Thanks Bill, I'll take a look around Antigua and see if I can find a replacement. Best regards, Daniel Carlson on sv BeBe, SM#387

Here is the photo of the tank.

Hello, my fresh water pressure accumulator tank is loosing pressure and then the pump has to cycle frequently when using water. I have added air to the tank a number of times now and it escapes over a

Hello a few more tips, I did this job last year. The backing plate on SM#387 was iron and very corroded from moisture that had run down inside the stanchion. I had to break and grind enough of the cor

Thanks for this information Bill, Best regards Daniel and Lori Carlson on sv BeBe, SM #387

Thanks James and thanks Bill for the responses. I did disconnect the HP Switch and the water-maker worked fine. No over pressure, no over current, the usual production of water quantity and quality fo

Good morning all, On sv BeBe, SM#387, I have the original Dessalator 230v 160LPH water-maker. Today was the first time I this season that I have tried to run the water maker (as we were in the muddy C

If you are in the land of Amazon we ordered and used this little tool. Palmetto 1101 Packing Extractor,... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00887BSP8?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share Best Regards, Daniel and Lori C

That is what I received from Amel last month as well. I cut to length with diagonal cuts. Installed each piece offset about 120 degrees. Carefully pounding each piece down around the shaft. Based on s

Hi Ken, We had some slight seapage on the port side chain plate ( in the head storage compartment). My remedy two years ago was to peal back the liner, thoroughly clean all around the bolts on the ins

Hi Chris, Please share pictures of how things look after you “unstack” the main switches. I have been considering that as well. Here are a few responses to your ideas: I would prefer to leave the very

Good morning Hanspeter, I'll try to answer your question, but at the end of the day what really matters is what you are wanting to achieve on your boat and how you live on your boat. A couple starting

Hi Matt, for me it was about being fully in control of my battery management system. I did not like the "black box" approach of the "drop-in" batteries. I wanted to know my system and be able to buy s

Hello Stephan, attached is a photo from the underside of the arch, with the new panels. I had some one cut some 25mm (1") by 35mm (1.5") by 10cm spacer blocks from teak. These raise the new panels to

Hello Hanspeter, As I purchased things over a period of time from multiple sources I never kept a complete tally. But here are the main components listed (in USD): 1) Batteries from Electric car parts

Here is a bit of summary of the LiFePO4 battery conversion that we have been through on BeBe over the last year. I’ll start off with a bit about ourselves as context for some of our decisions. Then de

Hello Ruedi, I did have some slight milky color just after changing my seals a previous time. I don't think they seated properly right away. First I drained and cleaned our the reservoir well. Then fi

I second Karen's recco. Our pin broke/fractured just inside. A machinist ground the outside welds of the he pin and it was all removed in less than 10 minutes. He then cut two SS washers from 2 inch r

Hi Paul, Lori and I will be at Harrington Harbor N from 22 Sept until early October. We plan relaunch on 7 Oct and will have our bottom paint done by then. Maybe we will see you somewhere around there

Hi all, on our last passage I popped the breaker on the mainsail Outhaul a couple times. I disconnected the motor from the Outhaul and was able to reset the breaker and actuate the motor, but the when