Just be sure you want to make getting on the stern easier. I jest!!

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I got a new one from Maud last year for my Santorin. Unfortunately Wally the Walrus left a couple of tusk marks on it trying to get on board in the Isles of Scilly! Nice to carry his autograph around

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The Santorin procedure is exactly the same.

I replaced the Gypsy and chain on my SN 8 years ago. Last season it was jumping links when raising the anchor. I fitted the Lewmar anchor chain counter this season and through carelessness on my part

Thanks Bill for your useful reminder. We should remember that our vessels are not so much a ‘design’ as an evolution by a very remarkable man! Cracks I the gel coat appeared in my port side locker jus

Part 3 re bulkhead discolouration. I’ve just taken a torch and mirror to look behind the area above the inspection hatch on the bulkhead. It is perfectly sound and the wood is still sealed properly. A

Mal, forgot to add photo of mine!

Mal Mine is the same and the floors in the bow locker are going. I’m sure there have been posts about the same thing on SMs. I think the inside of the chain locker (including the underside of the bow

I had a battery issue crossing the Atlantic. I switched off everything, disconnected the individual house batteries and tested each one. One was dud but the other four were pretty good. I reconnected

My Santorin has a Type 2 rotary 12 v drive. It’s new. When the old one wore out I popped a Type 1 in its place. It worked fine. Given the low gearing on the steering I don’t think it’s a great issue f

Starting the engine with no seawater coming in will damage the impeller and seals on the raw water pump.

Well done!! The rivet holes in my foil were excessively enlarged. I cut the foil shorter(just above the top holes) and re drilled the holes before riveting back together. I’m sure Bill says you can do

My Santorin doesn’t have ‘looped tangs’ at the spreaders. The rigging is attached by an eye swage to the bolt that attaches the spreader to the welded mast sections. I’d assumed that all SMS had the s

Your mast will not fall down. The shrouds will keep it in place. I had to remove the top furler (with the two ‘horns) as the bearings had seized. I slackened off the back stay, put a halyard on the bi

Charlie The copper strap you are fitting to the keel bolt. You may find a green and yellow wire attached to the engine/C drive which is currently doing nothing. This should be attached to the top end

RAL 1013 is the colour of the deck and masts on the SM an SN - oyster white. I don’t know a RAL colour for the hull white. Ian

I think every sailor sighs with pleasure when the engine is shut off and your left with the sounds of wind and water gurgling past the hull. I agree the shaft alternator noise is an annoyance, especia

Seems very odd. I’ve only ever inherited Raymarine instruments and their power comes from a red and ground wire direct from the display unit. The second point is I’ve never had water in that drip tray

I’m not in the Med, but If I were I would buy a large plastic water container, temporarily replace the outlet pipe on the bilge pump into the container to empty where you can. Means being frugal with

Bill Photos of Santorin forestay bush. 27 mm and 37 mm with a 10 mm forestay Best wishes Ian