We're potentially interested in a group buy of a normal insurance policy. It will depend on the rate/coverage vs what we can find through our insurance broker (so far they've found one, but it's expen

There's nothing special about "AC" vs "DC" for these heater elements, but the voltage does matter, and in common boating usage these current types imply a voltage as well. The element is just a resist

The "other amel owner" is likely us. We ordered them from Euro Marine Trading about 2 weeks ago and delivery is expected in another week or so. That's the same price we were quoted. We're getting new

#replacement #spares #order

I gave the screw 1.5 turns in the "+" direction and our water pressure is now better than ever. We still have the original AMFA pump, so the regulator probably makes a big difference. When the pump di

On our boat, we did mostly as Eric says, but connected blue to red and brown to black. Since both of these wires are hot (120V with respect to ground, 240V with respect to each other), I don't think i

Hi Richie, The location you selected would not be my first choice, as (at least on our boat) that side of the bulkhead is covered in the same vinyl material as the headliner. No doubt you could drill

Hi Bill, That's certainly possible, but I thought I've seen others like it on other SMs, and it has the same non-skid as the top of the engine. I've attached a photo. Does that look custom to you? Tha

Hi all, Our boat has a device in the fresh water system just after the pump (photos attached) that I think is a pressure regulator. It reads "Caleffi Mod Dep Cartridge With Filter". I can't find an ex

Hi all, Our stainless muffler has started to rust out, and I'd like to replace it while I'm also replacing the turbo and mixing elbow. I'd rather not go with the plastic Vetus that seems to be the go-

On my last boat, I had exactly the scenario you suggest happen: a hose let go while I was away from the boat, the entire water supply was pumped into the bilge, and the pump's diaphragm failed. I rece

Hi all, On the Zoom call this evening, Ian asked if anyone uses a tension gauge when tuning their standing rigging. Here in the Northeastern USA, it seems that none of the professional riggers use the

Hi Mike, Thank you very much for the info. We might want to replace our cars soon, but what we're looking for right now are the blocks (pulleys) that are at the aft ends of the tracks. Ryan and Kelly

Hi all, As we prepare for the sailing season this spring, we've noticed our genoa sheet blocks are in pretty bad shape. Some of the ball bearings are cracked or crushed. At the very least, I think the

We have a system I designed built around Mikrotik parts that is essentially identical to what Eric linked. It has worked very well for us. I sent a detailed writeup on my design to this list in Januar

We've experienced something like this. For us, the problem was air leaking into the low pressure (suction) side of the system, not the high pressure side. The gasket on the raw water strainer was not

I agree that SM is a very quiet boat. Essentially no squeaking in big seas and wind, and a tiny bit of thermal expansion/contraction noise. There is one way that the SM makes some noise though, and I

"Higher operating voltage panels are better" is an overgeneralization. You need to factor in the desired performance, costs of the other parts of the system, topology of your charge controllers, and y

We've had good experience with SunPower. We were looking specifically for flexible panels for our bimini because we didn't want to add an arch, so maybe what we found isn't quite applicable to you. Th

David, since you seem to be so interested in having an external LTE antenna (which I've never found the need for), might I suggest you get one of those hockey-puck portable hotspots? I've had good luc

Gerhard, thanks for including those diagrams. That makes it a lot more clear what I was trying to say in my earlier post. The directional antennas are great if you can be sure it will always be pointe