James, We went through the Bahamas last year and had a great time. There are places we want to visit again and new places to see. So far our favorite stop has been the more remote island of

Bill, Have a great time in the Bahamas. We have spent quite a bit of time over there on various boats over the years. What a great resource you are. It will be intersting to compare the actual

Mark, There were 3 variations of the bow thruster control that I know of. I have no other information. Best, CW Bill Rouse Admiral, Texas Navy Commander Emeritus Amel School

Porter, No, the 54 has the infamous BOXTRON. Best, CW Bill Rouse Admiral, Texas Navy Commander Emeritus Amel School http://www.amelschool.com 720 Winnie St Galveston Island, TX 77550 +1(832)

James, Your offer of testing a Sealand pump in an Amel bilge is fun and fascinating. Unfortunetly we'll be headed to the Bahamas before such fun could be had! Yes, the Rule can pump 27 feet up, but at

Alan, We are (relatively) new owners of a Victron MultiPlus 24/3000/70 charger/inverter. After 4 months, I obviously can't speak to long term reliability, but the performance and feature set are

Offshore racing council required two electrical and two manual bilge pumps. One manual pump must be down below. Just for your information. Vladimir SM "Life is Good"

Bill Kinney, Thanks for giving your opinion on sizing bilge pumps, along with the list of pumps that you carry. I really like the idea of doing some testing to get some real world data before

Don't know if newer control boxes/boards are different, but on my SN (1992 #68) the board is pretty simple and I could easily spot the fried segments of printed conductor and simply soldered wire

Hi Duane, I have carbon filter on my watermaker suction line to reduce chlorine during a wash cycle. I use 5 micron carbon filter and I don't use a booster pump. But you have to be very careful

Good morning Duane, I won’t answer your question, but just share my experience. I had a carbon filter “after” the fresh water pump for the same reason - I wish I had been able to put it after

Good morning Duane, I won’t answer your question, but just share my experience. I had a carbon filter “after” the fresh water pump for the same reason - I wish I had been able to put it after

We have a Victron Skyllar 24/100 for 3 Years now, very happy with it Cheers Alan Elyse SM437

4off standard size solar panels 200 watt each + MPPTregulator TRISTAR 24 / 60 AMP generate 8A at 24V. Best regards, Stefan Jeukendrup

That's an interesting theory. The water temperature is about 50 degrees right now. I'll give your idea a test. Thanks, Ryan

Ryan, If the boat is currently in cold Boston waters, it is possible that the heated air (with a higher relative humidity) is condensing on the colder panels and soaking in, thereby swelling the

There aren't any hinges; all of the panels lift out. I also just this evening realized that the panel outboard of the table is stuck too, but the ones directly beneath the table are easy to

Thanks to all for your input on solar panel location as well as your experience with Atlantic Towers and Emek. Bill, I would welcome the opportunity to see your installation. I'll be back in FLL

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Duane Do not know how much it reduce the flow, but we added a similar filter and filter all the freash water. We have not notice any problem at all with the water flow, we have a Jabsco par 5