We have been 5 years in Turkey and were always able to get the right (camping) gas. However the are not in official labeled "camping gaz" bottles. Also the colors vary. We learned that you have to exp

Dear all, Early this year I received the same non availability answer about the bumper. Very recently I requested again together with a couple of gear boxes and they were all available, including the

Dear all, Maybe we should leave the moderating of this forum to the moderator. I am happy with (most of) the postings I've seen. We sadly enough lost one of our members becaus of "over-moderating" thi

Hi Eric, There is a Ullman Sails representative in Kusadasi. I believe they are made in Izmir. I have a complete set of Ullman sails on my SM2K. To me they were a good replacement to the old original

I used the pictures of Bill and gave them to a mechanic in Kusadasi Turkey, who was able to do this job following the same procedure. I also used the same thickness of the copper strap as Bill used bu

Hi Pat, Sorry for not paying attention to this discussion. I am afraid I can't really help you out with this. The photos were taken by the mechanics in Kusadasi when they serviced the furler. I did th

Hi Steve and Liz I don,t know about the 40kg version but the 33kg version fits nicely on the SM2K. In my opinion it works fine but it is a bit light in heavy weather. Rink de Haan SM2k #330 razor's ed

Yes, you are right. My answer was also before first coffee in the morning. Regarding the genoa furler there is an excellent description in the photo section in the "Pilgrim SM26 - Headsail furler" fol

I also experienced the same problem but choose to rebuild the furler motor. We secured the mast and removed the forestay and the motor. They rebuilt and serviced the motor in Kusadasi Turkey. The tota

Hello Gerhard, These are the specifications and price of my new genoa. 110% Genoa All Purpose...................................2.235 euro Contender Supercruise 9 oz Dacron material Cross-cut panel de

Experiences and preferences may differ form person to person. We also changed our big genoa for a 110% (yankee) specially for the mediterranen / Agean. I disliked the big sail in the rapidly upcoming

Hi Herbert Leros is a beautiful island and the Leros marina is very good. There is also a cheaper second marina which is closer to the center of the town but I would not leave my boat there for two mo

Hi Ian and Judy, We spend a season jn Levkas marina and liked it very much. It is close to Levkas city which is a nice little town. We also experienced Cleopatra marina, which is cheaper, good but bas

Dear all, I requested some clarity on the Greek cruising tax topic from Kos Marina. Today I received this answer: "We kindly inform you that regarding the law for the new tax, as we have been informed

Hi Craig, I hope you are right. The way I interpret the bill is that if you are staying in Greek waters for a year, you are allowed to pay per month. Maybe that's the wrong interpretation. I'll try to

Dear all, I'm not sure if this topic is already covered in another discussion, but anyway it is of importance to anyone cruising in the Mediterranean and plan to enter Greek waters. Last month the Gre

Hi Ian and Judy, Before you going to undertake that venture I would double check the availability of that part. We changed ours just 2 years ago and it was stil available. I just looked at the website

Hi Greg, I have limited experience in that area. But a couple of years ago I left my boat in Port Napoleon, which is close to Marseille. The main reasons for me were the (relatively) low costs and goo

I had the same problem when we bought Razor's Edge 5 years ago. I had to stop the engine sometimes using the rubber switch under the solenoid switch. After a while also the solenoid switch didn't work

Dear all, Recently I visited our Climma dealer in Holland for spare parts for the Calpeda pump when I saw a new type of screens (air filter) for the Climma airco installed on our SM2K which is a "9 EH