Dear all, hope everyone did have a great Chrismas and will have a good start into 2020. We are starting to prepare our Sharki for the long passage from Europe to the Caribbean. Up to now we have saile

Hi Warren, the autopilot drive is connected to the steering wheel. It is a rotary drive from Autohelm and was installed originally by Amel when MickMoon was build in 1989. This autopilot does work qui

Hi Rainer, which Windpilot do you have installed? Would be great if you can share a picture. Thank's Volker Puchta MickMoon Sharki#176

Hi Bill, good recommentation. Thank you very much. This may be the easiest way. Just have to find some of the old parts on the market. Best Regards, Volker Puchta MickMoon Sharki#176

Dear all, thank you for all the information shared about the second autopilot topic. As I have learned from Graham, obviously the newer Sharki models do have a longer mizzen boom and the interference

I am planning to replace the original Perkins M50 on my 1989 built Sharki. Is there any advice from the community which are good replacement options and what are potential issues which I have to take

Good advise not to go with the new common rail technology. That are exactly my thoughts to go for simple but reliable. As Beta is not that common here in Europe, I have got an offer for a Sole Mini 62

The Perkins M50 has run 4300 hours. It start still good on the first click, but creates some oil smoke and he oil consumption is at about 1 liter per 100 hours. A complete rebuilt would cost about 50%

My top furling device for the genoa is turning very very badly. I need help to get it going or to dismantle it. I have already taken away the brown tigthening ring and now I can see a white plastic be

Hi Aras, I went to a ship yard and tomorrow we will take down the fore stay, to be able to take it apart. Like you I tried everything, rinsing with water, with dry lubricant, ... Nothing was successfu

A second autopilot is now installed on Mickmoon and is working fine. It became a Raymarine Evolution EV200 with a Jefa DD1 direct drive unit. I have sailed with the new auto pilot during the last 3 mo

Problem solved:-) The ship yard was able to take the swivel apart and to grind the plastic bearings a bit, so that they are turning now smoothly. The start of the problem was that the previous owner h

On Sun, Sep 13, 2020 at 08:23 AM, Aras wrote: Dear Aras, I tried my very best to show you how the swivel parts fit together. The shaft seals need to be replaced when taking the swivel apart with help

Hi Arlo, I added a second autopilot to my Sharki. Please have a look at the attached picture of the Jefa electrical drive which I used. The autopilot controller is from Raymarine. Volker Mickmoon, Sha

Hi Arlo, we did a similar project on our Sharki. But I we have choosen a more compact drive from JEFA, which is mounted to a stainless L shaped steel profile, bolted to the stringer. Regards, Volker S