Ouch Ben!! Glad you had a good outcome. I will brief all my visitors about this painful safety point. We insist that all folks aboard wear shoes at all times… except when they go below. Keep

I know the purpose of this forum is technical but I feel compelled to complement Jean Colin and the Amel team at Marin, especially Caroline. And our new friends from Cannes, France - Edouard and

Hi Paul, We have just spent an entire season in the Caribbean, and are now in Grenada for the summer. We have 420 watts of solar on the Emek arch, and no wind generator. I had strongly considered

Christian Excellent – we may drop by and say hello sometime and see how you are getting on with your project! Best of luck Andrew RONPISCHE SM472 Canet–en-Roussillon From:

Colin, Paul + JP Thanks - Colin I am interested in the Raymarine Quantum for exactly the same reasons and particularly the integration with the Raymarine MFD, etc That being said when we use the

Good morning Paul, The previous owner of my vessel installed an Air X Marine Wind Generator (24 Volt) on top of the mizzen mast. I think this is a great location despite a difficult access. The

Hello! Weare thinking of adding a wind generator to complement our 650 w of solar power.On cloudy days, during night sailing and in windy anchorage in the Caribbean Ithink it might be a good

Andrew This is a rather long winded way of answering your question but let me try to explain. Although somewhat clunky looking and consuming too much valuable space at the nav station area, we still

Thanks Ian, Actually a neighbor of mine (3 years ago) suggested to repaint the anchor (I did know any better, now I do). With the new Rocna I already purchase a “Refinishing kit”. Since I work

Welcome to the group Christian....you will find a LOT of useful information in here. I certainly did. Je te souhaite un bon restoration !! Cheers Alan Elyse SM437 - Fiji

Welcome to the group Christian....you will find a LOT of useful information in here. I certainly did. Je te souhaite un bon restoration !! Cheers Alan Elyse SM437 - Fiji

Hi Alexandre, It looks as though the previous owner used his anchor a lot and then instead of regalvanising it he chose to slap on some white paint to hide the rust. Not a

Right on ! The toothless (rebuilding bow thruster), spot-ridden, rusty keeled Maramu is being rebuilt (hull, keel & rudder whilst on the dry) after years of poor maintenance & extensive sailing. She

That Spade looks like was coated with some kind on corrosion protection. Normally carbon steel anchors are galvanized. Galvanized anchore is good for more than 15 year. I do not wash off my galvanized

Hello, First and foremost thank you for all these answers and tips.It is really a relief to be able to tap all this specific experience that no one around can match. Gary, great warning for

I forgot a question Ian, Since you have the same Spade I have. What type of care or maintenance do you do for your anchor? I did not know anchor needed to be “maintained” (aside washing them

Good afternoon Ian, Well, I explained the story on FB how I end up with 2… In short I later discovered about the lifetime warranty on the spade, and it was too late to cancel the rocma which

Alexandre , Why do you need two anchors ? We have a 30 kg Spade which has coped in all conditions . We carry an aluminium version 15 kg , with a couple of meters of chain which we keep in the

JPG, This sounds like a pretty good solution for a secondary anchor to me and I might duplicate it. It makes sense to minimize the weight of the rode since it sounds like you will have to