Hello all!

I don't know if this is the appropriate group to ask a marine
engine/electrical question, but if it is....here we go!

I have this ancient Island Trader 41 ketch that I am rebuilding,
replacing, sometimes just repainting, her old equipment. I am at the
alternator. It is a "Battery Master BM-140" by Smythe Miller Marine
Inc. of Oviedo, Florida. I cannot find a phone number for
Smythe-Miller Marine. Have they gone "under"? I have had the
alternator rebuilt by the local alternator shop, they say the
alternator is already internally regulated and needs no regulator. The
documentation that I have on the BM-140 suggest different. Do I need
to replace the regualtor? if so can most any regulator dealer help me
with a new regulator? Or....like most of us older boat sailors, am I
just screwed? HA!

Any thoughts are greatly appreciated!

Paul G.
S/Y Gypsy