All, It's confession time and a request for advice/tips. A week ago, for the first time ever I managed to jam the mainsail when furling it (somewhere around the first batten). It was impossible to fre

Having previously had a Super Maramu one of the attractions of getting an A54 was the staysail. Unfortunately I can't find any information on the correct way to rig the running back stays. What inform

Thanks everyone. The advice is consistent and fully absorbed! My sails are only 4 years old and in good shape. Suspect I simply didn't have adequate outhaul tension / good boom angle. The day I have t

Thanks Bill, The two blocks, great suggestion, I like it.

I need to renew the bungee cord in the main boom on my A54. Can someone explain the technique please. The only opening which gives access to the bungee is at the leech end of the boom and that’s prett

Many thanks Ulrich. Tomorrow's project!

Welcome to the community John, You have stirred up happy memories of when I lived in Tiburon and raced out of Tiburon Yacht Club on a J105. Now living back in the UK but cruising on my Amel 54 in the

Want to buy and fit LED bulbs to the tricolour masthead light on Wilna Grace - Amel 54 #58. I believe the fitting is the original one and that it's an Aqua Signal series 40, but can anyone confirm tha

Thanks for all the input. FYI I've gone ahead and bought from this UK sight (they ship internationally) https://boatlamps.co.uk/. Their product is 12-30V rated so no problem with over voltage and they

Hi All, I've a problem with my engine D3-110i-C engine running hot (it has 1350hrs on the clock) I'm having to keep the rev's down at 1100RPM of less otherwise the engine temp steadily rises, so that

All, The problem turned out to be the transmission oil cooler which was 3/4 blocked. The gurgling has stopped - I'm pretty sure this was the exhaust anti-syphon pipe sucking in air because of the upst

In the spirit of sharing info' and sources..... This summer I replaced the gas strut of our galley work top fridge/freezer as the original one had worn out and didn't support the lid. I sourced a repl

Gary, excellent description and encouraging, thanks. I too have been feeling nervous about tackling this job but your description is great and the above waterline cable exit is reassuring (I'd expect

Wilna Grace has twelve new 110AH Victron Gel batteries and I'm keen to look after them carefully! The bank is charged either by solar and a Victron MPPT 100/50 or a Victron Multiplus 24V 3000W 70A. I

I'm having a mental moment/doubts concerning the correct positions for the three-way valve on the watermaker (Duo 100 on an A54) Restarted the watermaker yesterday (after it had been pickled for a cou

Thanks Olivier and Roque, I have checked for leaks everywhere and all is tight so before getting into more technical thoughts I wanted to check I wasn't making a silly mistake. Will check the solenoid

Hi All, The sonic speed on Wilna Grace has not worked for sometime so with the wisdom learned from this group I've been investigating. Adjusting the spacing knob on the processing unit I'm unable to g

Thanks for the advice Stefan. Yes I did check there was power going to the unit. I also checked the output to the H2000 and saw 150mV. But, darn it I didn't know to check the AGC voltage, I'll do that

Hi Stefan, Had already bought replacement transducers from Maxmarine and was planning to install them but halted that project when the existing ones checked out okay at 111kΩ and so I started suspecti

Measured mine last year when considering lithium - see attached sketch (dimensions are mm). Think this tallies with Dominique's response.