Thanks everyone for the input. Would you mind walking me through what it takes to create your blog, text, pictures and if possible videos?

Nick, Your concerns are in fact the reason my Wasi Powerball swivel is stowed somewhere in a locker. However, I think I will try it at some stage to see if it makes any difference to the twist

Different strokes for different folks. But I wouldn't call it a "must have" given how many cruisers go without. We sailed from New England to New Zealand and saw no need for a swivel. After months on

Well, clearly Amel (Puchon) installed Rotary Type 1 on some SMs and Rotary Type 2 on others. Bill CW Bill Rouse Amel Owners Yacht School +1 832-380-4970 | brouse@... 720 Winnie, Galveston Island,

HI Bill, It is clearly marked on the back of my Autopilot case type 1 . The leads on the motor have a label stating 24 volts. This is factory stock when I bought Kimberlite. Fair Winds Eric

If you run the generator it will charge the starting battery. So that means the generator’s engine is running its 12v alternator that charges the same start battery as the engine’s. If you run

I have not a wasi power ball but an Ultra Swivel … for your information twice the resistance of the chain so only benefits and No risk Envoyé de mon iPhone

Nick, Yes the start battery starts the generator. It’s voltage is 12,42 V. This is not completely surprising as I have turned one of the service batteries into a start battery yesterday. I made a

Joerg, We use the App POLARSTEPS since we started our circumnavigation and find it pretty simple to post photos and short videos and comments. Bertrand Quénot A54#43 ANTINEA Currently in Tuamotu

Hi Joerg: I will second Bill’s endorsement of Blogger.com It’s very easy to use for us luddites, and was recommended to us by a programmer friend. The friend is familiar with our tech abilities

I should add that I use DreamHost for the domain. The two work very well together. With best regards, Mark

I agree with you about Sailblogs and prior to that one we used Getjealous.com. We previously used rhose and then switched to Google: www.blogger.com This is that blog: www.svbebe.com Bill CW Bill

I think this might be a case of, you get what you pay for. I have used Wordpress forever. It is user-friendly, and the support is first-rate. When I first started my blog, I

Nick, I agree with you. I eliminated the swivel three years ago because the Wasi swivel made me nervous and never had a problem. Sometimes I need to go slowly backwards to get the Spade to turn

I keep a blog of my sailing trips for which I use the Sailblogs service. I find it very hard to use. I like to post pictures and it's a very involved to do that and countless things can go wrong and

For those interested. Check out Cox engineering. He has done some very useful tests: http://coxeng.co.uk/anchoring/connectors/ Nick S/Y Amelia AML 54-019 Leros

Bruno, Only my opinion I do not trust the WAASI POWER BALL. Especially when connected directly to the anchor as shown in the photo. If the wind shifts 90 degrees there will be a tendency to open the

I don’t understand this “ Mode effect “not to install a swivel …. As the benefits are enormous: it helps not to have a twisted chain which could be broken easier due to twist It helps to have

Hi JP, Thanks for that. My 54 came to me with the centre groove in the bow roller. I don’t know for sure, but I suspect it was delivered that way by Amel. I don’t use a swivel, so if the manual

Eric, Do you have a part number for that beast? As of today, there is no Type 1, 24 Volt rotary autopilot in the Raymarine catalog. Type 1 12V: M81135 Type 2 12V: M81136 Type 2 24V: M81137 If