According to a German marine friend of mine, a Panda is like buying headaches. No one needs them. Jean-Pierre Germain SY Eleuthera, SM 007.

Good morning, Are you happy with your Fisher Panda? All the people I met that own one (including a Fisher Panda dealer) complained about it… mainly once you exceed 1000 hour it stop working or

Sorry, the message was no complete. We use the AC to the washing machine, oven,battery recharge and all small appliances. Really very convenient. Good wind. EnioRossi #SN122 EARENDIL Italy

Good morning Trevor. A Fischer Panda genny (4KVA) is installed in EARENDIL over 10 years. It has direct cooling (sea water) and this creates some problems. Try to put one with heat exchanger.

Trevor No AC but I did consider the genset. In the end the cost and upkeep put me off. I bought a 2000 watt petrol generator instead. It runs the mains battery charger if I need it and any mains

Hello all, Has any of the SN owners ever installed an AC and Genset? Just looking to see what others have done in the last and possibly gain some lessons learnt by others. Thanks heaps.

Duane, The water you found does not drain into the engine room. If water gets into the compartment under the companionway, you have to pump it out, or suck it out with a wet vac. I am going to take

Bill, Glad it worked, You might also invest in the purple cobalt drills from McMaster Carr they are made especially for drilling stainless. They are not inexpensive but I keep them on board when all

After hurricane Mathew we noticed that the companionway door slot had a substantial amount of water in it. I poked around with a wire and was unable to find a drain hole. Can someone tell me where

Eric, Another success for your dam technique! Thanks for the suggestion. I had a 5mm machine screw that I had almost given up on getting out in one piece. Not only was it a stainless screw corroded

Hi Bob, I have not heard that. I have never had a failure in nearly 8 years. I tighten them to the normal tension for a bolt that size. I am sure, given the loads on this coupling, too loose would

This is a "heads-up" to SM2k owners. BeBe #387 had the condensation drain clog up for the Salon AC. I did not notice it until about 10 gallons of water was found in the area under the aft settee

I have heard that the 4 bolts that essentially clamp the Vetus flexible coupling together--between the flange coming out of the transmission and the flange on the shaft of the C drive--should not be

Thanks for sharing what looks to be a great improvement to the system on our older Amels. I'll add this one to my project list. Steve Davis Aloha SM72 Cariacou, Grenada

Hi Pat, I have wondered about that as a solution too. They are much lower cost. I wonder if they could handle the bits and pieces. If there was an electric version of the manual pump that would be my

Hello all, This is a follow up to an older thread about the peculiarities of the windlass power switch on older Super Maramus—or at least on our boat. Here is a link to the final resolution I

Bill, Thanks for your input, and see your point about fouling a submersible . I was thinking that as well and was only wondered out loud if anyone had tried it with success. We stopped by your boat

Hello Pat, Our “bilge” pump was replaced 2 years ago by a Vetus 14024B. Works very well for the last 18 months. We also bought many “duck bill” valves to keep the water head sealed. GL with

Pat, Using a submersible for routine service in the Amel bilge would NOT be a good idea. What we call our “bilge" really is not a bilge in the traditional sense of the word. It is actually a grey

Good morning Bill, First thanks for looking out for me !!! I am probably not explaining myself correctly… I have 2 shore powers. If the marina has 250 Volt then I use my regular shore