Electric blanket is AC powered working off the inverter. Ian Ocean Hobo SN 96

Herbert Well done! Mine took me a few hours too. I used a chisel and hammer after soaking in Corrosion X (on the advice of Craig). Heating with a blow torch was the secret. I used the tool, but the co

Alexander, We've cruised the Mediterranean, Caribbean and the Baltic and Scotland in our Santorin. We live in North Wales where we keep the boat at present. The Eberspacher keeps the boat warm enough

Yes a prussic round the mast does work, but you have to get past the spreaders, so you need a second one to swap to as you pass. A long tape sling is better than rope on the mast. I tend only to use o

Lot of good advice here. I have always used to climbing Ascenders. One for my harness and one for two foot loops. I can get up and down the mast solo by using the ascenders on two separate ropes, or j

Bill, You're a star. Just what I needed to know. And compared with the state of mine it explains the vibration I've been experiencing on the C Drive Vetus mounts despite having carefully realigned the

Bill, Just replacing mine (Santorin), 1" boss fits fine. Question is what length. The old one is shorter than the ! length of the sleeve, but this may be wear a d compression. I am assuming it should

It is the extension to the table. Look under the edge on the bench seat side and you will see to plastic sockets that the pots slide into. Now you can have bigger parties!! Ian Ocean Hobo

Thanks everyone who offered advice. it was a Homer Simpson ‘Doh!’ moment. After testing everywhere with the multimeter and then a long pause .... I have always switched on the bow thruster breaker whe

Have you listened to the motor or tried to manually push the thruster down when operating the switch? If the motor is working but the thruster is not going down the wire strip should be slack which mi

Agree with Danny! I had the boom outhaul and the Genoa motor stick when out in Antigua. Usually a couple of taps on the motor with a rubber mallet would get them working again. But removing the brush

Bill, Thank you for sharing your expertise. As a non engineer I learn so much from this group. It also 'jogged' me back to the recent discussion on plastic tube covering on stays. I remember on my pre

Thanks Bill, but the breaker was on as each time I tested with the cockpit joystick first and it’s running fine! When I find the issue I will post the cause and solution. Ian

Craig, Thanks for your reply. It looks quite similar to my wiring. The red and two brown wires on my photo to up to the windlass switches. There is no voltage registering on the red wire which is the

Just replaced my windlass after removal, clean and service. I trapped a wire while bolting back it back down and found the up/down buttons no longer worked. The helm joystick worked fine. On dismantli

Agree fully with Bill. I took my hydrovane off and sold it. I would have loved it on my previous boat (Jeanneau 37). I'm not the best sail trimmer and if the boat went off course it meant releasing th

Well done Bill from start to finish! A concern to all of us nearing replacing standing rigging and you did a good job in keeping the group positive.

Others will comment I'm sure. If he has not worked on an Amel he would not know that the powers don't move. I'm sure Olivier would have commented had the stage not been as rock solid as they should be

Now I reckon someone removed the spare halliards to use the holes for the forward aerial and the wind transducer. They seem to be occupying the places where my two halliards are located. Ian Ocean Hob

Craig forgot to mention that there is a ring fixed directly above the C Drive (he told me that) which is there to lift the C Drive or take its weight should you need to do so. You may have to dig arou