We're about to head back to the boat in Greece and we'd really appreciate it if anyone on a Santorin would be so kind as to check a dimension for us so we can buy a sheave in the US? (sheave=pulley=bl

======================= Thanks, Attilio, but we head back the 16th. I "googled" Ulan Bator - it looks like quite the place - good luck with your project. Hugs to Maria. Ciao, Craig and Katherine

Hi Ric, I'm sure Richard can help out and there are many posts on this DB about changing the lip seals on these "C" drives. Coincidentally, I doing mine today and the top seal is also leaking. The sea

Hi Paul & Sue, Regarding your 2nd question and the vibration, I've replaced the mounts (happened to be in LaRochelle at the time so got them from Amel) and, although I've got a Santorin, I believe the

A much kinder approach to this, rather than sledgehammers and jury-rigged blocking, and what any machine shop professional would highly recommend, is to simply remove the entire boom and use a proper

Cheers, Craig - s/v Sangaris, SN#68. PS: ..and, of course, that would be the commutator you'd be cleaning up :-)

John, Good "head's up" and whilst we don't have electric winches on our Santorin, we have occasionally activated the furlers and anchor windlass by setting things on the switches when moored or at anc

Bill, "Runaways" , as you say, are most certainly a failed switch closing the low current side of a relay, which in turn energizes the electromagnet that closes the hi current terminals. To address Ke

--- Judy and Bill aboard SV BeBe" wrote: Good news... sock (snuffer) ..on Mizzen Ballooner. .. (It).. will give .. a gain of 1-2kts in 15kts of wind. I do not know if this is correct, but we always se

Hi Eric, I had the exact thing happen - the glue holding the permanent magnet broke loose. I used JB WELD to glue it back. It's a two-part epoxy "steel" sold everywhere. That was five years ago and it

Hey Kent, Seems like creaping paranoia is setting in after all the postings on runaway winches. Keep it simple and use the windlass. First, have you figured out why you're getting overwraps? If you ta

"John Hollamby" wrote: ..... Craig, please tell me the frequency and time of the Med Net either here or via (email). Safe climbing, Anne and John, Bali Hai, SM 319 Hi John & Anne, Med Net is at 06:30

Hey Kent, Just kidding about the paranoia, but do watch out for the sharks:-) When you say Dawn "prefers to use the jib winch (meaning the one on the port side of the mast, I presume) with the tailer

Kent, Yes, it sounded wierd to me, but, I mistakenly thought you were using the windlass, not the jib winch. Why are you getting overwraps when you use the windlass? If you (Dawn) are simply taking tw

Hi Bill, Tragic story - thanks for the head's up. Did you get the "free one year trial berth" they've been advertising? Cheers, Craig on s/v Sangaris, SN#68

In amelyachtowners@..., kimberlite <kimberlite@...> wrote: "... a 1400 or 1500 Gennaker was very good ...we had it up one time for 7 days straight and we averaged 10.5 knots." WOW Eric! 10

George, As Antal noted in their reply to you, the "conventional" (non-Amel, of course!) in-mast outhaul arrangement has the outhaul starting at the car, then thru a sheve on the clew, back thru a bloc

Hi Jose, At least on my SN (and SM's I've seen up close), yes the ACMO provided original rigging used metric cables and "standard" (inch - based) turnbuckles. Further, the turnbuckles are "Inverse", m

Hello Antonio, It sounds like you have the same installation as we do on our Santorin. Can you explain more about what the problem is? If it is simply leaking oil or water in the Amel "C" drive gearbo