Thank you Alan, I appreciate the information and this will assist me Regards Paul - Fortuna II 55#17

Hi Ken Do you use Open CPN on a Mac ? Nick Still without a boat 🚣‍♀️

Hi Colin, Sorry about the FB !! ....much happier without it, life is simple. Look fwd to catching up in Oz sometime. Sure the generator issue will be solved...hours?...don;t remember bit I think

Thanks Bill 327-1533 is the number we have for the MDKAV. I'm still waiting to hear from my man how the windings tested out. How did this get in a thread about Running backstays ?? Cheers Alan

Unusually we have a staysail (trinquete) on our Super Maramu. We had a staysail on our previous 12m IOR yacht also. You use the running backstays ALWAYS when using the staysail, because it supports

I like the one that JP (the previous owner) installed on Aquarius. Easy to use and easy to install. Echo Sounder 2D Professional. Two places to buy in the USA. GEMECO MARINE ACCESSO Tel.: +1 803

Thank you Eric, Davi, Bill, Olivier and all for your suggestions regarding the align issue. At present it seems yo be well aligned, done fairly meticulously but sans tool. The vibration is

Ken I'm thinking of installing a forward looking sonar. Is there any one you recommend? Paul on SY Kerpa SM 259

Same in Fiji, same in Indonesia, same in Vanuatu. You should have Google Map Overlays for all your anchorages. OpenCPN with the google map overlays is a good solution. Also, I would suggest

Hi Porter, Could you please explain how you sheet it to the opposite side? I appreciate the knowledge Regards Paul - Fortuna II 55#17

Hi Ruedi Could you please complete your email address? ...(dot).... Brgrds Gerald

Hi to all, First I want to thank the groups and mainly Bill R for the great dedication and support. I have a long time issue with boat speed on the H3000. It's randomly coming an going. My sensors

Scott. That’s exactly what we do re the staysail and the running backstay. Awesome sail that allows pointing quite high, really stabilized the ship. Also adds about a knot in light upwind going when

Thanks Joerg

Thanks very much Scott, that helps me along also Regards Paul - Fortuna II 55#17

I don’t know current pricing. The generator and mizzen attachment was about 3K 2 years ago but I believe prices have gone up. Definitely cheaper to have more solar but I like the mix of power

David, When I designed and made the aluminum alignment tool in the photo below, I found it was too tight a fit as the input shaft which is also 35.00 mm. To make life simpler open the hole up a few

I second this opinion/advice. Strongly. We really struggled without it. Without device: cdrive drive shaft damaged with new longblock replacement and needed rebuilt driveshaft and coupling. After

I'm sure others have done it before, but we don't use the staysail downwind. We either use it in lieu of the genoa in 28+ knot apparent winds upwind or just going upwind along with the genoa. The

Thanks Bill. My batteries are near the end of there life, and I’m interested in this upgrade. Steve Aloha SM 72 Hawaii