Hi, all, I now have a fresh water leak into the bilge inboard of the aft head, too. We've also noticed the fresh water pump running for a few seconds every couple of hours. There has never been water

Hi Eric, The product is a belt weather stripping for auto side windows. I bought mine from JC Whitney ( now carparts.com), but I can't find it on their website. Mike (Aletes) bought a similar belt wea

Thanks Paul and Joel. I will try the halyard first, then Paul's suggestions if not joy. We are fine, Joel. I did take a nasty spill on a bicycle in the Cape Cod Dunes a week ago. Broken nose, fist-siz

OK, This is a bit difficult for me, as my ears are so bad that I can't hear it, but it's driving Iris to distraction. It just started a week or so ago, and nothing had changed except we anchored in Wo

We just have the dual Racor filter system. When ever the boat sits for more than a few weeks, I pump a gallon of fuel from the bottom of the tank through a 5ft piece of 1/2” PVC pipe from both the ins

Hi Richie, If you are willing to share what was done on Why Knot, perhaps others could pay you for all the time, effort, and money that you put into it. It is such an onerous process that there's no r

Here's the latest from Jackline policy representative on Lithium. "Markel's underwriters are not currently receptive to insuring boats with Lithium batteries. If we learn of lithium installations on b

Thanks, Stephan. I have raised the cockpit enclosure so that I can stand up straight. It doesn't allow me enough room below the boom to add another layer of solar panels. I'm going to have to use flex

I have 600 watts (two series pairs) in hard panels on the stern arch that give a maximum of 16A at 24v on sunny days. I also have 250W of soft panels on the Bimini which produce a maximum of 3A in bri

Hi Pat. You can get any style you want at McMaster-Carr. If the bolt goes all the way through the rubber bushing, it wouldn't offer much vibration dampening. Hi to Diane Kent & Iris SM 243 Still in Ma

Thanks Olivier and Joel! I don't see anything else right now. We did have a boat drag and get their anchor line tangled with ours (right after repainting the rub rail, of course) 6 weeks ago. They wer

Hi again all. I posted a pic in this thread of the toerail a few days ago. Any thoughts? Joel? Thanks,

East coast USA is open. We're in Maine this Summer and only occasionally required to wear masks, almost exclusively in government-run facilities like museums. We hope to sail to Caribbean and thru the

I'll try the pic again, thought it had worked last time.

Thanks Eloi, always nice to have a starting place. Kent

Here's a pic. Kent & Iris KRISTY SM243

Hi all, Iris just discovered a radial pattern of hairline cracks in the gelcoat on the toe rail just inboard of the port forward main shroud, and a chip of gelcoat loose at it's forward end. No simila

Thank you Eloi. Do you have measurements for this piece? Do you know if it fits in the jib furler as well? I am having trouble with the rivets holding the jib furler to the foil on the forestay. They

Hi Helen and Kosta, I replaced Kristy's drive several years ago. It was straightforward. If you don't have the alignment "tool" for aligning the engine with the drive, you should really have that. It

Hi Juan, Iris and I hope to transit the Canal next Spring, spend at least a few weeks on Panama's and Costa Rica's Western shores, then sail to Ecuador. We are thinking that we'll leave the boat there