We're currently in a marina, on shore power with the battery charger on.. and the starter battery (2 year old Victron 110ah) has suddenly died - showing less than 2v! and reducing 0.01v every 5 minute

Re: Dessalator D60 Freedom: 1996 No: 630046 Type: MBT1141L I wondered if anyone could help resolve this issue? I replaced the membranes a few weeks ago but since then the pump doesn't seem to work - i

We had a few problems with our Henderson Mk 5 bulge pump recently and the trouble shooting brought up the usual suspects like torn diaphragm and leaky valves but also leaky screw holes and a dislodged

Craig, I commend you on the succinctness of this post. If we had a summary like this for ALL topics, I’m sure it would save everyone hours of scrolling and searching! 👍

Nice write-up Mike A task that will inevitably zoom up the jobs list when that leak appears. We were looking at compost toilet options recently.. no more valves, holding tank or backflow. Seems almost

That’s all really helpfull, thanks for that Herbert. So you slide the tool back and forth on the shaft to get the alignment right before bringing the engine and shaft back together after the jobs are

Thanks for the reply Herbert. I’m new to this job and still unsure exactly how the alignment tool works. Could you give a brief description perhaps? Also any idea of the model of engine mounts? Thanks

Hi All I've got a few jobs that require decoupling the Vetus from the engine block: Changing engine mounts Changing the Vetus rubber coupling parts Replacing an oil seal/gasket on the flywheel bell ho

I have a similar problem.. the passerelle tubes slowly ground through on a concrete dock without us realising when wintering in Spain. I've temporarily glassed them up but could do with getting some n

It’s definitely worth trying first before shelling out loads of money and running wires everywhere. Things are only getting better and cheaper with mobile networks too. We anchor 90% of the time durin

We have been sailing the med for the last few years, home educate our kids, run a YouTube channel as well as stream films etc., so are heavy users of wifi! We did instal digital yacht gear but never g

Sounds like a superb idea Kent but I bit far for us unfortunately - currently in Med. Just a thought but would it be possible to video such a course? I know it's no substitute for getting your hands d

'afternoon folks.. I flicked through the forum for the latest info on battery replacements for my SM 1997 but seems the topic hasn't come up for a while.. and I know battery technology has moved on a

On Mon, Mar 18, 2019 at 08:07 PM, Germain Jean-Pierre wrote: Jean-Pierre, did you mean the 75/500?

Thanks for that Joel.. is this the model you mean..? https://www.asap-supplies.com/parker-racor-500fg-duplex-diesel-fuel-filter?cid=1721495430&adgpid=70090925480&itemid=&targid=pla-58909107986&mt=&loc

Hi guys.. I have a SM'97 with a TMD22-B and MDKDP 6,5 KW genset and would like to change the single pre-filter for a (Racor?) dual filter. I have no idea what the flow rate is or how to calculate it s

Hi Joerg We were in Tunisia (Monastir) for a fit-out in June/July.. then sailed up the East Coast. We never made it to the North Coast as the winds weren't in our favour and our insurance ran out.. bu

Hi All While exploring ways to run cable for solar from the aft of the boat to the battery bank, I discovered an empty conduit running from near the nav station to the aft locker. It's siliconed up at

Hi Danny We had a double whammy in that there was gel coat cracking under the track where (we think) the backing plate had expanded AND the car inserts had disintegrated and needed replacing. We did i