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

Here are views of both sensors

Alan, I agree with your observation. One thing I found is that in the settings using the chart plotter one can vary an angle which I imagine is the difference between the true vertical and the sensor

Bill, When I bought my boat it came with a B&G 40 mm ID depth sensor and it did not appear to have been changed before. The B&G forward scanner that I bought had exactly that diameter and a length tha

Matt, I installed the B&G forward scanner in place of the original B&G depth scanner and it fit perfectly. I mounted the old depth scanner behind the forward scanner To avoid having to make a new hole

Bob, I used the relay from the Victron BMS 279 to control a second NO relay (220/24v power/control) that controls the 220V feed to the battery charger with the breaker left ON when running on shore po

Danny, There are tools that can extract the shaft without the need of sledge hammers. One of them I described and send pictures that can be found in the owners section Jose Ipanema SM2K 278

Roman and Ira, The rust on all surfaces suggests that there was water on the transmission for a long time. In addition to making sure your lubricant level is OK, it is important to check that it does

After a new coopercoat work We too raised the stripe following Bill’s directions. We have also been very happy with the looks and the lack of scrubbing jose venegas Ipanema SM2k 278 Bocas del toro Pan

Dear Manspeter: You are strictly correct about my error calling 50 amp shore power outlets as 60amp outlets in 110 V Marinas. (actually 110-115 v and 220-24 v to be exact) Also, I erroneously wrote th

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Bertrand, In most of the american continent, mono(single) phase AC current runs at 110 V 60 Hz with one cable life and the second neutral relative to ground. Thera are 30 amps and 60 amp outlets. Howe

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I also had Ipanema’s Genoa furler overhauled in Martinique in 2019 and was told the same about the bronce gear which I have kept well greased for the last 10 years José Ipanema M2k 278 Enviado desde m

Hello Dean and Amelian friends As I was planning to leave Ipanema on the hard, for one month I was offered a dehumidifier at the yard in Cartagena. In addition to the issue of collecting the condensin

This is the updated schematic of the Ipanema’s electrical system following the installation of Battle-borne lithium batteries. The main aim of the design was to minimize the need to modify any ac elec

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