Hi Paul, Fair question. Actually I have been considering to enhance the system using an Arduino controller or similar. But builing something like that and also making it reliable takes time and I had

Hi Scott, The brain of this thing is fairly rudimentary so not too likely to fail unless water has entered the enclosure or the connectors. The way they routed the sensor cables is not the best leavin

Hi Vladan, In my case the sensors were the same as in the picture you made. Removing the cover is a bit of a pain. Remove the two screws on the side that is exposed when the passerelle is in the close

Hi Vladan, I am by now an expert in this fantastic piece of Italian engineering. You need to remove both covers of the rotating part of the passarelle. To do this you will need to rotate the passarell

For our boat I have changed the Climma’s for Frigomar Inverter units (http://frigomar.com/). A huge improvement. They use less power, have no startup surge and are more quiet during operation. The rea

Hi Laurens, Please be aware I’m working with Sofomarin as well. Some moths ago I helped designing a new secondary manifold together with Bill Rouse and others. This has been in place since on our boat

I can confirm the three way valve starts leaking after xxx time. I had to replace mine last year. By the way I don’t think there is a documented middle postion for the valve by the way. I only use two

Hi Ruedi, Sorry to barge in like this but I actually installed the MV Mass Combi Ultra 24/3500 as well so maybe you want to know what I did as well. In the later 54's the MV inverter is actually place

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Well, call me crazy but Ireally prefer the cabrio version. For me it’s much more elegant… Cheers, Arno Luijten SV Luna, A54-121

Hi Bill, Did they sell many of the cabriolet version? Arno

Hi Bill, Interesting observation. I cant' give you a proper answer but using Yachtworld pictures I do notice this change happened around 2014, which I believe coincide with the mid-lifecycle update Am

Dear Forum, Following the good work from WASABI I did some further digging into this sensor matter. The isolated oil sensor is no longer supplied by Volvo Penta. However it is a standard sensor for Vo

Enjoy your meal! You are aware there are no Amels with three masts though? Enjoy the hunt for an Amel. In some ways that is even nicer then actually owning one 😀 Cheers, Arno Luijten A54-121

Or you can this one. Not too expensive and no additional work: https://www.ebay.com/itm/133846707783?epid=655828916&hash=item1f29e2ae47:g:hxwAAOSwqYdhFTpN

Hi, There is a omission in the English version of the Mastervolt website: https://www.mastervolt.nl/producten/mass-sine-24v/mass-sine-24-5000-230v-50hz/ This is the Dutch page for the Mass Sine 24/500

Hi Jeroen, We replaced it with a Bar Stool very similar to the one in the picture. That is; the upper part of the stool. We discarded the (flimsy) gas-lift undercarriage and used the seat part only. I

Nah, Amateur class. You should go for the new Mercury V12 600HP. 2400 HP should get Kimberlite moving nicely for at least 30 minutes before you run out of fuel... Regards, Arno Luijten SV Luna

The upholstery has found a new boat. Cheers, Arno Luijten SV Luna

Dear Forum, For those that still have the original navigation chair in their A54 and may be looking to replace the existing upholstery I have a nice set available that I used to re-upholster our chair

Hi, I don't want to kill off your optimism but the leak may be a bit less easy to fix. In my case the leak was in the heat-exchanger on the compressor. What happened is the sea-water corroded trough t