Dear Daniel, I think making the engine room watertight is a very complex undertaking. Perhaps sealing the bulkhead between the aft cabin and the engineroom might be possible. And probably the most

Daniel, I forgot to add that every time things got very bad for me (storms and big waves) I have become seasick. I am just practical. Keep in mind that when seasick: you become weaker, don't have the

You've had some fun on the high seas! Thank you so much for the reply and concern regarding the rather ominous task of making an Amel Mango engine room, watertight. You wrote: If the engine or the

Pat, Can you be more specific about the sleeve, or lack of, that caused the overheating of your Volvo TMD22? Ipanema has persistent overheating at high RPM after cleaning with BB both heat exchangers

I’m sorry but I really don’t get the fascination with installing electric motors on cruising sailboats. Your 40KW motor is 53 HP which is about half the power that your boat came with (assuming

That’s an interesting figure – I have been exploring the concept of an Oceanvolt drive for the supermaramu with an 18KW DC generator to provide range only dependent on the diesel tank size. A 40KW

Daniel Alexander, Our Meltem does not have a watertight engine room. It just wasn't designed that way and I am OK with that. Same with the watertight bulkheads. We just have two bulkheads at the bow

I had Maine yacht center install 1200ah of lithionics batteries with 1200w of solbian solar, 300a api alternator and 2 x 3kw victron inverter chargers. 90k usd with about half that being labor. Billy

Wow, Rob, thanks for this incredibly informative information. I now have a different foundation from which to work. Just curious. Do you think it is viable to make the engine room, watertight? Best

Dear Alexander, Our Amel Mango has almost exactly the same engineroom set up (bilge, aft bulkhead, exhausts, etc). Amel just did not build the engineroom to be watertight. Good luck with changing

Hi Pierre. I will do that. If I cant find my photos I will take some new. Kind Regards Danny SM 299 Ocean Pearl

I got 4 of the SOK 12v 206ah batteries, $1029 each. 7 year warranty and good reviews, BMS built in, and tear down videos online. I looked at the battle born and many others. I believe 6 can fit in

In march this year, I've ordered 68 LiFePo4 cells, 150Ah, in China, to build my new battery pack. I've received them last month, and I'm currently charging/balancing them. It will be

I had seen their pricing https://battlebornbatteries.com/product/sailboat-12v-600ah/ I was just wondering how much US based pro install of these was relative to china direct buy and diy install. Ken

Hi Danny, would you mind posting some pictures of your port side rail set-up, sounds very interesting. thanks -Pierre SV Viva, SM374 Portland, OR

Hey there Get the Battleborn batteries with their victron inverter package. Perhaps USD13k for 7.5kw useable through a 5kw inverter. LifePo4 is the only safe way and Battleborn use very small safe

Indeed. I have absolutely no idea what the protocol for glassing fibreglass to cast iron might be. Does anybody know a youtube channel for fibreglass techniques? Does fibreglass bond to a flexing cast

You’ll likely have to fiberglass and plywood will those holes… Crazy that they carved it all up. :-(

Dear All Is it possible to install gaskets and door braces on the Amel Mango aft cabin door to create a watertight aft cabin a la SM? Is the rest of the bulkhead sealed off from water ingress? Would

Dear All Bill Rouse was an absolute God send. He put so much time into helping me with the purchase of this Mango and really warned me about the likely pitfalls of assuming ownership of such a