Thanks everyone, especially Bill. Like Jean-Pierre I have the same dedicated strainer for the main diesel, also the dedicated sea water feed at each toilet. I like the file Bill sent, the fact that th

Since I finally got my bonding strap replaced and think all of the bonded Items, today I decided to begin the fun task of replacing many of the hoses, at least the HVAC ones and once again clean up th

Thanks everyone, it turned out to be the Generator start battery. I have dedicated start batteries for the engine and the generator and confirmed the generator start is dead by cutting off shore power

The generator was running fine, was a way from the boat for a month and tried to fire up my Northern Lights generator, on the control panel no green light, and the I press the start button the Sea Fir

Can you share what the cost was? Thanks! Mark Garver S/V It’s Good SM 105

I tracked Bali Hai for a couple of days after the crew was rescued, from EPIRB transmission from a friend at the USCG, including official posts from RCC Norfolk. Along with the EPIRB, the RO activated

There are no springs as Bill stated. On ours we have a slide bolt at the top which we use mostly, we also have the black plastic nuts on the bar, however, the slide bolt is simply to deploy from the c

Eric, We keep a good supply of ginger gum aboard and my wife swears by its effectiveness! Mark Garver S/V It’s Good

Kent, Thanks I will reach out to him, it’s not too far for a day sail. Best, Mark and Jennifer S/V It’s Good SM #105

Bill and Bill, I completely agree. I already discovered the bonding straps that had been cut and have the new copper to run down to the bilge and will have to run new bonding wires because they were c

Bill, The PO replaced with a brand new Yanmar prior to our purchase. The house bank had multiple failed or weak batteries, wouldn’t maintain a charge although we had been a marina mostly. Of course be

The start battery was a bit over 12 Volt, I didn’t check it at the starter. Once I replaced the house bank everything worked fine, which I fine odd.

Okay, so recently I had a main bank failure, but what is disturbing is that the engine wouldn’t start. Confusing as I have a dedicated engine start battery, same for the generator. Has anyone experien

Welcome to a wonderful group of Amel owners and congratulations! Mark and Jennifer Garver S/V It’s Good SM #105

Wow! It is! Thanks! Who knew! Mark Garver S/V It’s Good SM #105

Greetings! This has been in the front hanging locker and I only saw part of it and had thought it was the small cockpit table. Today, I pulled it out and I have no idea what this is for. The stainless

Mark, I am heading down this path myself. Like you I have a friend that has his whole boat tricked out just as you describe and it is amazing and VERY inexpensive. Another incredible benefit is power

Great answer Mark! The USCG was doing an inspection on our boat and they asked :) Mark Garver S/V It’s Good SM #105

Bill, Last year a group of us did a “group” purchase of new decals and WOW! What a difference they made. Ours were from 1993, the original ones… at the recommendation of another cruiser we used oven c

Bill, Thank you so much for that, my wife has a super sniffer and things like bleach and other smells impact her for days. You just saved me a boat project and an unhappy wife! Best, Mark and Jennifer