Jose, When you say that the Faux-teak is missing in places do those thin areas look white by chance? If so closely by feel deck where you have the white areas and you may find that the wood grain text

Thomas, Glad to see that you are getting some good direction from Craig. I would definitely take his advice about pre glassing the bottom of the panels. I would only suggest that: 1. If you are going

Thomas, PVC could work but I was envisioning using a more slippery plastic than PVC for the sacrificial plastic bushing. Perhaps Nylon? I would suggest shaping the part without any square edges for th

Jose, The original finish for the faux teak and the stripes were done originally in Polyester gel coat. Apparently the stripes were hand painted in according to what I have read recently. Awl grip can

Thomas,Your post about making replacement of the PVC tube very easy got me to thinking about how this could be done. What if instead of planning to replace the PVC tube, a simple sacrificial flanged p

Oliver, Thank you for taking the time to add your wisdom to the discussion. I am very happy with the heavily glassed fibreglass tubes in my boat such as the cockpit drains. It is so nice that by makin

Gary, Perhaps Amel felt that the galvanized hawse would be less likely to corrode the chain due to dissimilar metals? As long as the hawse had zinc left on it, it would help to protect the steel in th

Amel Santorin, 1000 Watts of solar, that is really amazing. I am managing with just 300 Watts on the Port rail. Could you post a photo of your arch design? Do your panels extend past the beam of your

Tom, Since I have not yet used the 2 part Epifanes, I really can not say whether it will have more UV resistance than the single part varnish. I am glad to hear that you like the results after two yea

Tom, I have not used the two part Epifanes varnish so cannot answer that part of your question. I have however used other two part and single part varnishes on cabin soles over the years and might hav

Dennis, Thanks for your input. The previous owner removed the large shaft mounted pulley before I bought my boat which made me wonder why this was done. I am very happy to hear that properly setup up

Rainer, Really sorry to hear about the vibrations and the new oil leak. I am not sure that a failed stern tube bearing would cause the amount of vibration that you are reporting, especially under sail

Miles, We have revarnished the edges of some of the plywood cutouts for the ports/windows on Sueno with the Epifanes varnish and the match looks pretty good to the original varnish. The wood was sunbu

Hello, To those that have used the Amel shaft generator on their straight shaft Maramu or Sharki, do these tend to cause shaft vibration or was there just some problem with Yin Yang? The shaft drive p

Joel, Selling the Loki was a difficult decision for us. This will be our fourth season with the Amel and we are both quite happy with the boat. Thanks to you, the two Bills and the many others that he

My wife and I have restored and refinished wooden boats with lots of varnish over the past 40+ years. We have removed a lot of varnish was applied over epoxy by someone else. If your base coat fails,

The sea anchor option has many benefits, some of which you mentioned but it also has one big potential problem. It is possible under certain conditions to develop significant sternway while riding to

Thomas, IMO the plastic threads on the packing nut are not really strong enough to compress all of the packing until you have a few threads engaged. You might try pressing your new packing into the gr

Clear reinforced hose is what was on my Genoa furler and it may well have been original. (31 years) The surface of the hose had turned brown and crinkly from the UV exposure so it looked nasty but it

Bill Kinney, Thanks, that is exactly the information that I was looking for. I don't mind changing the lip seal when the flocking wears away. The non silicone wax also sounds like a great idea that I