The Mizzen cable access is behind the light in the main head shower. Porter McRoberts S/V IBIS A54-152WhatsApp:+1 754 265 2206 Www.fouribis.net

Pat, I really like what Amel is currently using on the Amel 50. It's the best thing I've seen. Photo attached. I am training a crew the week on a brand new 50. It is an amazing Amel. Best, CW Bill

Hey Mark, That would have been Jonathan. We had a great passage to the Azores. Yes it is a small world. I am nostalgic just thinking about all the ocean passages. Some easy and others not so, but

Hi Arno, I realize that with your modification, the point at which you can attach the line to the door is further away from the wall than in my case. where I simply attached it to the cross wood and

Hi Arno, To avoid the weight from sloshing around I used the track that I mentioned to guide the weight along the vertical direction. It is very smooth because it runs in roller bearings. With this,

Hello Nick yes BLU stands for Bande Laterale Unique ie SSB ! voila ! -- Nicolas Klene DarNico SM2K # 471 In Marseille

Nick, On the Super Maramu there is a removable panel in the aft head on the upper, inboard side of the forward bulkhead that give us access to the cables coming down the Mizzen mast including the AIS

Thanks Arno, There never was an AIS system on the boat. I am installing a receiver now. For the moment I am using the main VHF to test it and it all works. Now I just have to find the cable from the

See here: https://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/BLU BLU => Bande Latérale Unique (French: Single-Side Band) Cheers, Arno Luijten SV Luna A54-121

Hi Jose, I really like your idea. Very clever. I used to live in a house that had that system for the sliding windows. For the boat it seems to have some additional challenges. - How do you prevent

The VHF antenna on the Mizzen is for your AIS system.

 Further to my last email So we have the triatic weather fax antenna. Then there is a VHF type tall antenna? And a stubby antenna? Also what does BLU mean? Is it French for SSB ? You can see that

I am hoping that some group knowledge may help me. I want confirmation that the antenna on the mizzen that looks like a VHF is actually a VHF antenna (spare) Secondly I can not find the end of the

I agree with Trevor the posts on this subject is one of the best attempt to describe and explain one of the most mysterious maladies that affect sailors in general. Thanks to Bill for bringing the

Hello,I cant find any information about the "excitation type" of my Leece Neville 8RL3021 alternator. Does anybody know wehter it is a positiv or negativ excitation? I want to fit a Wakespeed WS500 on

It seams to me, for those of us with lead acid batteries. It is important to minimise the use of the bowthruster. Having owned other boats not fitted with BT’s and manoeuvred perfectly well this is

Hi Ken, I guess this was to me since you refer to my Super Wind 350. I pretty well agree with all you said though the only thing I might question is the need for life po batteries but that is a matter

Attached are a few pictures.

Bill ,Just want to double check the size of the gasket. I had a look at mine and they are 1" wide ,but where they are not depressed ,at the edges they appear to only be about 1/2" in height and in the

I have done the measurements. My bow thruster takes 480 Amps. It seems there are some misunderstandings with most Alternator systems installed on the main engines, and the amount of current you will