I attached the Mastervolt BATTERY temperature sensor to the outer casing of the MV110 amp alternator and wired it to the Alpha Pro II alternator temperature sensor input. Mastervolt techs said this is

Here's us setting it up for the third time. We're a bit smoother nowadays. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJ8vjt2olb0&t=282s

One thing I really love about the ketches is that the individual sails are much smaller. In my three years and 25,000 miles so far, both the Genoa and Main electric furling systems have failed. The ma

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On the A54, inspecting the tank couldn't be easier. There are two circular ports on the top of the tank. Remove them and you can see right to the bottom. Mine was pristine, almost looked brand new. Af

Joerg, I can see the racer in you, getting greedy and putting up all those sails. We are lazy cruisers and happy to have just the parasailor up. :) You confirmed what we've experienced multiple times

Thanks Nick. You find that it works as well (if not better) than the original? I recall the service manual saying that it's imperative that the heat shield protects the oil feed and return pipes from

Nick, Can you provide more info about the heat shield? My turbo heat shield is destroyed, too. I presume that since the D3's Garrett turbo is used on cars, you can find a non-marine one for less than

Nick, Just noticed this re: using the SSB DSC cable as your AIS receive. The SSB DSC comes from the triatic between the mizzen and main. You can see it on the photo you posted. SSB DSC is around 2200h

That was my assessment when I ran the RG-8X with the mast up. We actually tried to feed some LMR-400 through after the fact and it was nearly impossible. I ran RG-8X all the way to the VHF to replace

Porter, It's not the solder that's the issue. It's the design of the PL-259 plug used for VHF antennas. You just have to seal it well with self amalgamating tape and then a layer of good electrical ta

Mark, I bought 43 meters of RG-8X and that was enough on my A54 to run new cable from: (1) The vhf antenna at the top of the main all the way to the VHF headunit (NOT just the coupler at the mastbase

Nick, I know this is nicking pits, but check your AIS receiving AND sending range. My A54 came with the Banten antenna on both main and mizzen (VHF and AIS, respectively) and both had failed. I notice

I can confirm that this is the correct Bosch part number. It's in a plastic housing so by definition it's isolated ground. I paid $20 each and got a few. We've run it for a few months with zero issues

Hi all, We just returned to Tengah after our longest period away: 4 months. We had some mold on the helm seat and was wondering if anyone has ideas on how to remove it. I have seen recs to use diluted

On our 54, we have 900 liters tankage and have never felt like we would run out of fuel. From March 22, 2020 (start of Covid) until sometime in July 2020, we made a nearly 4900 nautical mile passage b

When there is a will, there is a way. Here is a message from Anna Eriksson on Vista. They were in French Polynesia (where we are and where we met them) and got permission to enter New Zealand. They ar

Personally, I think double braided dyneema (with polyester core) in this application is a mistake. 4mm Single braid (uncovered) dyneema has almost TWICE the strength as 4mm double braid (dyneema core

Stefan, I refused to pay any more money to Simpson so I just changed the wires without any modifications to the davits themselves. No problems so far and I wish I did it far earlier. When I had them c

Nick, I would love to hear more about your Bimini panels. Model, how you mounted them, how you ran the wires, etc. Now that we're going to try to cook more on induction, I surmise I may need to add mo

Just curious for those of you getting more than rated output, how long does that over-rated output persist? I have 960W of rear arch mounted LG Neon2 panels and I've seen it spike to slightly above th