Colin, I think the Trojan T105s are $239 at Wynnum Batteries near Brisbane. John

Eric, That's Australian dollars. And it's an expensive place. John, Maramu #91 Popeye

Colin, The caps on the Trojan T105s just press on and one long cap does the three cells. Since it's best to inspect them now and again not much effort to top up manually, once a month maybe and especi

Colin, The confusing world of batteries half art and half science. On our Maramu we use Trojan 6V golf cart batteries. They are readily available in Brisbane. Not sure if it is worth changing all the

Jay, Don't get personal or you won't have any support at all. I agree with Demitris, Danny and others. Facebook is fine for those that want that social side but many are not Facebook users (including

Jean-Paul, I have a Manson Supreme 60lb. Similar to Rocna - fits ok, just touches the pullpit upright when stowed. It's a very good anchor. This topic has come up before, try searching through convers

Hi Eric and welcome, Answer to question 1 - I think a snorkel under the boat won't tell you much. Shame you can't be at the haul out. But then if you really want to see yourself it would depend upon w

Jeff, I would recommend 3M autotrim spray adhesive as an alternative to sikaflex on the basis it is much less messy to work with and in my experince has been fine. I've redone all my headliner twice.

James, Mizzen I think theevidence of excess compression at the mizzen is not very unusual but a worse than normal example judging by the photos. As you point out it is probablynot a problem though. Th

As this thread continues I am sure inferances that the problem is really simple and anyone else could fix it fairly easily must be very irritating. I have two commercial boats as well as my Amel and a

Jamie, I like your post #115. This thread is so long it may be missed that you intend to take the cylinder head off, so you can be left in peace now. You've had plenty of advice along the same lines -

Hi Eric, you have asked before and no I've never been to Columbia. I didn't name the boat. Are you familiar that during the second world war and rationing in the UK the government came up with a carto

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If this would cost money it should be sustainable so that it doesn't fizzle out if key people retire or move on or get fed up with the hassle......Being a non-techie... what about some sort of cloud-f

Paul, My fridge space would be different but my solution for a front opening fridge was to fit extra insulation (foil faced close cell foam) to the sides and back of a production 12/240V fridge with a

Is this a case of PREVIOUSLY the risk was so small, and the disandvatages significant, that the AC generator ground - neutral connection was not made, whereas nowadays, with readily available galvanic

Bill, Forgot to sign properly. Maramu #91 1981 Popeye, - re-engined this year with Yanmar 4JH4TE 75 HP and removed the Perkins M60 (same engine as a Volvo MD22A.)

Electronic fuel pump management on boats can bring in an area of lesser reliability. On the larger Yanmars at least, and I presume still on the latest smaller ones, they have mechanical fuel pumps whe

My two cents. Engines are inanimate objects even if they drive you to the stage that you think they have it in for you. The temptation can be to get rid of the thing before it drives you mad. But just

Ben, For the RPM - something super simple to check first - have you disconnected the throttle cable and checked the revs by directly operating the lever on the fuel pump? Without any other symptoms ma