Peter, The circuit breaker that is tripping is an RCD or Residual Current Device. It trips when it detects a even a minute difference between the current in the (normally) Hot leg and the current in t

For posterity, here are some close up pictures of the "bowtie" pieces of foam that are inside the mizzen mast. They are pieces of cylindrical foam about 10.5 mm in diameter and 40mm long. They are tie

Mark, In my case, there is no way to attach a new cable to the old cable at the top of the mast. At least not that is apparent to me. The original RG58 Cable seems to be "hardwired" to the Banten AIS

Mark, The foam dampers are attached to a separate mouse line, NOT to the VHF cable or any other cable. The idea is that when you need to run a new cable up inside the mast, you: 1. Tie a new "plain" m

Tom, I just replaced my VHF and AIS antennas as well with the Shakespeare 5215. The 5215 has a SO-239 connector on it. That is a female connector so your cable will need the corresponding male connect

Mark, I replaced both at the same time. I couldn't tell you if it "needed" to be changed out or not since I do not have the equipment to measure signal loss, but since I was upgrading the in-mast cabl

Eric, Here's a pic I found of my Leece-Neville alternator mounting feet on my Yanmar 4JH3-HTE: I can't tell you if it is correct or not but this is the way it was when I bought the boat in 2017.

Giovanni, I just repacked my rudder stuffing box and found that the same piece of PVC pipe that I use to seat the C-Drive seals works well to help seat the packing material in the stuffing box. I also

Giovanni, In the USA, this is a very common home plumbing pipe that can be found in pretty much every hardware store anywhere in the country. You can also get it on online on Amazon and eBay and MRO s

Bill, The aluminum tube part of the long poles on Cara (Hull #440) are just over 442cm long. The entire pole with the end fittings is around 469cm. Pics below:

Dave, The photos of the blocks are on my phone so I'm answering for Denise. We used some leftover 22mm (7/8") thick teak boards from making new passerelle steps to make the support blocks. The gimble

Roy, Congratulations! It's about 59.5cm from the top of the toerail to the top of the lifeline.

Peter, Happy to pay it forward. It's about ~610mm from sidewall to sidewall in our Super Maramu. Hopefully someone with a 54 can chime in with that measurement for you.

Ian, It's sounds like the DC negative cable from your solar charge controller is wired incorrectly and is bypassing the shunt. Therefore, the shunt and the battery monitor are not "seeing" the amps go

Ken, I will take two (2) sets. They will be shipped to Maryland in the US of A.

Mark, I just replaced the ball valve in my forward head. Believe it or not, but I got mine on Walmart.com. Do a google search for "IBV-1250BSPP" which is Groco's part number for this valve and you wil

Pat, A few people on this forum have reported having good results using the following product: Clean Seal, Inc. Part #: 342HATS-100; D-section 342 with Adhesive, 100 feet Price: $2.092/foot The compan

Nick, On the Super Maramu there is a removable panel in the aft head on the upper, inboard side of the forward bulkhead that give us access to the cables coming down the Mizzen mast including the AIS

Mark, I successfully ran LMR-400-UF (Ultraflexible) down both the Mizzen and the Main for AIS and for VHF so it can be done. I was actually even able to run a third length of it down the Mizzen mast f

Pat, The information Bill, Mark, and Dan provided you is correct. I just replaced the ball valve in my forward head with the Groco part number IBV-1250BSPP. Because it is a straight thread you will ne