Recent content by adornan

I will add my recent experience in case it helps anyone else. The installation in my boat, not by the manufacturer, was a “dogs dinner”. An unfused power supply taken straight off the batteries, with the control unit spurred off the motor relay. The net effect was that the control unit was...

Thanks for all for your suggestions. We replaced the solenoids on the starboard drive valve block, because they were out of spec. That didn’t resolve it so today we lifted the boat and replaced three of the four steering rams. They weren’t leaking and had previously been replaced in 2017 with...

We have our boat in Biograd na Moru, nice little town and conveniently placed marina. Closest airport is Zadar but you could also go to Split. One thing to be aware of, Croatia hits you with a few taxes and fees. There is a light and bouys tax, a sojourn (hotel) tax for each person on the boat...

Thanks Andy, hopefully can move this problem forward

Just returned to our, new to us, boat in Croatia after two years of Covid hibernation. We had all the batteries replaced, engines serviced, anti fouled etc but we also have a steering fault. It’s a twin Volvo D6-370 with DPH sterndrives. The local Volvo service agent doesn’t inspire me with...