Gary, That is a good point about not using an acid based Silicone on Aluminum. I have not used the 737 but will give that one a try thanks for the tip. I do have long term experience with the Dow Corn

Bill, I don’t object to Wiki advertising in the area shown at the top of the help page and will place my vote accordingly. I would however be against adding any kind of pop up ads or any other type of

Miles, I have had two sails made by Q-Sails in Hydranet. The pricing and communication is excellent. The quality is plenty good for cruising and the sails were heavily reinforced. We plan to order 2 m

Herbert, I concur with Joels advice RE the professional tank cleaning. I am however concerned about the quantity of water that you have removed from your filters, especially given that you have been f

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Bill, Thanks, I will order a 30mm to take with me. If this doesn’t fit I will post an update on the correct size. James SV Sueno Maramu #200

To All, Can anyone tell me the socket size for the nut holding the copper strap on the keel bolt in the sump on a 1987 Maramu? I need to replace the copper bonding strap on my boat and would like to h

Michael, Thanks for providing the link for the chain shackle, that looks like a positive way to connect a snubber. As it turns out I am preparing an order through SVB so this was good timing. We have

Michael, Those are some interesting solutions that I have never heard of. Apparently a lot of thought has gone into how to deal with chain castles. I really appreciate your input on this. Did you read

Tom, I really like your solution. It sounds pretty foolproof, just a bit of hands on work if you are using more than 200’ of your chain! Thanks for the idea, I like this much better than adding the bu

Michael, This is great information and I enjoyed the injection of humour as well! Two questions: 1. Is there room in the locker in your opinion to install a small partial bulkhead perhaps at the forwa

Colin and Lauren, Thanks for your input. I am hearing nothing but great things about the Rocna and am sure that it would be a big upgrade from my current anchor. I am still not sure of which anchor to

Michael, This is great information, thanks! I am comfortable with the Med. mooring using the lazy lines but laying the anchor and backing down will be new. I currently only have 120’ of chain on the b

Gary, I just went through the photo albums that you updated for us and it is such an improvement over the old system. Because of the organization, I was able to find many useful photos pertaining to m

Greg, Thanks for your input. I don’t have to order my anchor right away so I will look forward to hearing your report. It seems from my research so far that the Mantus should be good in weed, I hope s

Gary, All of the Tunisian officials that checked us into the country in Bizerte were super nice and respectful to us, both during the process and afterwards when we met them on later at the marina. No

Michael, Thanks for sharing your experience with the Rocna and for the insight on the Chrome Duplex, I had never heard of it until your post. From the research I have done to date it appears that the

Joel, Many thanks for giving us the final word on how the grooves in the Amel deck were originally gel coated in the mold. It is amazing to have input from someone that was actually at the factory whe

Mark, Another good question. My impression from reading the posting about painting the deck stripes was that they were done after the deck was out of the mold but I could be wrong. The stripes could c

Mark, That is not a stupid question, in fact it is a great one! It is certainly possible to recoat gelcoat with new gelcoat. In general however it is important to understand that the gelcoat used for

Michael, Thanks a lot for your help. The 33kg Rocna does look like it is a great fit for the stock Amel anchor handling gear as you indicated and also shown in your photo. The Rocna looks like a reall