Thank you Mohammad and Aty, Your recommendation is appreciated. Yes I realized to late that I didn't include my name! Peter de Groot La Querida SM #207

thanks Joel, Yes your absolutely correct about the fishing boats. The marina also has many derelict boats and live-aboards on vessels well past their prime. I will pursue the galvanic isolator. I

As I recall, Moss landing has a great number of commercial fishing boats. A friend of mine who surveys a lot of commercial fishing boats once told me that the two most neglected things on these

We re-applied Coppercoat. It is easy to put on, but continuous stirring is required to ensure the copper particles don’t sink to the bottom of the tray - you have to roller it on. It’s water based

Hello, Can anyone tell me if the cabin sides on the latter (my hull # is 220) Maramus are balsa cored in the area of the windows? Thanks, James SV Sueño Maramu #220 Arbatax, Italy

Helloand welcome to the group; Sorryto not address you by your name but I did not see your name in thee-mail. Icannot comment on the source of your particular issue. However if you areconnected to

Our solar chargers by Genasun are not properly adjustable to the voltages required by Trojan for our AGM batteries. So we disconnect solar when on shorepower to prevent over-voltage charging of full

Greetings and Happy New Year, I’m new to the group having purchased “Liebling” SM hull #207 In June 2017. Now she is “La Querida” berthed in Moss Landing, California. Over the last

All our chargers, including solar, are set for the same absorption and float voltages...I think you might be asking for trouble of you have them set differently...especially if you are running more

and now Bill K some more inverter/charger talk: I opened up the genset control head and traced the out the wiring. There is an earth/bond connection but is is between the two field coils. This means

Thanks Bill and Mark for the excellent advice. We checked out Browns over pizza this evening and it looks good. I will give them a call in the next day or two. .

Stephanie, you can add me to the list of interested parties. John Clark SV Annie SM 37 St. Augustine.

That is a good question, and not easy to answer. I will take a look and see if I can run each to ground....that's a pun by the way. I will be spending some quality time in the ER installing the new

I too was instructed to run both chargers from the generator, also start the 40A then after a minute start the 30A, and when on SP use the 30A alone. I noticed that my 40A is set for a higher

Eric, I'm currently in Martinique, but will be in Colombia later this year. So if you want to provide the adress of your friend in Bogota, I might send it or visit him with my board while travelling

Hello Thomas, The best guy to talk to is Martijn De Jong; he designed the Duo 100. +34 637 890 333 He’s in Spain or spain@... Kind regards, Jean-Pierre Germain SY Eleuthera, SM 007, Panama

I haven't asked a question is a long time...so here goes. This question is about the large soldered bundle of bonding wires located above the gray water sump. Has anyone counted and traced these

Thomas Any brand of the same or greater volume and pressure can do this job. Check with Parker Haniffin. Thay have good accumulators. Vladimir SM 345 "Life is Good"

Part of the argument for Copper Coat is their claim you savemoney not having to haul the boat as often. However, you will still need tohaul an Amel to do drive maintenance. Therefore, not much of a

Miles, Coppercoat seems to be one of those things that sailors love to argue over--almost as much as which anchor is best. Some people think it is great stuff, others are very disappointed. Some