... if mounted the outrigger shows an angle of roundabout 30° to the water surface. Martin SY Mago del Sur - 54#40 currently Syracusa, Sicily

Hello Scott, during the circumnavigation with our old yacht “Just do it” we used the stern anchor four times: in Nuku Hiva, Marina Parana (river Parana, Argentina), somewhere in Brasil and in Iquique,

It is a FX-37, weight 9,5 kg

Courtney, this is an Lewmar VX3 1.500 Watt. We mounted it to serve for the stern anchor. The switches are positioned just portside to the windlass. In the lazarette we added a chain chest which keeps

Peter, the works were done during our by La Rosa Metalli SAS Via Achille Grandi 165 97100 Ragusa Sicily, Italia www.larosametalli.it +39-09325623529 The works were done very reliable and in time. Ask

Many thanks, Domnique, where did you get the balls. Antal doesn´t sell them to customers. We try to get them via SVB. Regards Martin Mago del Sur - 54#40 currently Marina di Ragusa, Sicily

Hi all, inspired by an SM we saw in La Rochelle, we modified the stern railing on our 54. It should be suitable for line drums in the future. Maybe some of you will be interested in the result (see pi

Hi all, we fear the balls of the Antal traveller cars on our 54 have reached the end of life. Does anyone have experience in replacing the ball bearings? Do the traveller cars have to be removed? Or c

Thanks Bill, meanwhile - after an hour of struggling - I could get the screw out. The rest will be routine. Hopefully ;-) Martin Mago del Sur - 54#40 Marina di Ragusa, Sicily

Bill, the old copper strip is attached to the wall of the sump with a small screw or nut some one or two inches below the attachment of all wires of the bonding. Does this screw serve for fastening on

Hi Thomas, this is the tool. Regards Martin Mago del Sur - 54#40 currently Marina di Ragusa, Sicily

Many thanks, Bill Indeed there are rust marks on the keel above the cast iron ballast: When we were in the boatyard in La Rochelle in spring 2021, there were some tiny rust marks. But we got the infor

Hi all, in the bilge sump I discovered a metal strip that is fixed somewhere at one end and loose at the other. Does anyone know what it is for? Part of the bonding system? Thanks for you help Martin

Hi Levent, we have been using an autoprop for many years. There are two variants, a seawater-lubricated propeller with the ball bearings of the individual blades running open and an encapsulated prop

Thanks Bill for your information. The drawing makes it clear that the pump is indeed operated with 24 V. In the meantime I was able to phone to a Frigoboat dealer. According to him, Frigoboat always u

Hello Amelians, the sea water pump which feeds the cooling units of fridge and freezer quitted the job some days ago. The pump and the spare pump are labelled to be 12 V pumps. Some mysteries to be un

Thanks Slavko, your upload was published just in the right moment ;-) Martin SY Mago del Sur - 54#40

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Hi Randall, when we renewed the packings end of 2020, we received the recommendation from Amel to grease the packings intensively with Vaseline. The packings had been changed two years earlier (2018)

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Hi Chris, I recommend removing the center strap and checking whether it is deformed. If the damage is the result of a large force, the lower rudder mount should also be checked. To reattach the strap

Hello Joerg, Since we got these sails we never had any problem furling them downwind or on broad reach. The only problem that can occur when unfurling is that the top of the first batten gets caught i