Greetings! We were underway last year from Chesapeake Bay to Antigua. When at 2:30 AM LT the windlass turned on and wanted to let chain out. Our anchor pin was in so it prevented the anchor to drop an

Hi Bill, I see your point on the halyard tension. I will pay more attention to this fact when we mount the Genoa after hurricane season. The electrical winches are so powerful that a moment of looking

Thank you BIll, very similar just for the Genoa. Your picture seems to show the main or mizzen sail.

Greetings! When we helped mounting the new Genoa from Q-Sails on a friends SM I noticed that the sail had an additional webbing above the tack going horizontally across the luff. This allowed to lash

Hi Arno, we went to https://www.hkva.de/en/# They use the AXA group as underwriter. kind regards Michael & Robyn RIPPLE SM2k#417 Currently in Brunswick GA USA

Hi Woody, are you still seeking the motor brushes for the LS MBT86M motor? I have ordered my "Brushes .31" x .39" x .7" BRUSH SPR-A007" from https://store.eurtonelectric.com/31x31x6brushspr-a005-1-1-1

Greetings! try https://euromarinetrading.com/ this is where we got our ANTAL spare parts. Very responsive, very knowledgeable.

Greetings! Just a reminder for boats registered in certain nations putting an LED light bulb into a regular navigation light socket it looses its certification (BSH or Wheel) which might get one in tr

Hi Nick, we ordered a spare one from Antal through euroomarinetrading. see mail from them: From euromarinetrading: Antal part Does not have crossbar, that was added by Amel. Shackle on the car We have

Hi Jose, we had similar puddles in the same area. I found that the hose clamp that holds the hose on the pipe through the wall aft had failed. It was only hold in place because the hose with clamp is

Thank y'all for the explanation and the tricks of the trade. I will see whether I can source the Belden cable here in Antigua. Ill report back how it went once I get to the project.

Greetings! Our port side navigation light has been unreliable since years. We switched to LED two month ago. It worked fine while in port. It soon failed underway and after arrival in Antigua it still

Does anyone have a recommendation for a surveyor in Antigua? We are doing our haul out bottom paint and the usual maintenance next week. Was thinking that if I need a survey for the next round of find

Greetings! just ordered two new ones from Maud. [01888] CROCHET DE BALLOONER ERTALYTE/ Ballooner hook (Ertalyte) for 74EUR each w/o VAT + shipping kind regards

Hi Slavko, we have the same issue that the dc motor seems to have a short and pops the circuit breaker. I checked the brushes and they are clean and in good shape. Our pump looks just like yours. Our

Hi Garulfo Glomex / Shakespeare 390-1 Classic SSB mounting instructions state: "1a. You must apply Loctite 242 thread locking compound to the Tip Section’s ferrule threads and the Base Section’s upper

Hi Eric, please count me in for three of these sensors. I just replaced the rubber hose coupling between the exhaust elbow and the pipe leading outside of the onan box and could see that the sensor co

Update on Fuel issue. We ran the engine for a total of 14 hours on our passage into the Chesapeake Bay and up north to Cambridge MD. Three hours of these were at 2100 RPM. NO further issues. Thank you

Thank y'all for the suggestions and the link. This morning I rechecked the probe I took from the engine fuel filter. It was sitting overnight in a small glass jar with a sealed lid. In daylight I was

YANMAR 4JH3-HTE Diesel Engine RPMs drop and then it quits We ran under engine for 30hrs motor-sailing from Brunswick GA to Chesapeake Bay. We turned the engine off when we got a bit of wind to sail. I