Thanks Bill.. Pretty obvious that I have not had a need to look for it. A glance would have done it. Anyway thanks Jason, Mark and Bill for your input. Problem solved. The 500 mile boisterous sail, so

Hi Bill, thanks for this idea. Is there a stop cock in the water line about a meter from the outlet. I pushed a length of plastic tubing up and came to a sudden stop. Cant imagine how it could have tu

Hi Mark, thanks for the suggestions. My deck wash pump is a jabsco parmax 4 with 40psi and I have tried that both ways, from the inlet and the from outlet and there is not a trickle coming out. I have

Thanks Jason, but as I said in my post, without water flow I cant get barnacle buster into the system. Kind Regards Danny

Hi again, one more thing I tried was using the deck wash pump to put back flow pressure from the outlet to sea with the pipe disconnected from the aircon pump. Nil flow Danny SM 299 Ocean Pearl

Hi all, for the first time in our 14 years ownership I have an aircon problem. The units all run, I have checked that the cooling pump runs and delivers good water flow but the water circuit is blocke

Hi Nick, I had a problem with the gen set cutting out after a few minutes running. It was a fuel issue caused by the gauze filter on the outlet from the tank being clogged. I cleared it with a blast o

Great idea Chris, the last gathering like that which I was at was on Ocean Pearl in Noumea. Unfortunately I am 160km North of Whangarei so it is a long way to do a two way drive. Will see how it works

Hi Bob, Yes removing the tongue is that easy. Two screws. The easy way to fit the nylon pencil: I had mine and found it was larger in diameter than the slot into the track in the foil. It was a few ye

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That's the one Danny

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hi Ian, Sorry I don't and to photograph it I would have to drop my genoa, remove the tab and then I could only photograph it in the slot. It is white nylon, about 60mm long and its diameter is a littl

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Hi Bob, if the tongue has worn through it is likely you are missing the slotted nylon pencil that fits in the grove for the tongue to engage with. This stops the alloy on alloy wear that causes the fa

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Hi Andrew, I too played with the idea of a hard top but after a lot of thought opted for an improved soft top. I have recently completed a new soft top, and tweaked the design to give a bit more head

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Hi Neil, I understand your concern. Yes there is a seal there. I have twice overhauled mine. Bruntons instructions say the grease coning out there is not an issue. Since you had them overhaul it so re

Hi Bill, Arthurs photo was of the furler gearbox, your advice refers to the out haul gear box. Arthur the piece you photograph is attached to a shaft that goes through then gearbox. It is alloy. For w

Hi Denis, I agree with you. Lightening goes where it will. In 2012 we were anchored among 50 boats in Musket cove Fiji when there was a massive lightning storm that lasted hours. We did not get hit bu

Hi Neil. When drilling into the gearbox I coat the drill in grease to catch the bits. I pioneered the grease modification and I have always left the grease nipples in place without corrosion problems.

Thanks Chris. It is the best method I have used. Kind Regards Danny SM 299 Ocean Pearl

Hi all. See the photo showing what I do. Ignore the blue rope in the photo, , I am tied up in marina. I use the two tee cleats on the fore deck. I pass the rope from one, through the eye of the anchor

Hi Bill, applying it with a rag and rubbing it in well I used 1/2 a litre to do all the decks, hatches and cockpit on Ocean Pearl an SM. Result was excellent. I \think it wise not to apply it too thic