Hi Joerg, We installed 500W worth of panels on our bimini - 5 x 100W. We did not have the budget (or eye) for a solar arch. I designed the system such that each panel has its own charge controller.

Thanks for the image and thought Joerg I think the only productive way over the wheel house is again as you’re plan, 1 panel on either side of the boom with separate controllers or both panels

very helpful, yes, thanks much Paul. I have 400W in the same space - that's an easy upgrade. I figure I can install at least 500W on the wheel house. Space available over the fixed portion up to

Thanks Mark. That's exactly what I needed. Mark F is good and has helped me in the past. I'll give him a call. Hope you are enjoying your time in the western carribean. We follow your web page with

Chuck, I recentlypurchased some of those from: Mark Fruehauf BALCEN . 120 Exchange St. STE 300 Portland, ME 04101 207 522 6737

Chuck, I was told that these low pressure fittings are available at Home Depot. Unfortunately, I do not have further information. Bill --

This is my solar panels at present, 2x Panasonic 330w/24v delivers around max 16A (achieving around 120-150ah per day average) and very secure with no issues for wind or waves and looks low key,

Thanks guys. I may upgrade the stern panels as well but I am concerned about windage, waves and esthetics. So for me, I will never have enough solar to run the entire boat at anchor. At sea, I

Adam - Interesting idea from Vladimir - worth popping the motor off the gearbox to see if it works both ways by itself.

It can be mechanical problem in the worm gear mechanism. It happened on my boat. The bearing on one side of the worm failed and was jamming one direction of rotation. Vladimir SM345 Sonsev52@...

Thank you Ian,Bill and Danny for the very helpful responses. I have checked the "in" solenoid, pressed the button on the bottom, and there is 24 V coming through (measured by multimeter so no load).

Try tapping the motor with a soft mallet or something similar. It worked for me until I tidied the brushes up. I still need to order some new ones at the end of the season, but removing the brushes

Thanks Scott for both images, it looked good and strong for sure and a reasonable price Kind Regards Paul

Thank you for the image, I like the simplistic lines and would expect it to be adequate given the strength through the davits A drone landing pad is very handy too Thanks Paul

Hi Gary. That's the crazy part. The turbo was OEM! Ian & Margaret S/V Loca Lola II SM153 US East Coast

Just curious re: your stainless chain- is it very obvious that it needs to be replaced? Ours is 12 years old and looks generally fine, but I've also had pristine looking stainless snap on me. --

Greetings All, I developed a leak on the low pressure product water side of the watermaker membrane. It appears to be coming from the gray attachment piece fit directly into the end cap. I tried to

Another photo. Note the vertical near the stern light. Initially the boatyard continued the diagonal near the upper right of the photo all the way to the stern. As should be obvious, that interferes

Dean - Great idea with using it as a drone landing pad! Paul - my arch is not low visual impact, but I am pretty confident it can handle anything we throw at it. See attached - please ignore the

Wow that was a comprehensive answer. Thanks Arno. Not sure yet what I will do as I am in the UK for another couple of weeks before gong back to the boat. Nick Amelia AML54-019