Richard, Welcome back to the Bay, hope you had a good crossing. Since my SM came with shaft driven alternator is it then safe to assume, that I do not need to worry about pressurizing the gearbox as s

Kent, I have lived my entire life on the Sassafras River the most northern river on the Cheasapeake Bay.In all those years we have had few storms make it this far north and west over the land without

I have a tmd22a volvo in my boat I understand that is a Perkin engine.Can anyone tell me what Perkins model number or info to idenify it. I have a local PERKINS service shop that I want to buy parts f

Skip, Last year I had my wheel coated with a vinyl that looks like leather should outlast leather and should provide protection from electrical shock .We are very happy with it. We did it in tan,but t

Kent, If you are going to need to hire professional crew to sail to the Carribean , then maybe you should consider the Carribean 1500. They would provide you with crew at no cost that you only need to

Kent, I agree with Eric once you cast off your on your own ,although there has been instances where boats have assisted others.I not trying to sell the 1500 ,I've never done it ,and do not know that I

Danny, The destination for the 1500 is Tortola and departs Nov, 2 from Norfolk Va.In the BVI you can haul and launch for about $10/ft. and storage about $10/ft./month at the low end and about $14/ft./

Kent, I have the TMD22a with fixed prop in calm conditions I do 7 knts. at 2200 rpm and about 8.3 at 2800. I generally cruise at 2200 - 2400, I frequently run at 2500 for maybe a half hour or so. Once

Kent, Yes 2800 is my max rpm. under load, since thats well over normal cruising speed I would hope or expect it sufficent to blow out carbon. Pat SM123

When I bought my boat it came with a new Interphase color twinscope and all accessories still in the box.At first I thought I would install it, then I questioned the usefullness of it and if it was wo

Richard, I did not notice the sonar unit when Diane and I were on your boat. So if you also feel its worth installing, I will probably install it when I haul the boat this fall . We will be anchored i

Kent, To remove the wheel you take off the hub ( 3 small screws) , my wheel was frozen to the shaft and I had to jury rig a puller to get it off with a lot of WD-40 and effort.My wheel is all metal ex

Some good points to be considered, as my wheel is all metal I did not have those concerns and tapping would have never freed the hub. Pat

Hi Richard, No that was not us, I hauled out end of Oct. I thought maybe I was missing a sail from my inventory,I had not heard of a mizzen staysail ,but then what do I know. If you guys are going to

Joel, I have the red/white/blue sail you are referring to, it is labeled mizzen ballooner and is much fuller than a staysail and is rip-stop.If you have one of brochures from around 1994 it shows the

I was looking at a sales brochure that came with my boat SM 123,a picture depicted the boat sailing with what looked like a typical staysail flying forward of the mizzen and aft of the main.My boat ca

This is the photo in the Amel brochure I was referring to in a previous post. This mizzen staysail appears to be a much flatter cut than the sail that came with my boat and its white, while mine is re

Iam in the process of designing a arch/davit for my SM.I do not want to extend the davits further aft than necessary, however I also do not want my dinghy to come in contact with my recently awlgrippe

Kent, The black doughnut section that comes out extends inside the aluminum housing. Drill and tap through the housing into the black section and insert a set screw. Pat SM123

Jose, The veneer was failing on my boat,rather than trying to replace the veneer,I sanded the veneer off so I had a smooth surface.I then took the plate off the side of the mizzen mast and took it to