Q-Sails just produced and delivered to us a new main + genoa made from Pro-radial material. We also stayed in Queensway marina Gibraltar to receive it and all went very smooth. It arrived a bit later

Thank you Mark, Joel, Bill and Heinz, It is wonderfull that you all share your vast expertise with the group. Stefan Jeukendrup sv Malaka Queen SM2k #348 @Tanger Morocco

We recently started using a CASO 2226 Pro Menu 3500 induction hob. Fits into our year 2002 ENO 2 burner stove. Very happy with its performance. Attention, might not fit in yours: width and height of t

Thanks for the answers. See pictures below. Yes the middle "eye" is missing on my boat from an earlier similar event sailing downwind with main up from SA to St Helena. No jibes occured.Just the conti

After 2 consecutive unsuccesfull repairs, thef irst one held a year. But the second one with reinforcements on both sides of the attachment block failed at the first sail again. Eric suggested a sleev

"Vanish" oxygen activated cleaner worked well on the mattress cover and the padding around the bed. Stefan Jeukendrup Sv Malaka Queen SM2k #348 @Tanger, Morocco Op 21 sep. 2022 20:00 schreef Eric Free

Thank you very much for your excellent advice Danny and Scott. Will use the suggested furled tacking procedure from now on. Stefan Jeukendrup sv Malaka Queen SM2k #348 @ Tangiers, Morocco

Sailing from Northern Ireland to the Med we damaged both our -older- genoa's while tacking against headwinds in the Irish sea. Out of options and near South Wales we using our spare mizzen sail as "ge

Hi Bill, I may have send last time you asked this: http://www.jwarfieldelectric.com/shop/tf-15-drive-motor/ Nidec is a good stock holding distributor of LS too. Apologies if this info proves to be in

Many thanks to Matt for the H2O2 suggestion and to Bill for the detailed answers and sharing your vast experience to us all. The trapseal is actually just 4 PVC plumbing elbows, as in a post by anothe

Even a bilge cleanup every 2 months could not avoid periodic bilge/oil/diesel smell, mainly in the aft cabin. But no longer.,...free of it for the past 2 years and the bilge cleaning regime is back to

Hi David, Screwing in the bold on the back of the piston indeed increases the pressure on the brake pads. But only until it hits a limit: the end of piston movement. When that happened I temporarily i

Interesting and unexpected observations gentlemen, This could simply be a little non liniarity or a bit of offset in the Victron voltage measurement circuits: you are only talking about 0.28V max. (0.

Hi Ralph, My preference is OpenCPN but that won't run on an IPAD alone. French friends with iPad use Weather4D. Its not free but it works well and has all features including other languages. Just take

Yes, Frans Veltman had started work on BMS again. Have you seen this one: https://www.taoperf.com/category/tao-bms/ Active balancers, very flexible and I really like their SOC cycle management. Stefan

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Hoi Eric, Ik heb mijn eigen 3 Climma Compac 9 EH nagekeken vanmiddag. Die hebben geen reverse cycle met een thermische verwarming. Maar de controle panelen zijn gelijk aan die van jou. Bij de salon ko

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Hi Steve, Picture enclosed, testing snow load;-) 3 parallel Trina Solar Vertex S =1200W. Cables run through the frame then down through the starboard support pipe to the - properly fused- solar contro

Hi Roman, Manual is available on the forum: https://amelyachtowners.groups.io/g/main/filessearch?p=name%2C%2C%2C20%2C1%2C0%2C0&q=dolphin LiFePO4 charging must be totally stopped at 100% SOC. The Dolph

Hi Nick, That certainl has big advantages. More people out there thinking along the same line. Food for further reading: https://batterybalance.com/ https://www.taoperf.com/category/tao-bms/ https://w

Hello Bill, For Climma Compact 9/EH M80018 S/N 4540 Sett. 141 Nominal Capacity 8000Btu/h on SM2k #348: Power consumption when cooling 925 Watts, when heating 1300 Watts @230Vac Heating element size 24