Mark, The carpenter’s name is Maximo Velez Gomez. His WhatsApp is +57 (310) 686-9188 and his daughter WhatsApp is +57 (313) 8517-243 : He does not speak english but his daughter can translate for him.

I originally bought a small window AC until in Panama to keep the boat dry while we were out for a month. It cost $80, uses only 500 watts, is cooled by air, and does not need to keep the water pump r

Thanks a lot, Craig, I have a spool of woven rode and a fortress anchor like yours, but I have kept it in a bag inside the garage without much use. Next time I get the chance I will dig it out, assemb

That is a good point, Paul. Ipanema has a 24 to 12 DC step down that keeps the starter battery and all 12-volt instruments running. It is true that if the engine starter battery dies one would be in d

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Scott, I did not do any pre-balancing before connecting the batteries and I did not try to select them to match degrees of internal resistance. What I did, after noting the lack of balance in one of t

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Craig I am sold on it Can you post a couple of pix? Thanks a a lot Jose Gabriel Venegas Ipanema SM2K 278 Cartagena de Indias

Scott, I agree that this is the kind of project that needs a good understanding of the system before jumping into it. As far as I know, each drop-in Battleborn battery has its own BMS that works indep

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Very nice posts on the topic I am in total agreement with most of the advantages of converting to lithium and I recognize that people like Scott have put a lot of thought into doing it with bundled pa

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Here’s a recording of current and volts measured at the 400 Amp-H lithium Battle Borne battery bank yesterday during maneuvers changing slip at Club de Pesca Caragena. Engine was mostly at idle RPM an

Nicely done Mark. Thanks a lot Jose Gabriel Venegas Ipanema SM2K 278 Currently in Club de Pesca Cartagena Colombia

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Slavko, Thanks a lot for your offer. I was trying to buy one but that did not work. It would be great if you could measure it and send me some pictures of the details, particularly those of the pins a

Hi Eric They charge in dollars and convert depending on the exchange rate. They charge US$ 0.5/foot per day. They have a reduction if you stay more than 3 months. It is a little more expensive than th

Jean Pierre, you have a good point here. I noted that some of the newer passarelles have a different mechanism to attach to the boat as ladders. I will check with another SM closer to mine. Thanks Jos

Thanks for the Info Eric, My boat is at the Club de Pesca and will remain there for 3 to 4 more months. We will move then to Panama for 6 more months. The boat will not return to Boston. Fair winds Jo

Ipanema is currently in Cartagena I will be in boston until 15 April

Does anyone have drawings/dimensions of the SM Passerelle/ladder?. I need to replace mine that was lost at sea. Jose Venegas Ipanema SM2K 278

John, I am sorry that you had such a bad experience. To provide information from both sides, I had a different experience with Q-sails and received my Genoa within the time originally quoted. They fai

Dough Great to hear that you found them easy to install. I was also thinking about buying some and monitor them with the Victron Cerbo GX as you are doing. Where did you mount the Cerbo and how far fr

Richie There are 3 flap valves on the system 2 inside the pump and one at the strainer located at the entrance of the water from the bilge. When you leave the system dry for a while the flap valves de

It may be the size of the hull whole NOT the diameter of the sensor jose