Hi Anne, I have seen Lifeline AGM installed apparently successfully in a Super Maramu but you need to understand how your total charging system works and adjust it all accordingly. I have had batterie

Thanks Eric.I have been able to do that on some brands. The last lot were Vetus which were expensive and really good performance. They were destroyed in under a year by the 30amp charger going rogue a

Hi Stephanie, KATO seem to be the best in the US. If you have the patience to look through the photographs on File look at the custom job Pen Azen did just for a dinghy - no solar panels. Bebe has a s

Danny, I have often wondered about setting my boat up like that, but always thought after doing the calculations that I wouldn't get enough amps at 24volts (220-240 amps) for daily use? Regards, Trevo

Another Fleet Broad band user. FACTS YOU REALLY NEED TO KNOW A Skype app. is lethal for downloading updates without you knowing until you get your bill. All and I mean ALL apps. and programs must be s

Another tried and tested method of cheap communication is when you open a Skype account,if you have an iPod get a pair of earphones with a mike as per an apple phone, download Skype to the iPod and wh

Hi Mark, I understand how easy it is to confuse the two, but I mean iPod I first did this in Brazil a few years ago before iPads were heard of. Trevor

Hi Kent, The iPod that I use for this is at least four years old. I am hopeless with this IT stuff so I walked into an Apple store and asked if this idea would work. They said they had no idea but tri

Exactly that Mark. Looks like an original I phone, fits in your shirt or pants pocket, saves lugging a laptop around and if you lose it, it isn't the end of the world. I found it to have much better s

Hi Eric, I see that Bill has already picked up on this and is more likely better informed than me. Any information that I have comes directly from the Inmarsat website that states Imarsat B with voice

Bill, Have you had to strengthen the backing plates for the gimbal bolts? Regards, Trevor Seafever

Bob, If you look back to August 12th and 13th this year in the history you will find very good and detailed information where to attain how to change your gear wheel. Presumably you have disconnected

Bob, go to Files and look up Ameliahona there you will find an excellent article by Gary Silver that should give you all that you need. There are many postings on this subject but with the new Yahoo s

Hi Bill, Might be a good time to add a backing plate as you need the dishwasher remmed to do it. My gimbals broke out on the first decent passage and I have met several owners who had the same problem

Sorry Bob, I now understand what you mean and as I dismantled that gear last year I can see why you are bewildered. You would think that it could only strip if there had bee too much pressure when fur

Hi Kent , Sorry to hear you are having so much trouble, either of those problems could lie in wait for any of us. Thinking about your back, if you can rent a small battery powered 4 inch grinder tape

Dear Mark, There is not much that you can get into because the mainsail furler is a sealed unit. On hull 425 there was a standard oil seal right at the front of the furler which I didn't notice becaus

Dear Eric and Bill, for the past few years I have trimmed a generic oil seal with a new Stanley blade and replaced the Jabsco original, it usually gives you another six months or so. Best regards, Tre

Dear John, Since we met in Uruguay in 2009/10 you have been an inspiration to me to keep taking Seafever to places than I had never dreamed of. Your confidence in Moon Dog and in Amel set an example t

Rainer, The coil inside your water heater is perforated. To prove it either hook up to shore power or your generator and switch the water heater on. The hot water will expand find its way through the