Mark. I think your insights are spot on. Both #1 and # 2. However, It seems to me that with access to solar or other power a charger should be able to be programmed to perfectly care for a battery,

Mod will have exactly what you need I replaced mine last year in the meantime I took some small tubing and made a temporary set up

We have also experienced a small deck leak, albeit forward of yours. What I have found is the screws that hold in the metal plating associated with the windows can work loose a little bit, allowing

Hi Bernd, If you don't have a solar arch that sticks out over your stern, you should look at the Hydrovane option. They have brackets that work well on the many different stern configurations and

Mark, Can you be more specific on which copper fuel line you are talking about? If so, let me know I will try to take a measurement for you. -- Mark McGovern SM #440 Cara Deale, MD USA

Deck leak. Hello All, My boat has developed a small deck leak over the chart table. So far it is small and is visible only by looking at the slight bubbling and dampness in the head liner. I

Porter, That's part of the issue. If you read each manufacturers instructions for how to store their LiFePO4 batteries you will get very different answers. There is some level of commonality

There is an interesting detailed article on www.marinehowto.com website on lithium batteries. check it out

Joerg, Good point. There should be two flushing attachment points on the engine, one just after the water pump and one before the exhaust so you can run a flush, with a barnacle slash calcium cleaning

It has been a surprise to me how much seaweed and other dirt accumulates in the heat exchanger for the gear box even though there is a strainer at the intake point. Amel recommends that the heat

Hi! I am looking for opinions and recommendations to make my SN independent of electricity in case of eg a lightning strike frying my electronics in the middle of the NAT or PAC. Navigation is clear,

Hello, what I understood is that these LiFePO4 batteries don’t like to be for days, weeks ...months at 100%SOC. Where the 50-60% is preferable for storage. A little of a few % charge once a month

A couple of points here. Sure, the duration of the warranty ( 2 years) is not a guarantee that the batteries will hold up long enough to amortize the much higher cost vs. gels or AGM. However, the

Mike aiken at northwindyachtservice.com. he is in Deltaville a lot now and knows Amels well. Good luck - sherman gifford SM 291 Brevis Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

Looking for a surveyor in the vicinity of Deltaville, VA for an insurance valuation. Any suggestions.contact details? Ian SM153 Loca Lola II

Merhuba, See attached photo. Hope you are enjoying Turkey Kind regards Ross and Donna SV Intrepid Kiwi Currently in Turkey Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad

There is an old rule of thumb. For every 9 to 10 ft of boat you need 1/8 inch of chain. So for a 53 ft boat that suggests say 5/8 of an inch chain. That rule of thumb was based on the old grade 30

Hi ! I have had a similar issue , if your engine rpm doesn’t increase than it’s a simple cable adjustment , if you can increase your rpm on your engine but prop doesn’t spin , then you

Hi Gary, My bilge switch is an APEM On-Off switch with long toggle. Unfortunately the 631xxxx or 636xxxx number is no longer readable... The number might be 631H/2-5 according to the datasheet on

Thanks for all the responses gents...appreciated! To answer all your suggestions. It’s difficult to tell if I increase speed slowly whether it makes a difference. It’s not obvious but I think it