Thank you all for the responses received thus far. From what has been said till now it certainly looks like there is wisdom in staying with the traditional flooded battery solution in a good brand

Good to know I will try if I can't get the original Thank you Paul

Paul, You can make a zinc for the spurs line cutter by cutting it out of a boat zinc. It will not be a pretty as the Spurs zinc, but if you want a zinc on the line cutter, it will work. I have done

Thanks Derick, this is good news for the shackle! I would guess a few bolt to remove… haven’t look yet. Walter, I agree with breaking shackle instead of the whole car! Sincerely, Alexandre SM2K

Thank you, My boat has been in the water for a long time when I bought hear so in total more than 4 hears without changing the spur zink, I saw no trace of corrosion, however I will try to get it hear

Hi, We have had AGM high performance batteries, first time the bank was based on 12v AGMs best available at the time 2007. Second attempt to the AGMs was with high performance Golf Cart batteries, 6v.

BeBe #387 has batteries similar to original batteries which are freedom-type lead/calcium batteries. If you are considering something different, be sure to consider charging parameters. BeBe's house

Hi Bill and Eric, thanks for your advice, I will use the triatic. Fal-lera Sharki #135

I am still with 8 regular 12 V lead acid battery, but might look for better solutions. Sincerely, Alexandre SM2K #289 NIKIMAT Marina Puerto Bahia, Samana, Dominican

Dear group, changing the shackle depends on the type of Antal 4150 car that is used. The more recent ones have two plastic retainer caps on top of the car. If you disassemble these caps (two screws

So far that is 2 out of 2 replies for 6v lead acid - interesting ... as I we had heard that a lot of folk have been going back to lead acid now ahead of Gel & AGM. Will be most interesting to see how

Hi Colin We fitted 12 6 volt lead acid golf cart type batteries from west marine in the us in July 2009. Still going well. We have a 350 watt super wind generator and two 130watt solar

My husband wrote about this on his blog https://captainjonas.wordpress.com/2015/03/10/the-battery-bank-a-source-that-you-have-to-rely-on/ Regards Annsofie S/Y Lady Annila SM232, 1998 Skickat från min

I use a single backstage for my SSB but have an unused I splayed triatic. I've debated connecting the triatic to my backstay with got-15 to increase the physical length of the antenna. Has anyone

My triatic stay is separated electrically by two ceramic insulators. Sorry I just left the boat. However the attached link is very similar in style to the ones I have. The insulators insulate the

Hi Dieter, The stay between my masts-the triatic stay is the one that I use for the Navtex. I have a whip antenna for my SSB radio however I have seen many Amels that use an insulated backstay as

Our 8 house batteries (2001 SM) have packed in hence time to replace them all. Before going ahead and purchasing new ones this week we would be most interested in finding out what type other Amel

I had to replace the shackle on the mizzen car Didn't have the track piece so I shaped up a wooden one Did the job nicely. Cheers Danny Sm 299 Ocean pearl Sent from Samsung Mobile

Hi Bill, Actually Naval Brass is not stronger than 316 stainless steel. 316 stainless has tensile strength 70 - 75 Ksi, Naval Brass has tensile strength 60 Ksi. 316 stainless is most often used by

Derick, The car has to be removed to exchange the shackles. You need a short piece of track which was on your boat when delivered from Amel. If you do not have the short piece, you will need to get