Jose, I had a similar problem. with the Yanmar engine in my SM for almost a year which drove me mad. Finally I bought a new sea water engine pump more out of desperation than discovering the

Paul. Do you have continuity between the negative pole of the 24 system and the rigging, when testing with a multimeter? If there is a closed circuit, you should. Porter A54-152

Michele, I did this last year with Gary Silver. It wasn't hard. The sensors in the boat and keel, were just pushed in. We carefully drilled a small hole into each broken sensors (this was the hard

Bill R., Those wires appear to go to the stereo system amplifier, but they are not the root of the problem as disconnecting them didn’t make the issue go away. However, I am keeping then

Bob, This is a good idea. I agree that in the tropics running the generator + water maker+ Bat Chargers can cause create a lot of heat. Increasing the air flow can only help. Also adding and pointing

Hi Pat. You can see the attachment in this photo. I bought the panels and the purpose made attachments off the shelf at Island Water World Sint Maarten

Our panels are 60 volts, feeding a 24 volt house bank.

Danny, That is the same size as I have decided on. They are only 180w , 12v but I have three 140w already. Since what I have is three 12v panels in series ,I was advised to stay with 12v panels and

Hi Gregory, I used Tef-Gel from Tikal. Yes, it would be interesting to see how it looks like after 5 years. Wolfgang

Juan I bought 16 cells from RJ in China in total 540 Ah 24 volt (2700 USD free delivery, Portugal), opted for a high quality BMS MasterLi including high quality Contactors ( 750 A continius load)

To be able to store the dingy in the aft lazarer, you can’t have a solid bottom. You have to be able to fold it. Here is how we store our dinghy. Having a slide we mount over the aft it is super

Hello Slavko, Would you get it in the lazarette? I doubt it. We have a 2.6m Highfield RIB and we store it upside down on the aft cabin roof under the mizzen boom, bow facing aft. It JUST fits. We had

I am planning to replace my 400 ah 24v gel batteries with Lithium batteries. My charging devices are : Alternator Mastervolt 24v 75 ah Mass combi Mastervolt 24 v 60 ah , 220v 2600 w MPPT victron with

Hi Wolfgang, how did you protect the contact between still bearing and aluminum case? thx!

Teun, I have alwaysbeen very honest with the insurance company about how the vessel ownership isstructured. I have a string of emails where they have approved various address scenarios.Using a

Hi Pat, I know you said you had a new plan but I was on the boat so here are my panel sizes. Two panels mounted aft of the cockpit , port side almost touching each other each panel 1425mm X 650mm.

Gregory I think your 54 is no 172. You will need to get the gearbox and motors from Amel. The motor you have is considered non-repairable.

Bob, Thanks for the idea on how to check all the saltwater pumps for leaks in one go. I converted the heads to freshwater flush about 2 years ago so they are not a likely culprit. I also just

Hello and good evening from Rome This summer I experienced on my SM2000 some troubles with the reading of the B&G speedometer. I saw the documents in the files section, but there is not indication

Just for the record--My Santorin which always had constant temperatures on its temp gauge (would change only with changes in ocean water temps) One time I noticed a 5F increase in engine temp. An