Hi Matt, I don't think that's right. Our ICOM setup, setup according to the installation instructions, has a heavy green yellow/wire from the SSB ground connection to the AT130 tuner. Then there is a

Hi Miles, If your boat is like ours, which I assume it is...... On the skeg is a sintered bronze plate which is the ground for the SSB radio. The wire from that should end up in the nav station area a

I use a wire brush Cheers Alan Elyse SM437

Paul, We have 3 x 250 W solar panels on an arch with Schottky diodes, whether its better with or without I don't know since we installed them from new. We also rarely run the generator except when lea

Yes they are quiet....almost totally We had an annoying squeak last year in big seas, it was traced to one of the bolts holding down the hard dodger. Tightened it and the others, squeak gone. The only

Hi Mohammad, 1. We have a Highfield PVC RIB since 2014. Very happy with it. 2/3. We are an SM so a bit shorter. 4. Don't do it, one decent wave from the stern or quarter and the weight of the water th

Mike, I'll be on Elyse in Opua in April preparing for the trip to Fiji, if you would like any assistance or advice. I've done the C-drive seal replacement job quite a few times now without issues. Che

Hi Steve, We actually have an inner forestay with a staysail on it, and the problem you would have, as we do, is that in trying to sheet it in, the leech fouls the forward lower stay. We do actually f

Ah, OK, thanks for that, I'll change it to an eye bolt when I have a go at getting the port one out. It looked to me that perhaps it's not an eye bolt per se, but an M8 stud with a screw on eye, and m

Hi John, If yours is like ours, which I'm sure it probably is, the bolt, in our case an eye bolt, passes through the track and is threaded into the steel plate which is under the gunwale. I broke one

Herbert, Here is some good basic info regarding using an SWR meter... https://youtu.be/qSea5FjcTDE Cheers Alan Elyse SM437

Yes, you should have 3 wires to the motor +24, -24 and bonding (green/yellow) We have a leak detection switch in the companion way.....not sure if you have that...it can tell you if you have a leak fr

Mike, The deal is any metal that is in constant contact with saltwater needs to be connected to the bonding system. If you have attachments, as you say, on your non metal muffler, they will not need c

Hi Mike, All METAL seacocks and thruhulls need to be connected to the bonding system. All METAL that is in constant contact with seawater must be connected to the bonding system to avoid corrosion. So

Hi Mike, We have a stainless arch with 3 solar panels on it and none of it is grounded. You may know also that the masts and rigging on an SM are not grounded either. The only ground (Bonding) connect

I agree. I joined the Yahoo group before I bought my Amel, and it was a major contributor to my decision to buy one. I would not want prospective owners to be unable to access this resource, it was, a

I remember seeing a post from...Jose? .... where he had routed some air con hose from the engine room fan outlet on the port side in to the cockpit That seemed to me to be a really simple and good sol

Hi Tom, We have done both rudder gland packing an the bowthruster while in the water without issues. The jobs were done whilst in a marina berth with no water movement. We replaced all three rings of

Jamie, I feel the same way about my Super Maramu 2000.. BUT...We visited La Rochelle in April last year and toured the factory, met the man that built our mast !, went for a sail with Antoine on the A

Agree, seems quite a few of us are on the same pages on this KISS Cheers Alan Elyse SM 437