I had 3 Mastervolt MLI5500 installed on my boat by the Mastervolt dealer in Spain. They were about E5000 a piece. Add to that installation which in my case included a MV Easyview monitor and connectio

Bill, most of the overhead panels come off using the suction tool stowed over the galley sink. Some of the soft ones you can lever off using this tool. Some panels could There is also an overhead pane

Great work, Bill. Much appreciated. I am most impressed with the quality of construction of the Incidences Sails and I‘ve bought a lot of sails over the years from all the major makers like North, Doy

Thanks very much, Mark, for the post! My oil cooler on the 55 looks like the photo Bill posted. When I get back to the boat in September, I can take a look to see what make and model it is and report

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Many thanks everyone! Joerg Esdorn A55 #53 Kincsem Currently in La Rochelle

Another vote for Superwind. I have had one half way up the mizzen mast since 2018. it is totally quiet, transmits no vibrations to the mast thanks to the plastic decoupler and withstood the 2018 Medic

Check with Joel Potter. Joerg Esdorn A55 #53 Kincsem Currently in La Rochelle

It looks like a lot of participants in this site use Corrosion X extensively. The problem for me is: where do you buy it when your boat is in Europe? I can‘t buy it in the US and take it with me on th

Billy, I‘m right where you are. After 19 months on the hard, the AC wasn‘t working and after a lot of back and forth with the local technician in Vigo, they diagnosed that the refrigerant was missing.

Very helpful, Arno! Your point about Masterbus integration explains why the MV technician didn’t connect my inverter to the Masterbus system he installed! It looks like 4KW will be enough to run the w

On my boat, I have the 2.5 KW Mastervolt Mass Sine inverter. There was an option when I bought the boat to get a 5KW inverter. As MV makes no 5KW inverter, I believe this was 2x 2.5KW inverters hooked

speed is fun, Scott! Thanks for the tip on chafe - I noticed that the windward sheet was not going straight over the roller but at an angle. I think I will need to adjust the pole height so there is n

Many thanks for the advice. Given the dangers, I will limit my attempt at repair to finding the fuse. Hopefully that will be the problem. Cheers. Joerg

John, in my experience you will need to be flexible on what fuel additive to use. The brands available in local shops vary wildly. Having said that, I’ve seen the Starbrite additive in more places tha

Scott, I finally had the opportunity to try your parasailor setup. It works great! The big difference vs using the tacker is that you can have the mainsail up even at 160-170 TWA without collapsing th

Our microwave went black yesterday in the middle of warming up some frozen food. It was quite warm inside and now doesn’t show any sign of life. Any suggestions? joerg esdorn A55 #53 Kincsem on passag

Another try on the photo. ´

Thanks very much, Bill. I‘ve pretty much followed the instructions regarding bleeding air from the manual but only one of my three chiller units has a valve to bleed air. I’ve bled air from both the s

After 2 years, I am trying to get the Climma working again. Both the saltwater and the circulation pump started up fine but I needed to fill up the circulation cycle a little bit to get to the require

Another vote for sturgeon. I hadn’t heard about the long term bad effects but I’ve never had a crew who took it get seasick or have side effects. I have recently had a case of a crew member who didn’t