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Hi Bob, Good to know they are all OK...I saw a photo of Reve de Lune and Amelit in the cyclone pits and they are both apparently OK. I doubt its worth the trouble with the triatic stay, good ground is

Glad you're making progress, Paul. I haven't looked into the connection from the SSB plates yet. Does anyone else know how the antenna system is connected to the ground plates? Paul, have you found

Hi Danny. The boats in the water did mostly fine. A lot of rocking and minor dings but nothing major. There were 4 I believe boats on stands that had damage from falling off their stands. All

Hi Bob, as a Vuda point regular I was concerned to see how they had fared. So the pit boats were OK. How did the ones in the water and on the hardstand fare. Regards Danny SM 299 Ocean Pearl

Thanks Alan for the quick reply. I do have an automatic tuner and wondered if tuning to the longer physical length by adding in the triatic would be an advantage. In at in a pit at Vuda Marina and

Hi Bob, If you have an automatic tuner there would be no advantage in connecting the triatic to your backstay. The tuner tunes the frequency to the length of the antenna automatically. If you don't

Alan, I have a Maramu and use the backstay as my SSB antenna. It's been working well. I was wondering if lengthening the antenna by connecting my insulated triatic with gto-15 cable would improve

Many thanks for the advice. I've been in touch with Dessolator & they say the same thing. I'll buy a new capacitor !

I never mentioned to flush the watermaker with chemicals twice per week ?!? The chemical addetive is only for hybernation or during wintering when you do not use the h2o maker > 4-6 month. According

I guess this means that the Santorin does not have a dedicated SSB ground. Mine therefore must be connected to the zincs, which is why they are wearing more quickly. How have other Santorins grounded

Hello again Kent! Did some late night work and tanks to your input I found the wire from the zink and connected that to the bilge ground strap, so now there is no resistance between the Zink and the

The insulated triatic is not useable as an SSB antenna.To answer the question though, the core of the coax is connected to the insulated triatic, the shiled is not connected to anything. The triatic

Kent! Thank you very much this will help a lot Unfortunately I'm leaving the boat for a 14 night and have to clear out all the wires then. But I'm sure it will be much easier with this input Thank

OK David But il will be in April, my boat is in Grece and I only will be there at this time. Friendly Jean-Paul

Hi Paul. It's very important that you understand the bonding system. If not correct, your underwater metals are at risk of galvanic and possibly electrolytic corrosion. There are five "grounding"

Joel, That was interesting , its good to hear confirmation of what you believe to be true. Could you address the backstays, I have never kept them nearly as tight and have gathered that they are not

Thank you for that Bill After cleaning the threads on the bolt I measure good contact between the two bolts holding the two zinks on the rudder. However when measuring between he bolts and the shaft

Paul, You said, "The bolts on the rudder holding the zink are not connected electrically with each other." The bolts on the rudder holding the zincs SHOULD be connected electrically with each other

I think that you may be describing what Dessalator calls the "sterilizing cartridge." It does work well using the "flush" procedure. I have the sterilizing cartridge, but no longer use it. I did