Thanks, Bill, after scratching off the paint which covered the plastic box of the pump electric connections I figured out that it is labelled Gianneschi s.r.l., type CB 20 ME. I think it is more or le

Hi Laurens, 1. Until today, we had no problems furling and unfurling the main and mizzen, no matter which angle to the wind the boat was facing and how strong the wind was. 2. We had these concerns to

Hi, here a pic I made today. It shows the fourth of five battens of the main. I furled it to a position to demonstrate the slant of the batten. The top of the batten pocket has disapeared in the mast,

Hi All, yesterday we had some interaction with Orcas some 5-7 miles west of Tarifa, Spain. Some informations: - in our opinion they were a female adult and a juvenile. - The animals did not appear agg

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Hi Randall, here some pics. The mizzen (2 pics) is unfurled completely. You can see the first batten is in a closer distance to the mast, the space between the next battens is larger. Its not to see t

Hi All, we follow the discussion with great interest. But up to now we did not see any comment of an experienced sailmaker. So we decided to ask Jens Nickel and his oppinion. Jens is a well known Germ

Hi Paul, here our experience with the Bamar furlers. When we started to do some test sailing with our later Mago del Sur both Bamar furlers did not work. (I have to mention that the boat was totally n

Hi Peter, it is like always: sailing means changing plans. We did not leave as expected for a longer trip, so I found time to replace the manifold earöier than expected. Attached three pics. The lefth

Hello Bill, hello Arno, we are just leaving La Rochelle, I will respond tonight. Nicolas took measures and pics of the first manifold too. He should be able to create a design of this too. Martin Mago

Hello Bill, hello to all interested in the manifold for a 54 by coincidence we spent some weeks in La Rochelle. I decided to order the manifold in the Sofomarine shop directly. Taking this opportunity

Hi Bill, thank you for your words. I fully agree. During my time as chairman of the German Trans-Ocean e.V. from February 2012 to November 2019 I´ve got no report of a collision with a container by on

Hi Mohammed, the distance between the mizzens base and the travellers car is some 310 cm. You have to think about the mizzen sheets inclination reducing the available space the higher the bow of the d

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Hi Chris, I think youre right about the solenoid. We had the same issue a year ago. The fresh water pump did run every 15 minutes. For weeks we were looking for a leakage without any success. Finally

Hi Bill, did you ever hear of problems with full batten sails? The main and the mizzen of Mago del Sur are full batten sails. Up to know we had no problems furling them in and out no matter what condi

Bill, thanks for the page. I am happy to see that we did renew the seals exactly the way you describe. Martin ----- Martin und Anke Birkhoff SY Mago del Sur Basin des Chalutiers, Vieux Port 17000 La R

Dear Arno, Roque, Steve, thanks for your helpful information. Martin Mago del Sur 54#40

Hi Ulrich, hi Ian, this is an helpful information. One of the next to dos on my list is changing membranes! Many thanks Martin Mago del Sur - 54#40

Dear Bill, dear Lior, thank you for pic and information! Martin Mago del Sur 54#40

Hallo to the group, recently I found to pieces of POM but I have no idea what they are made for. Any idea? Thanks Martin Birkhoff Mago del Sur - 54#40

Hallo to the group, the relais fitted to our bowthruster is not original for sure and a cause of constant problems. It is an Albright relais but there are no specifications given on the housing. From