Hi James, Great to know you are in Cartagena. We are in Curazao waiting for the port of Cartagena to open, which theoretically will be next week but it has been delayed several times. I decided to buy

Bill, I noted that, in IPANEMA, the cables from the battery chargers connect to the battery side of the main switch. In other words, they are still hot after turning the main switches OFF. : Is this t

Hi Dan, Thank you for describing your system with such detail. Your experience and that from Brian from Delos were very helpful to me as I was upgrading Ipanema to Lithium. Here is my experience, with

The price looks great! !! What kind of warranty do they offer? I are they selling the US? José Ipanema SM768 CuraçAI

Ken, Perhaps something you already did but just in case, were you able to visualize water going through the bolt? Now that you have it stripped down the rub rail you can put some water outside and mak

Hi Bob, Thank you for your replay. I think your approach is OK, particularly for a small inverter. However, for a 5KW inverter, I also want to run pretty much all the 220V devices in the boat (obvious

I am installing BB lithium batteries and a new 5000 VA 24-240 v 50 hz Victron inverter. I decided to avoid the temptation of installing an Inverter/charger because of the 50 to 60 Hz issues when using

Bill, I use the secondary anchor roller to pass the snubber or the mooring line. The two vertical rollers serve to reduce chafe when the line is not aligned with the boat. However, in strong wind the

Barry, The only time you will need to do something about it is when you start feeling vibration on the prop while motoring or motor sailing in waves. I recently had to replace the rubber sleeve since

Ken, Actually the picture was taken in Glaucester April 2019, more than 7 years after it was painted! What was new in the pic was the bottom paint. The remarkable thing is that the paint is still shin

Ian, I used the Awlgrip and it looks very nice.

Hello all, I have had a good experience with the FLS from B&G which can be displayed on the B&G Zeus chart plotters together with radar, GPS, AIS, and navigation data. I installed the sensor using the

The Ultra 35kg fit well on my SM #278 Also, check this one out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpfS_5WVTDs Jose Venegas Ipanema SM 278

Hi Mike, When I bought the boat the previous owner told me that the generator needed to be preheated for at least 20 seconds. I do that every time and it starts every time. I hope this helps you. Hi M

Rob, I have an Ultra 35 and it bits well the SM2000 and, so far has worked very well in 35+ kn winds for two years. I bought the Ultra at the Newport, Road Island boat show the week after I had a scar

I was searching over internet for marine Lithium Batteries and found the “Ionic” brand that sells a 12V 125 Ah with the same size of the BattleBorn 12 100 Ah battery. Ionic only give 5 years warranty

I had not mentioned that before leaving Carriacou the engine did not start. There was no lighting on the instrument panel It took a few minutes to find that the 12V + cable was corroded and separated

Pat, thanks for the suggestions. Yes I am going to order 2 infrared guns! Sounds like a good thing to have. I cleaned the heat exchanger in March and the boat sat at Le Phare Blue (Grenada) for 5 mont

Thank you for the suggestions. I know that both thermostats are OK, they open before the water boils. I will make the test of the sensor/gauge with boiling water to see if it is a measurement problem.

This was a very useful 3-year-old set of postings for me. We just crossed from Grenada to Curaçao sailing for 48 hours with double spy and 18-22 knots of wind from the starboard stern. As we got close