Hi Joerg, I'm not sure how the bilge is designed on a A55 but I only use the Kärcher in the bilge-pit itself, for the A54 there is no insulation there and keeping the water-level low to begin with, pr

Dear forum, I discovered some water ingress in the rear locker of the boat and traced it back to failing sealant under the foot of the removable stanchion. So I removed the foot to discover a bit of s

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It is only the central stern one that suffers from this problem. The others are mounted on the gunwales, those are solid glass. regards, Arno

Hi Paul, Last spring I got an offer to have them replaced for a little over 900 euro by: SARL caraibe menuiserie le Carénage 97290 LE MARIN Tél : 0596537663 Tél portable : 0696257604 Fax : 0596537663

Why do you say too many? Are they interfering with each other. We have two on te main mast and one on the mizzen; AIS, VHF and WeatherFax. They seem to get along. In my marina the is currently a motor

Hi Scott, Great to hear I’m not the only one that has trouble with these pumps. I asked Flojet about this and they simply do not carry a brushless variant of this pump. I did have a look at a few othe

Hi Scott, The main feeder cable to the 24 volt panel is coming from the busbar-stud that sits on the wall that separates the battery compartment from the compartment that contains the main power switc

Hi Nick, Thanks for your observations. I fully agree the insulation of especially the freezer is the main problem. As Oliver suggested in previous postings, changing the insulation with a better one r

It is good to hear Amel chose the right way forward for evolving their yachts. Just saw the Yachting World Youtube about the Amel 60, it seems again a very well put together boat and I’m sure it will

Hi Paul, I used a piece of pontoon wood (whatever that hard-wood is called) and cut strips of 30-40 cm from it. I then put these on the bulkhead vertically so they would create a hook to prevent the e

Hi Paul, Please find the enclosed pictures. I still need to paint them... I have painted the vertical part of the emergency tiller black because it was not looking well anymore, the galvanization had

Dear forum, I'm on a bit of a quest to get my forward locker dry. So far I have identified/remedied 6 sources of water ingress: 1. Locker hinges are not very well embedded in Sikaflex causing leakage.

Hi Courtney, We have been living in the marina of Fort Louis, Marigot for several months now. Last year we lived for 8 months here as well. Although the marina is a bit of a mess, as location it is th

Hi Scott, As Bill says the bowthruster is on the secondary side of the main switches. On our 54 only the shore-chargers are directly connected to the batteries. Everything else is routed via the switc

Hi James, Sorry to hijack your question directed to Bill. The picture is actually from our boat. The brand of the switch is the same as yours. However on an 54 we run a 24 volt system so most loads ar

Hi Scott, I have not looked in detail to the setup of the thruster yet but I know there is something in place to prevent sudden changes in rotation direction. In other words a device to prevent you fr

Although I don't have davits I can say that a 3.10 meter dingy fits nicely on the aft coach-roof assuming you cover the shower-hatch.. My guess is that 3.40 meter would be very tight. Typically we kee

Given the speed an frequency this is happening, you may want to check for galvanic corrosion. If the ground cable on your water-heater is somehow carrying a voltage potential this may cause accelerate

Hi Bill, Just to put some additional pictures with your story The original pump as found on our Amel (hull 121) is the one in picture 1. It has the code A092819C like the one you specified. Our boat h