Did you have to modify the ballooner and add a gaiter? NO Where do you attach it to on the foredeck? Directly to the anchor support plate standard hole

James No chafe on the sail or the rigging Make sure the sail edge is protected from UV. When we came back from our 1 year cruise I had to replace the edge material of most of the sail Lowest relative

It uses the additional halliard above and the hole in the anchor chain roller that seems standard on my boat. Just enough distance from the genoa

James, I have an asymmetric spy on a top-down furling RollGen 20 by Bamar. Spy dimensions: Luff=17.07mtr Leech=15.4 mtr Foot=7.9mtr SMG=7.105mtr I have enjoyed it for more than 6 years with the main a

Danny, Bi-annual seal change for little use seems excessive compared with over 3+ years of heavy use without changing ANY seals but... if it is working for you it's fine with me. Hopefully will be hea

Danny, I am not sure if my system is original or retrofit. It does seem to have an anti-twist vertical tube mounted beside the thruster. All I know is that when I bought Ipanema (Nike before) in Flori

Danny, I understand very well how the system SHOULD work and, if everything is new, the seals should work as designed. Unfortunately, wear can change the system and, in my case nothing worked to stop

Dear friends: After I bought Ipanema 10 years ago we had two years of struggle trying to prevent the leak of water through the bow thruster. About 8 years ago we had a long discussion on this forum ab

Thank you guys, I was mistaken, My current chain length is 60 m. Clearly, 100m plus extra 30 of rope should be plenty. Theo, congratulations on Paloma. The Ultra anchor is beautiful. Jose Ipanema

I am getting ready to replace my current anchor chain. The chain that was installed by the yard 7 years ago tends to jump when enough force is made by the windlass, which I imagine is because is not t

I think that nowadays they can be printed in stainless steel at a reasonable price, particularly if there are enough parts made. I will be in the market for two units and be willing to put whoever has

FANTASTIC, data Thanks

Pat and Ian: Thank you both for your input reassuring that everyone that has installed the Atlantic arch seems to be happy with it. Also from what I hear, everyone has added some lateral support of th

I agree Nick, the double tube makes the structure stiffer. It is precisely what the reinforcement of the Atlantic arch does. The design with top angles >>90 degrees should also help but I could not co

Craig, I am sorry I was not precise enough. What I meant was to make the arch shorter and stretch the legs out, EXACTLY the opposite of what you did and what Atlantic recommends. What you did and they

Thank you, James, Craig, and Ian for your thoughts. James, nice to know that the Emek was only twice that of the Atlantic, I thught it was much more. Also important to know that the wobbliness is an i

I am in the process of ordering an arch for Ipanema. After personally seeing the aluminum arch made by Atlantic Towers, from Lulu and Creamy Puff I was very impressed with the quality, how light they

Nick, That is a clever idea! Maybe I can make a surface mold with caramel and put it in contact with a newly painted section before it has hardened. Once hard, I will wash it away with water, or use i

James, You are precise, the areas that I saw missing the paint appeared as if they had been brushed painted and the surface was still the same as the rest. That made me think that they had been painte

James, Thanks for your info. When I had Ipanema's hull done with Awl grip 5 years ago, the also covered the non-skid sections of the stern, making them quite skiddy. I complained and they added an ext