For Santorin owners, when I first bought the boat I had the shut off valve closed (by accident). The engine stopped after 3 minutes, in the middle of a marina! So it works ok on our model! Ian.

I have joined the new site. Looks good. It is under 'our' control (thanks to the folk who did all that work I could never do!). The point was that Yahoo might pull the rug. We can't control Facebook

Hi Colin, Two years ago I replaced the original 12v batteries with 6V AGMs same physical size, wired in three parallel sets of 4 in series. Most Battery manufacturers recommend to have no more than

Hi Colin. The simplest possible reason. A previous owner went that way. Also the battery area is neatly filled with the 12 six volts and again the previous owner had installed two starting batteries

I recently replaced a set of 12V wet cells. The wet cells lived a good, long life so no complaints. I replaced them with 12V Trojan AGM's (8D size) a few months ago- working great so far but I

Very easy, the golf cart 6V batteries are heavy duty batteries designed for high loads and high output during a long time. Which is a good description of the load on a Super Maramu. /Jonas S/Y Lady

Bill, Thanks for that. I meant to include in my post that the cell-failure situation has favorable issues for a 6VDC as compared to a 12VDC battery because the 6VDC has half the cells. I have found

Some thoughts on the advantages of 6 volt batteries, not things you can easily put into your spreadsheet however! When planning a new installation, 6 volt batteries are available in bigger sizes,

Hi one other issue in the event you have a issue with a size 31 12v finding a replacement for anything other then a wet cell flooded battery will be difficult at best. Regards Capt Richard Piller

Colin, Too bad you cannot ask Henri Amel why he did not go with 6VDC batteries. I am not an expert by any means, but I always try to stick with the original solutions on a SM because I know the

This goes well, thank you Eric. I,ve just done that. My problem is how to connect the coax cable that comes from the mizzen to the insulated part of the triatic. . Because if the triatic antenna wants

Thank you all for the responses received thus far. From what has been said till now it certainly looks like there is wisdom in staying with the traditional flooded battery solution in a good brand

Good to know I will try if I can't get the original Thank you Paul

Paul, You can make a zinc for the spurs line cutter by cutting it out of a boat zinc. It will not be a pretty as the Spurs zinc, but if you want a zinc on the line cutter, it will work. I have done

Thanks Derick, this is good news for the shackle! I would guess a few bolt to remove… haven’t look yet. Walter, I agree with breaking shackle instead of the whole car! Sincerely, Alexandre SM2K

Thank you, My boat has been in the water for a long time when I bought hear so in total more than 4 hears without changing the spur zink, I saw no trace of corrosion, however I will try to get it hear

Hi, We have had AGM high performance batteries, first time the bank was based on 12v AGMs best available at the time 2007. Second attempt to the AGMs was with high performance Golf Cart batteries, 6v.

BeBe #387 has batteries similar to original batteries which are freedom-type lead/calcium batteries. If you are considering something different, be sure to consider charging parameters. BeBe's house

Hi Bill and Eric, thanks for your advice, I will use the triatic. Fal-lera Sharki #135

I am still with 8 regular 12 V lead acid battery, but might look for better solutions. Sincerely, Alexandre SM2K #289 NIKIMAT Marina Puerto Bahia, Samana, Dominican