The 230VAC for the first and second (non comfort) are all working. It's just the comfort side which is dark.

Tonight the sockets on the comfort side of the 220VAC panel all died. No lights on the AC panel when i turn on breakers. The inverter voltage light is on. I tried cycling the inverter, no joy. I tried

Speaking with Ken Powers of SV Aquarius recently he mentioned a SM that had restriped in an off white and had a significant reduction in both deck and cabin temps. I would suggest ivory as white would

Hi Bill, Thanks for the head-up How many hours do you have on your TMD22? Rgards Eric Sv Abayomi SM 158 Currently in Flushing NL

Hi Danny, Agree with you as well. Before setting off on my RTW, I had the residual fuel polished. Absolutely no CARP in my fuel 7 years later. I also use biocide religiously and keep my fuel tank

One thing to keep an eye on, is the 220VAC engine room exhaust fan. This unit sits in series with a 24VDC exhaust fan, which runs when the service (12V) alternator for the main engine is creating

Hi Mike and Pat, I saw one SM, Brown Eyed Girl, that had painted the deck white. I thought it very ugly. I too have a few areas where the tan is wearing off but the overall effect is still

Hi JP, I agree with you on the fuel polishing. But I have something to share as to the amount of fuel being pumped and returning to the fuel tank. Some years ago I was trouble shooting a fuel problem.

The dark striping is virtually gone from the tan deck areas. But the tan is still pretty much in place. Even so, it is rather hot underfoot. Mike Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed

Mike, I finally goth the boat back to my mooring in early July and have been working down the list since then. The hot ,humid weather has slowed my progress ,but the weather is changing tomorrow

Hi Pat. Just got back from a month cruising in Maine. We are back at Northpoint and hope to get over to the Annapolis Boat Show in October. Will you be in the water then? Mike Aletes

Mike, I have seen a deck done in white ,probably an off white and it looked good, I have also seen the tan deck with white stripe and that looked real good. We would probably go with a lighter tan and

Hi Pat, We have thought about painting/striping the deck. One consideration is the temperature the tan deck reaches in the sun compared to the white deck areas…tough on bare feet and a contributor

Looking at Danny's deck has gotten us thinking about tackling this job again,we quickly gave up once before. However before I would do the striping I would have to address all the white areas on my

Hi Kent& Iris, See pictures of solar panels above the cockpit, they are hardly visible from the side... These show 4 Solar panel Suntech STP190S24Ad plus. 3 years

Amel 50 custom very thin panels from Solbian - 575 watts on the hardtop. These were custom-made by Solbian. More here about this Amel 50, which will be at the Anappolis Boat Show in October:

Good morning, I'm sure that you will be receiving many similar requests to purchase your set and would like to add our names to the list. While we can't afford to beat the million dollars we'll do

Thanks Olivier, The leak in our metal unit is from the middle of the transverse hole. While it might be technically repairable, to do so would require cutting the entire unit apart and welding new

Bill, If you make the dishes available for sale, please consider us. New owners on Bon Edda, M202. Thanks, Ken & Renee M202 Bon Edda

Hi I am now also looking for the linesplan, to be able to register Travel Bug in Ireland. Did anyone ever get them? Thanks Eamonn Washington Travel Bug Super Maramu #151 New Ross Boat Yard, Ireland.