Rob, Does the Victron Isolation Transformer take 60hz input and output 50hz? -- Scott 2007 A54 #69 SV Tengah http://www.svtengah.com

Dear Scott, Thank you for your extensive and interesting report on your transfer to Lithium. Valuable insights and helpful for my next upgrade of the electrical system. I have no solutions to offer

Excellent discussion. Very informative and educational. Thanks! ~~~⛵️~~~Matt

A little over a year ago, I replaced my nearly stock Amel 54 “comfort package” lead acid system with a nearly complete LifePo4, aka lithium battery system. The system was designed with the help of

Thanks Heinz and Herbert, your replies have given me peace of mind to just reef when necessary. Eamonn Washington Travel Bug Super Maramu #151 Currently in Alghero, Sardinia, Italy.

I have only had bad experiences with the Wasi when anchoring in anything other than sand, it drags unexpectedly and very difficult to set in mud or sea grass and sometimes it won’t set,,, I upgraded

Hi Herbert, Anchor discussions are always tricky but interesting and indeed important. The Wasi Buegel was invented in the 1980’s and really was one of the first of the new generation. My problem

Eamonn, partly furling worked fine for us when the wind got stronger, to be on the safe side we reduce size in the night, never had any problems. did not change the setup during our atlantic crossing,

Nick, yes, it is a WASI Buegel anchor. Any experiences with the WASI compared to the Rocna? Why have so many upgraded to Rocna? herbert

Hallo I have a 100m 10 mm stainless steel chain and a Mantus stainless steel 85 lbs steel ANKER. The Price for the Mantus is about half as the Rocna. I have it 9 month now with no problem at all. I

Hello When crossing the Atlantic and the Pacific, We only rolled up the balooner as far as necessary. When the thunderstorm was over it was easy to roll it out again. We never had any damage to the

Hi, I have been wondering about what to do when the true wind gets to 20 knots. Amel says if the true wind exceeds 20 knots then the balooner and foresail may be rolled together. I wondered if the

Mike, I did my first bowthruster service this past winter and used a 29x42x8 seal. It was a tight fit but it works. The seal I replaced was also a 29mm ID seal. There was no oil leaking from the

The original stainless anchor is probably a WASI Beugel anchor. It is a good anchor for sure but in my opinion your 33kg Rocna is much better and nearly 30% bigger. I recently demoted my 30kg WASI to

Hi Herbert, Can’t comment on the chain as I’ve never had stainless. Guess it might settle better in the anchor locker. We have the 25kg Rocna on our Santorin and not had any problem with it. With

I ordert now One spade ancor Seewater Aluminium 18,5 Kg for second and stern ancor and 28 kg seewater Aluminium for main ancor I hope it is a god concept Best SM Balu 222 Von meinem iPhone gesendet

Keep in mind, galvanized, steel chain is more ductile than stainless (a good thing) and has higher tensile strength. Those are positives. Oh, also costs less. Negative is, when the galvanizing wears,

Hi Amelians, an excellent topic to discuss - anchor and chain :-) just booked the flights back to Mexico and "in preparation" for the next season... and therefore questions... KALI MERA has 90

The paint we bought locally in Trinidad, from a shop by Coral Cove, was much better than Brightsides. Didn’t flake off like brightsides, one part, and easy to apply. Of course I used it as a boot

We used Brightside Hatteras Off White and a flattening agent. Very close match. Ian & Margaret S/V Loca Lola II SM153 US East Coast