The Force 10 unit was available last summer - I saw it in Valencia. I’m also converting to LiFePO4, but going all Mastervolt like Paul has on Fortuna II. No changes to the chargers and inverters are n

Wow, Jose, I’ve never had this happen on Kincsem. I guess the answer is not to go to a marina and anchor instead! Seriously, maybe you deploy a bit of the mizzen sail to change the rhythm? Je Joerg Es

Stuart, I was not aware my boat had two shunts and I’m away from the boat so cannot check. But have you asked Amel (Thierry Billard - sav@...) or better yet, Stéphane at Pochon ( stephane@pochon.

My boat - US flagged - is in Spain on the hard and I am getting close to the maximum 18 months temporary importation period for VAT purposes. Keeping the boat in Europe past the 18 months would mean t

I tried this procedure during the winter of 2018/19 in Naftplion and was told it had been discontinued. It has been discontinued in Spain as well, by the way. Joerg Esdorn A55 Kincsem

Over the last several months, I've become an involuntary expert in all things VAT on boats in the EU. Marocco works, so does Gibraltar (that's a change since the UK left the EU) but the Channel Island

I can second Sarande in Albania. Very efficient and cheap. I did it twice. And Albania is a great tourist destination. Renting a car and exploring the countryside and national parks is highly recommen

I have gone all Mastervolt with my Lithium conversion, which was just completed by the local MV dealer. I have 3x200 Ah 24V batteries and I’m using the existing MV 60 A and 100 A chargers and existing

This setup proved a 2:1 purchase for the outhaul. Probably necessary given the massive mainsail. I don’t think the winch system used on the smaller boats would work Joerg Esdorn A55 Kincsem

Porter, on my boat the back stays stretched so much the first time I sailed upwind in more than 35 kn of TWS that I had to put a figure 8 knot into them to shorten them. I’ve never had a problem with

Seeing yesterday's post by Bill Rouse of the Amel article about runners reminded me that some of you might not know about the Amel Club website which contains that article as well as many other useful

About 1.5 m above the block and tackle used to store the runners. I would start by using duct tape to tape some old line to the runners and see whether it makes a difference. You are correct that it’s

The electrical plans confirm this is a 15A fuse. I would contact Stephane at Pochon and ask him your question. Pochon designs all the electrical systems for Amel. Stephane is the client relations guy

Looks like you've found the problem, Billy. My understanding is that the Amel 55 initially did not have this DC to DC charger, with the engine alternator being the sole charging source for the starter

The discussion here is always interesting but I wonder about the following. There are a lot of electric cars out there which are charged to 100% SOC every day, right? How do their BMS deal with it? Ho

Following up on my post further up this chain: I received word back from Mastervolt tech support whether it is safe to leave the boat plugged into shore support and connected to the Mastervolt smart c

A couple of points here. Sure, the duration of the warranty ( 2 years) is not a guarantee that the batteries will hold up long enough to amortize the much higher cost vs. gels or AGM. However, the adv

It has been a surprise to me how much seaweed and other dirt accumulates in the heat exchanger for the gear box even though there is a strainer at the intake point. Amel recommends that the heat excha

An interesting tidbit from the manual for my MV batteries. One of the „events“ causing an alarm on the Masterbus system is that the batteries HAVE NOT been fully charged for a period - default 31 days

Paul, on my A55, Amel installed the Webasto Thermo Pro 90. It warms up the boat nicely and quickly. Given that your boat has less internal volume, I would think the 9 KW is enough. The heat exchangers