Anyone seen this. The companion way door locks and unlocks normally with the key. If locked with the key then you can unlock using the inside "knob". But, I cannot lock it from inside. The "knob" is

Dear Bill and all, Thank you for the video. That was very interresting and useful for me as a near future owner of a Super Maramu. Anyway the Group activity is fantastic. Best regards Alain Envoyé

Thank s Paul, i have already seen this Swedish company. Very interesting in the DIY Winston Thundersky cell assembly. They will balance the cells before delivery that are from the same batch. Looks

If you missed the QSails ZOOM meeting, it is now posted. Use this link: https://youtu.be/9CR3O9uD9SM Bill

Hi Denis i agree with you , the last 8 weeks have been dealing with Licium batteries , but it was not happy that too many complex questions are still open to me , then I have co2 and carbon batteries

Hi, does anyone have A spare electrical black box M61037 for sale for the airco Compact 9 EH - Cod. M60018 unit?

I looking into this BMS which I will probably go for, expensive but I got confidence in my contact, he provided a lot of valuable information http://www.bestlithiumbattery.com/ Paul on sykerpa SM 259

In Greece I have received the service kit some weeks ago from: Alex Karademiris Marine Accessories Sales ZOIS EFSTATHIOU S.A. - Imports of Yacht Accessories & Marine Engines 57 Posidonos Ave. - 183

Many thanks for your help. I have just ordered a new pump and will service my current one to keep as spare/mobile unit ready for emergencies. Guillaume Carpathia III, SM2K #293 Now in Athens

Hi Alan, Thank you so much. Fair Winds, Eric

Hi Arno, The Kaiken Flash seems to be permanent equalizing. That said sometimes I have the same feeling as you about Lithium. The maturity for the cruising yacht market doesn t seem that established

Hi Dennis, This is one of the problems I have with many BMS systems, if not all. They use passive top-balancing, meaning they can only balance the cells when full and do this by dissipating the energy

Hi Eric, I drilled the hole in the bottom of the U section...this is the part that supports the stove top grating. I omitted to say that I cut a slot in each side of the U section to match the

Hi James, I'm aware of the differences between balsa and Divinycell, particularly the difference in adhesion to polyester. However Hallberg Rassy and many others have been using Divinycell since the

Bill, I am glad that you pointed out the concern of leakage into the core from cracks as this does happen. Not all cracks are the same, some are a concern and some aren’t and telling the

A mid range Divinycell (H80) has a compressive strength of about 174 PSI (http://www.fiberglasssupply.com/pdf/core/hmanm.pdf) End grain balsa core has a compressive strength of around 1,837 PSI

Bill, Thanks so much for alerting me to this potential problem. I will remove the hatch as you suggested and will seal the core at every deck penetration. I will also use filled epoxy for this

James, ”what has to be removed for inspection.” I wish I had an easy answer for you on this one, unfortunately I do not. We discovered the problem when we had obvious core failure, so our

Thank you Eric for spending the time to take care of the group. Please let us know how to make payment. Happy Sailing; Mohammad and Aty B&B Kokomo AMEL 54 #099

Hi Kent, I will be on board Kimberlite until Oct-28 ish. I will then head to somewhere in the Caribbean. Depending on Covid. Fair Winds Eric Amel Super Maramu #376