Hello, Warning according to an incident yesterday in le Marin, Martinique. We observed an AMEL super maramu full sail up entering the bay. The captain left a green buoy at his starboard side and ended

Hello Craig, Thanks for your explanation. I would also rather tend to change the ball bearing, just wondered because my manual says: inspect every 2000h or 5 years, left me wondering how.? Anyway I wi

Hello, There are several reasons why I did not install the charger inverter in the old engine room location. I did not like that computerised device in a hot and humid environment, special beside the

Hello and thanks 4 your answers. But the question was: Is there a procedure to check the generator bearings for wear? As mentioned in the manual / service plan? Oliver from Vela Nautica Amel54#39 Mart

Hello, 1. My ONAN manual indicates that the ballbearings need to be checked for their tollerance. In regular maintenance schedule. Does anybody hold an instruction how to do that? 2. What are the valv

Hello, As the old B&G Hydra system gave up on our 54, and also the sonic speed system failed. I did not see a reasonable way to go on and repair the old system. So we renewed the windvane and use Trit

Hello, You get these magnetic freezer seals custom made to your required size by any refrigeration supplier. On the counter part of the gascet you will need 20x1mm magnetic!! Stainless stripes. I sand

Thanks to all, I will try to poste some fotos when I replace the battery. Does anybody know if there is a second battery in the GPS antenna? Some antennas got integrated buffer batteries to gain faste

Hello, As I get the startup error message Internal Battery = NG And experiance frequent (very short for a second) error messages with anoying beep. I like to change the battery. Does anybody know: 1.

Hello, You will find the video on our YouTube channel, look for SV Vela Nautica. The water in the old isolation you saw around the pvc pipe was, what was left after 9 month of drying. So the water tha

Hello, We used this kind of gasket for top lid. It has an integrated magnet and pulls the gasket closed to magnetic surfaces Oliver from Vela Nautica Amel54 #39 Martinique

Hello, 1. Magnetic stainless 20mmx1mmx required length. Custom cut at ebay. Germany. Backside sanded and glued with contact cement. 2. Magnetic freezer gasket. Professional fridge repair online custom

Hello, It is possible to use the ICOM M-802 only with its one tranceiver antenna BUT without its second antenna the emergency DSC trafic does not work. The radio needs its two antennas for full emerge

Hello, The triatic stay is used by the SSB ICOM M802 radio to receive DSC emergency trafic. Its only receiving on this antenna. The M802 needs 2 antennas. For regular transmissions it uses a backstay

Hello, Yes the antenna wire did blind end behind the master shower lamp. The Antenna was not used with the original Furuno SSB Radio. When I installed my ICOM IC-802 I needed to extend and route the a

Hello, You find the mizzen cables behind the master shower lamp. My Mizzen to Mainmast stay antenna wire (triatic??) ended there too. So I had to route it from there to the navseat. There is a cable t

Hello, I was so annoyed by the fridge freezer that I took it into parts and replaced the humid insulation. You can see me doing this job in my video on our youtube. But its a hell of a job. In our cas

Hello Guys, I got these hoses from Desalator in 7/2019,specifications are: E740100 SAE100R7 5/16" MAX W. P. 253 BAR These hoses work with resusable connectors. I am not sure its its wise to use ordena

Hi, I dont understand why they need to take the hatch away? Oliver from Vela Nautica Amel54 #39 Martinique

Hello, 1. This setUp looks very similar to mine. I use the VSR alternator regulator from cruisers project. 2. I would suggest to place the old unused regulator back in place. On the pictures all coil