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    gear oil - urgent-

    Thanks a lot for all your comments! Amazing how much you still have to learn after having sailed many yachts for 35 years. Erik
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    gear oil - urgent-

    Dear friends, may I have your comments and advice on the following situation, which my son is suffering at this moment. Current position: half way between Cape Verdes and Caribbean Problem: gear won't shift from reverse to neutral, some improvement after draining gear oil Engine: Yanmar 165 HP 6...
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    Messed up charger

    I accidentally put my CRISTEC 12V-40A charger under 380V AC. Any chance it can be saved?
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    External antenna on iridium go

    on a polyester sailboat, is it necessary to have an external antenna for iridium go? Obviously the sales guy wants to sell me one. Experience, anybody? Erik www.sailinglegrandbleu.com
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    Glue on Lewmar hatch

    Thanks for your replies I love to work with epoxy but one of the problems is it becomes (yellow and) brittle upon prolonged exposure to sunlight. Maybe that's why they add black pigment?
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    Glue on Lewmar hatch

    Hi On a Lewmar hatch the locking system is, I should say was, glued to the perspex. Probably 12 years old. Now the thing came off. Glue is some hard black stuff. Is it possible at all to glue it back on? If yes what glue to use? Or replace altogether? Erik www.sailinglegrandbleu.com
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    Sailor Fleet 33

    Thanks
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    Sailor Fleet 33

    On my brand-new second-hand Beneteau 57 I have a Sailor Fleet 33 broadband internet system. Don't tell me this is no longer supported and I can't use it?!? Erik www.sailinglegrandbleu.com
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    2nd hand EPIRB

    OK thanks! I will most probably buy a new one Erik
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    2nd hand EPIRB

    there is an EPIRB on my brand-new second-hand boat. The battery is overdue. Can I have the battery replaced and the MMSI re-programmed? If so, would that be smart? Erik
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    hydrostatic release

    ok thanks for the comments. I will fit one
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    hydrostatic release

    Does it make sense to install (and regularly inspect etc) hydrostatic release units on liferafts aboard a 57 ft yacht? Has it happened that a yacht sinks so quickly that it is not possible to launch a liferaft? Erik
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    portable generator

    Thanks for your comments. I would use the generator not just for charging the batteries, also for some 220V applications. It's decided! Love this forum.
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    portable generator

    What about the following idea for my extended cruising trip: I buy a 2000W portable generator such as the Honda EU20i. Whenever I need 220V and/or want to charge the ship's batteries, I get the generator out while under sail, plug the generator's outlet into the shorepower inlet, and fire up...
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    Lagoon 55 review

    You have my full sympathy. I launched the question at Lagoon themselves. How about that.
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