Hi Bill, I've attached the one I made when I renamed our boat. The dimensions listed are in inches. Some SMs have a grab rail to port of the steps which might eat into this space, so keep that in mind

Chris, On our SM, the main circuit breaker is also a GFCI. On mine, this is indicated by a label reading "I∆n = 0.03A" on the circuit breaker, which means it has a 30mA ground fault limit. Given that

Hi Pat, I have not tried that. I will look into it. There is still plenty of travel left on the throttle lever when we hit 2100 RPM, it's just that pushing it farther has no effect. This makes me thin

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We have the TMD22 with a fixed 3-blade prop (the original spare, I think). When we first got the boat, we could rev to about 3000, and we cruised at about 2400. This season we could only get up to abo

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Hi Mark, I think if you look closely, you'll see that the 4 connections are in pairs, so electrically it only has two. I imagine the order doesn't matter as long as the wires are attached to different

Is it possible the size of the bolt changed between the SM and SM2000? Our anode bolts measure 9.84mm x 40.5mm. It's not imperial, because it's too big to be 3/8". It's exactly in spec for M10. I have

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Hi Jose, If yours are the same as ours, they're 125 mm diameter with a hole for an M10 bolt (11 mm hole). In the US, they're available from BoatZincs, where for some reason they're marketed specifical

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We're potentially interested in a group buy of a normal insurance policy. It will depend on the rate/coverage vs what we can find through our insurance broker (so far they've found one, but it's expen

There's nothing special about "AC" vs "DC" for these heater elements, but the voltage does matter, and in common boating usage these current types imply a voltage as well. The element is just a resist

The "other amel owner" is likely us. We ordered them from Euro Marine Trading about 2 weeks ago and delivery is expected in another week or so. That's the same price we were quoted. We're getting new

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I gave the screw 1.5 turns in the "+" direction and our water pressure is now better than ever. We still have the original AMFA pump, so the regulator probably makes a big difference. When the pump di

On our boat, we did mostly as Eric says, but connected blue to red and brown to black. Since both of these wires are hot (120V with respect to ground, 240V with respect to each other), I don't think i

Hi Richie, The location you selected would not be my first choice, as (at least on our boat) that side of the bulkhead is covered in the same vinyl material as the headliner. No doubt you could drill

Hi Bill, That's certainly possible, but I thought I've seen others like it on other SMs, and it has the same non-skid as the top of the engine. I've attached a photo. Does that look custom to you? Tha

Hi all, Our boat has a device in the fresh water system just after the pump (photos attached) that I think is a pressure regulator. It reads "Caleffi Mod Dep Cartridge With Filter". I can't find an ex

Hi all, Our stainless muffler has started to rust out, and I'd like to replace it while I'm also replacing the turbo and mixing elbow. I'd rather not go with the plastic Vetus that seems to be the go-

On my last boat, I had exactly the scenario you suggest happen: a hose let go while I was away from the boat, the entire water supply was pumped into the bilge, and the pump's diaphragm failed. I rece

Hi all, On the Zoom call this evening, Ian asked if anyone uses a tension gauge when tuning their standing rigging. Here in the Northeastern USA, it seems that none of the professional riggers use the

Hi Mike, Thank you very much for the info. We might want to replace our cars soon, but what we're looking for right now are the blocks (pulleys) that are at the aft ends of the tracks. Ryan and Kelly

Hi all, As we prepare for the sailing season this spring, we've noticed our genoa sheet blocks are in pretty bad shape. Some of the ball bearings are cracked or crushed. At the very least, I think the