Arno, Many thanks for that. I was intending to do something along those lines. A photo would be good if you don’t mind. I may struggle to find 5200 here in Cariacou so it may have to wait a bit.

Those directional antennas generally have a +/- 3 degree plane off vertical. Using the old (and very handy) 1 in 60 rule (1 degree at 60nm is equal to a distance across that arc of 1 nautical mile

Joerg Correct, the bandwith is often very poor. It is a little better at night times when most users are asleep. But a nice antenna helps a lot. When you have a poor signal strength you have also a

I have the Bad Boy Unleashed WIFI extender system Amel offered as an option on the 55. It has worked well enough but I have found that in the Med, WIFI is usually useless because of lack of

Gerhard, thanks for including those diagrams. That makes it a lot more clear what I was trying to say in my earlier post. The directional antennas are great if you can be sure it will always be

Hi Paul, I used a piece of pontoon wood (whatever that hard-wood is called) and cut strips of 30-40 cm from it. I then put these on the bulkhead vertically so they would create a hook to prevent the

I still have the old Ubiquiti Bullet 2HP which is similiar to the Groove. Depending the conditions I use 2 different kinds of antennas. The usual rod antenna has the characteristics as shown

Paul, We drilled right through and put a small (1mm) bolt through with washers each side and we sealed it [so very small hole]. As to the height - I am not on board and will not be until May but it

Hi Ryan, When I had Kimberlite made Amel mounted a bar between the backstays for our KVH Sat phone. Since we have the go- and no KVH we have extra space on the platform to mount the Groove. Fair

Thanks all for the feedback. My idea was to fix a couple of steel bars to prevent them from falling out. These would be mounted just below the lazarette shelf, rotating up to prevent the tiller

Eric, where did you mount your Groove? Ryan and Kelly SM 233 Iteration Boston, MA, USA

I have been using the groove 52 antenna and router for a few years . It picks up a weak signal and I get great connections. Right now no one on my dock has internet except me. Fair Wind, Eric SM 376

I decided to build my own system. I think it was lower cost, and it's great knowing that I can troubleshoot and repair every aspect of it. I've been meaning to do a full writeup on how I did it for

Thanks David. There are no dumb questions when it comes to antennas on sailboats. The specification is called LMR-400 and TMS is the brand name (Times Microwave Systems) which is just one of

On Carango we use the little shelf on the forward bulkhead of the lazarette we drilled through the bulkhead into the rear cabin taking care that we drilled through so the holes were behind the ledge

Hi Paul; I did think about this issue. My thoughts were that there are so few cases of the tiller being needed in a 54, as far as my research showed, that the location allocated by Amel would be

Hi Bill, We are in remote region of NZ. Count us in during the next round Cheers Jean-Pierre Germain, SY Eleuthera, SM007.

Hi Paul, I had a SS fabricator build a custom holder. It now hangs horizontally at the top of forward face of the aft lazarette. Easy to reach if ever needed. Cheers Jean-Pierre Germain, SY

Paul, That’s where mine is – kept in place with some clips. I use the emergency tiller to bungee cord fishing rods, brooms etc. in place. Best Regards Teun SV AMELIT A54 #128 On the

Hi all, For the A54 I have yet to hear of any successful remedy to the problem of emergency tiller storage, and so far mine has been lying at the bottom of the stern lazarette which is far from