Bill I’m on and off the boat this year mainly in the BVI’s if timing is right I’d love to run into you all

Hi Bill, Please add Mark, Karen, Miles and Lucy on Lulu SM 391. Mark Isaac Lulu, SM 391 PDR, Fajardo, Puerto Rico

Hi Kent The first voltages you mentioned .... 28v abs, 26.4v float, 29.4v equalize. sound pretty much the norm to me for standard flooded deep cycle batteries 29v Abs, 27v float, and 31v

Hi Bill. You forgot me. Fair Winds Eric Kimberlite Amel Super Maramu #376

Bill, I am interested. Mark Pitt Sabbatical III, SM #419, Martinique

Update I have received some level of interest from 15 owners. I was hoping for more interest in a Caribbean Rally. Is there anyone else? I am not aking for a commitment, just Interest. Here is the

It would work...If you are going to go to the trouble of installing a switch, install a double pole switch and turn off both positive and negative. As you know there is better than a 95% chance the

I have been diligently checking the Masse- and + lights in the companionway. Over the past 5 years when one of the lights go on (usually the Masse - ) I go and disconnect the power lines to the

Hi Mark & Tom, Thanks for your thoughts. To answer your questions: I have battery voltage monitors on my solar panels as well as having checked with my multimeter, the voltages appear correct. I am

I am on Brava in Le Marin, Martinique getting some maintenance done. By mid March I expect to start traveling North to Antigua, and by late April set off for the Azores and then Gibraltar. The rally

Agree with Mark’s excellent advice. However, some battery load testers may show a poor rating on deep cycle batteries, as they are designed primarily for starter batteries. They may claim to be good

Awesome advice, thanks Mark. We have been off-line for so long on this last 5700nm crossing from Cape Town so had not yet got time to research the ABC's. We joined Y Insurance this year who have

I have for sale the complete (AMEL installed on 2009 AMEL 54) FURUNO navigation system: including radar, large monitors for nav station as well as in cockpit etc. All in good working condition.

(changed name of thread) Hi Colin, Interestingabout insurance. I have spent the past couple of months shopping for insuranceto get us through the Panama canal and across the S. Pacific. I

Today I checked on the price in Le Marine for 12v deep cycle at a battery warehouse,$328 about double of in the states. Hope this helps,I will be nursing my batteries til I get home. Pat SM

Hello Amelians. We have decided to give away our Amel brand aft cabin cushions. We simply need the space. Would anyone be interested? We’re in Vista Mar Marina, Panama Thank you Porter

Hello My Amel Super Maramu 2000 #333 year 2001 is for sale. Location Le Marin Martinique For more information contact me on gloggler at gmail dot com

I have a battery issue too, that I’d like opinions about. I just bought 8 new series 31 120 AHr deep cycle marine batteries in August (while in Maryland). They were kept fully charged with solar

Kent, Your math iscorrect and you should be reading slightly higher voltage reads than you aregetting. A couple ofthoughts: Are you depending solely on the meter in the panel to monitorthe

What makes you think you hear the refrigirant flowing? A little hissing sound is not eough to go by. My guess is you need to re-pressurize the system. You may also need to replace the seals inside the