Recent content by TonyMills

My original reply has gone into the depths of the thread so I thought I'd send it again!! Hi, did you buy another SMEV? and if so which one was it. I'm looking at a SMEV 7000 three burner and trying to make up my mind. The standard non gimballed version is nearly half the price of the gimballed...

Hi, did you buy another SMEV? and if so which one was it. I'm looking at a SMEV 7000 three burner and trying to make up my mind. The standard non gimballed version is nearly half the price of the gimballed one, but I cant find out if there any other differences. Regards Tony

Hi I believe you will need a slosher! or slusher! This is one such product but you will need research re its applicability for Aluminium and Diesel. http://www.por15.com/Data%20Sheets/fuel%20tank%20sealer%20pdf.pdf By the way, I have exactly the same problem. I needed to cut open the cockpit...

Air Intake - Oil Leak Both my last MD7A's spitted oil from the air intake. I never found a cure. However it helps to clean the air filter regularly (with parafin/turps or some such liquid). I liked the gimbaled egg cup idea from another response although how it would go in a sea-way would be...

Useful Info - Thanks I do carry a knife and snorkel (also an aqualung). But when I caught the pot rope last year It was 11.00pm pitch black and blowing 30knots - no way was I going over the side unless it was into the liferaft! The concept of creating a weaker point in a position to limit the...

Thanks I can see the bar from the keel. The distance for me between keel and skeg is about 8' and the line would be well clear of the prop leg. Regards Tony

Solid State Electronics Hi, I selected the Dell Mini9 Netbook because it is completely solid state. Admittedly only 16Gig + 1Gig memory, but I doubled that with a 16Gig SD card. I picked solid state because I wanted it as my main navigation and internet communications and wanted to limit what...

Hi, Last time I sailed up the coast I picked up a cray pot rope on the propeller (sail drive). It was scary! (alone, at night, in 30knots). I was fortunate as a little reverse cleared it. I'm heading north again next month and it has been suggested that I run a wire from the bottom of the fin...

Thanks Thanks for the useful advice. I'm making more enquiries about the Vectavane and the Neptune. Regards Tony

Hi, I have been trying to find information about this gear. The web site: www.south-atlantic.com.ar gives good information but I can find no independent viewpoints. They are apparently constructed in Germany and marketing is done from Argentina. The price is reasonable (most of the others are...

Thanks I'll get one of the 2part adhesives mentioned and give it a go. Kind Regards Tony 'Bunyip Dreaming'

Hi, I recently installed an S130 sail leg Gluing the rubber skirt (tidy up the hull shape where the leg comes through the hull) to the fibreglass hull. I used a recommended adhesive filler, similar to sikaflex. On my first outing last week, I swam under and found that the skirt is coming away...

Hi, I've had similar problems with my ST60+, direction pointer sticking at certain points of sail, not going all the way round the dial when circling, etc.. I had the unit tested by the supplier/installer but could not find any faults. The issue came down to poor wiring, the controls wiring from...

re conversion plates Thanks Jeff, Today the local agent for Volvo sent me some photographs of various installations and whilst I can't see if the back bar is there they do seem to be fine with just the C brackets. Interestingly the agent couldn't tell me how it worked. You mentioned that some...

Hi, I have now ordered the D1-20 and I have the drawing for a pair of brackets to convert the existing engine bed to take the D1-20 (+130S Saildrive). The brackets extend from the existing mount point back to about the centre of the saildrive ring. At that point the brackets have a point at...