I managed to get the PG Offline Files and photos download to work and have copied all of the current files and photos to my dropbox account – the link to this folder is https://www.dropbox.com/sh/irrg

I also have considerable coding experience mainly MS SQL and Asp.net / csharp and am willing to donate time and server resource. However I think whatever solution is found should ideally not be depend

I downloaded just under 4000 messages and then exported these and this created an sqllite file that was around 8MB, but I suspect that this is probably padded out and probably is a meaningless size. I

I would agree with a lot of that but receiving a simple text message can also be easier if you are in a low bandwidth situation. I download and tried the yahoo forum offline tool - http://www.personal

There is only a breaker for the bow thruster control circuits on the main panel above the Galley - there is no breaker for the motor itself as currents can get to over 400 amps Andrew SM 472

I wonder if a tool like this might help, seems to allow an offline copy of messages, documents and photos http://www.personalgroupware.com/index.htm Andrew SM472

As I recall there is a button on the autopilot control “WV” for wind vane then it steers a course relative to the wind and has already worked out the angle of the wind and what tack you are on. Howeve

Hi That is one of the first things I did when we bought our boat and wondered why it had not been done as standard but it meant running a twisted pair of wires from the B&G display at the chart table

As I recall it is plastic with an O ring around the top before the thread starts Andrew

Duane Yes that is correct – I might add I didn’t do this the first time until I had verified that it was actually above the water line as I had the same thoughts as you! I don’t think it is mentioned

One our SM the plug is just behind the bulkhead on the starboard side in the lazarette in the well where the outboard propeller tends to sit when it is in the lazarette – it is just above the waterlin

Yes just after I posted my message I looked on some of the US calculators and these as you say seem more conservative. I am not at my boat at the moment but I will certainly take a look at the Amel dr

We have a total run of somewhere between 15-20 meters (internal cabling + shore power cable) of twin and earth 4mm2 cross section double insulated cable from the shore power to the 32A circuit breaker

My understanding of this would be that you should have the galvanic isolator as “electrically” close to the shore power supply as possible so I think the ideal position would be between the shore powe

Have you considered an isolation transformer this besides isolating your boat from a galvanic perspective, offers some safety benefits leaving you less reliant of the integrity of the shore power syst

There is a high end solution described at http://www.torqeedo.com/en/products/hybrid-drives - not sure if this really exists or is just marketing but I thought it was quite interesting as it doesn’t g

I think the key problem is one of energy storage - hydrocarbons store a lot of energy per ml and batteries come nowhere near this, so until someone invents an electrical storage system that could hold

Bill I guess we might need to be careful with option (2) as the -ve 12v and -ve 24v are isolated from each other and this option may connect them together. Andrew SM472

Thanks Bill I had not quite worked through a methodology for getting the correct pressure but this sounds like a sound approach. Andrew SM 472

So I found a similar dimension-ed expansion tank and ordered this from the jabsco shop in the UK - a Cleghorn Waring CW291 Accumulator Tank - 20 litres - this turned out to be identical in every respe