I replaced my MS130 with a MS160 with the integrated evaporator. I believe that's the largest that will fit in the 54 - the SM is probably similar. I had to move the compressor to the space under the

Hello, I have the same cosmetic problem. Has to do with water standing in the lockers and not enough ventilation ...to much humidity in the anchor locker due to salty chain. Since I ventilate the area

Some days your lucky Mal and cash is generally king! And yes I replaced a lot of things but only because I did a circuit in the pacific and then down to the Auckland islands just prior to Covid

Hi team I had a problem in the starboard locker when a crew member standing in it put a crack in the base After a through clean I put 5 layers of coarse glass mat and epoxy and ran it up the

Hello Kenneth, I think you made a small mistake; the refrigerator is 165 litres capacity. For those folks contemplating this mod, be aware that 180 liter Frigoboat unit will also fit as evidenced by

Mal, forgot to add photo of mine!

Mal Mine is the same and the floors in the bow locker are going. I’m sure there have been posts about the same thing on SMs. I think the inside of the chain locker (including the underside of the

Hello Ruslan, We replaced the original Amel swivel with the mantus S3 this year. It appears to be good quality and design. It is designed for boats up to 70 feet. It does come with a large shackle

Hello David, I totally agree with you. The Victron Ve-BMS is not a protection for short circuits or overcurrents. Fuses of the appropriate size are installed as close as possible to each 24 volt

Hi Chris I’ve been looking too and can see that burnsco Have a reasonable range ……. Maybe opua or Auckland has good stock I can get one for my santorin for circa 2200 with built in

If its time for a new fridge, please consider the fridge that JP put into Eleuthera. Excellent 2 drawer. "aFrigoboat 130 liter drawer type with keel cooler and a remote compressorunit. This gives us

https://www.fridgetech.co.nz/collections/elegance-range/products/elegance-range-cr130 Unfortunately our fridge has stopped working. The local fridge mechanic said it had multiple problems & was not

The first thing I would do Ian is check the connectors on the alternator. I went through the process of taking my alternator off and finding an alternator shop in Tahiti, got charged $30 for a simple

Hi Alex I've just done this and its very easy. On the top of the lid is that carpeted material.. if you work out precisely where the middle of the slat lies, just cut a straight line in the carpet the

Hi Dean, We experienced jumping links on the gypsy, at first on deployment, and then under load on retrieval - getting progressively worse until basically unusable. We ended up needing to haul

HI David, Here is my guess as to chain twisting. I'm happy to be corrected if I'm wrong and interested if someone can add more. I am also sorry if everyone knows this and I'm boring them. Where I have

On our boat, once we found the screws (Exactly as Bill R. describes), it came off without a problem. Bil Kinney SM160, Harmonie Port Louis, Grenada http://www.cruisingconsulting.com

Hi all, I am now monitoring the twisting in my chain very carefully. I removed all twists from the chain yesterday and dropped anchor today. I still get the chain jumping in the gypsy on deployment

Hi Bill, are you using S2 or S3 swivel? S3 is bigger and heavier, and 10mm chain is in between S2 and S3, for G4 10mm they recommend S2 and for G70 10mm they recommend S3. I'm leaning towards Mantus

We have always used a Mantus swivel not so much because it swivels, (which I have always found pretty irrelevant) but because the design is stronger than most shackles that will fit through the links