Paul, On my last boat I got nearly 10 years from my battery bank AGM’s and it was only because I left a lamp on and forgot to turn off the power when I left the boat for two weeks that they died.

Batteries from time to time should be equalized and most battery chargers can do this. Another way to stop the need for this so often is to have every battery in a bank connected with the same

Hi Kent, I had an old screwdriver and I cut the handle down to a butt. Worked well. Also you can buy stumpy screw drivers. When you reassemble be sure to coat the screws with lanacote (for next

Paul, I believe that the 12.3 battery has failed. The 12.5 batteries are nearing the same point, with probably less than 1 year. I would disconnect the pair that has the 12.3 and move things so that

Hmmm, I’m seriouslyconfused. How is hair making its way to the inside of the toilets? If it is causinga problem wouldn’t the easiest solution be not to put it in there to beginwith. With

Hi Kent and Iris, I am afraid that the dreaded job of regularly de-hairing the macerator pump is on my list of preventative to do’s. It is not too bad if one pumps through plenty of clean water

Kent, Maybe you should read what we gave those people visiting our boat. It is posted on BeBe's blog at https://svbebe.blogspot.com/p/visitors-to-bebe.html The important part is: NOTHING GOES IN THE

Hi all, I had to replace a macerator pump. It had long hair wrapped around the shaft. We were wondering if anybody has used liquid plumber periodically in their toilets to dissolve hair? I am

First, many thanks for all your advice, it is much appreciated. I have 6 pairs for my 24v system. The pairs and voltages, after being fully charged (i.e. drawing 1A) and left disconnected for 12

Hi John, Glad to hear from you. You headed back N? We’ll be inT&C for a few weeks, then heading S. Not sure how we missed you. We had a great weather window out of Ft L. Motor sailed for about 6

This is my Forespar LC 15-27-UTS-UTR Alu telescope boom we use for the Gennacker, the 6,80 m Amel boom on the other side for the genua.Holders at the reling are homemade, holder at mast combination of

I had the drive shaft on the 24 volt side get chewed up due to a shaft key failure. I think the key was 3/16" instead of the 5mm key. As far as I know the pump is fine except for that, though keep

54 poles again: Agreed they are big and heavy. They can be managed solo but it’s easier with 2 people. What I think people would find the trickiest is over reaching at the bow to pass the sheet in

The second pole was an option on the 54 Courtney Trippin 54 #101 Benner Bay St Thomas

Hi Jeff, I am not on the boat for the winter, so can not measure the stem fitting. My poles are normally stored on deck. So there is no track on the mast but fittings at the base of the mast.

RE POLES ON THE 54 I have a 54 with twin aluminium poles. I can manage them alone but they are big and quite heavy. One trick I have found is that when at sea and likely to be using them, but not

Thanks for taking the time for such a detailed description. The flavor of your information more or less matches the relative degree of differences I was expecting between the three models, but with

Paul, I agree with Alan. Start shopping for batteries. Actively cruising battery lifetimes are normally between 3 and 4 years. Best, Bill Rouse Amel School 720 Winnie St Galveston Island, TX

I agree with Alan, a difference in voltage of 0.4 indicates a serious imbalance on the batteries pairs. Normal AGM batteries are especially sensitive to chronic undercharging, and the batteries that