back as early as Feb. as we would like to sail the Agean and perhaps to Turkey outside o

Dave, I would like to eventually replace the entire liner in my boat as well so am curious about how the job went? The flat areas of the overhead look pretty straight forward but what about the areas

Nick, High output alternators and their pulleys can run pretty hot even when properly set up which seems to be a big factor in the dust problem and the early failure. With twin belts it is of course c

Bill, I also considered using wire for the bilge bonding but I liked the idea of the heavier copper bar that you suggested and went that route. I think that wire or a thin strap is pretty easy to dama

Tom, In my case, I found that the only problem areas of my tank were in the welded areas of the front of the tank. The rest of the tank (and especially the bottom which was a relief) was essentially p

Miles, The way I fix teak plywood that has been damaged is to find some teak of a smilar grain and colour to do the patching rather than to use just epoxy. I rip the teak usually using a table saw to

Greg, After a season of using our new Mantus without a swivel, I have decided that for next season we will add a Mantus swivel since we occassionally have a twist or two in the chain. It would seem th

Miles, We have had good luck with the Min Wax Polyurathene on cabin soles and other high wear parts of yacht interiors. The product is single part, low smell, wears well for a single part and is easy

Frederic, I changed the original Amel mounts on my 1987 Maramu with a 4-154 Perkins this past June. I attached the main haylard, the mizzen staysail halyard and a backup line looped over the mizzen sp

Bill is right about being careful in heating grp. Grp can delaminate/crack and thereby destroying the strength of the material if too much heat is applied. I used to build GRP stack sampling equipment

Mike, One thing that might be helpful is to know that if the wind is too strong to motor directly upwind that you can still make progress to windward without stressing your engine. You can do this wit

Confirming that the Vetus flexible rubber coupling type 6 #KO18 rubber doughnuts supplied by Amel were exactly the same dimensions as the original parts and fit perfectly. My boat is a 1987 Maramu wit

Miles, Thanks for your input. I now have my Vetus Flexible coupling apart. Removal of the forward half of the coupling is simply a matter of removal of the coupling bolts. This exposes the forward hal

Hello, Looking for advice on the disassembly and replacement of the rubber parts on what appears to be an original Vetus Type 6 Flexible coupling on the 35mm shaft of my1987 Marmu. (No C drive) If I w

Gary, It sounds like to did an amazing paint job on your boat and I hope that you can get the 20 years. I have had Awlgrip last that long on my seasonally used boat stored in the North. I do not know

Brent, Thanks for sharing your own experiences with this issue and all of your points make sense. From what I am learning about this issue it is the Airlines here in Canada not wanting to be liable. I

Mark, This sounds like some great advice. I am not sure with all of the fine print of how to insure that a ticket is truly fully refundable but I will check into this. As it turns out we have a 5 plus

Rob, Danny’s advice about not using your hand should be heeded, guess how I know! I had to smother a diesel once that broke all of it’s mounts plus the coupling so was laying on it’s side still runnin