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Yup. I nearly binned the whole lithium project because I was struggling to get my head around the engine charging side of it. So I...

They are normally physically bigger. They use large frames so they can run larger cooling fans. They often need different belts that can...

Not to mention complexity and risk of blowing alternator diodes unless your bms can speak to the external alternator reg

And then, as some have mentioned, the costs start to sky rocket. Sydney is enduring what is being described as 'the big wet' - we have...

The new Victron XS B2B charger is fully programmable to give you up to 50A charging if you have a 12v system. You would likely only want...

Your checks confirm that very little metal.has been lost to corrosion. Strength should not be compromised at all. So long as you can...

There are countless boats out there with VSRs and we don't see countless engine battery failures. I have fitted scores of them and i...

'They' say Oysters went bad. What year was the last good ones?

Surely much of the problem is moving the weight of the mainsail along the boom in line with the stack pack. Also one half of the stack...

I've as much idea as you. :) Best guess.....yup. Thankfully, all the catamarans I've ever sailed didn't sink. But biiig waves in...

I don't recognise the catamaran but it's relatively modern. We have seen a few sunken cats here in the Caribbean that have hits reefs...

When the actual stuff your boat is made from is buoyant it id harder to sink. There might be a ton of flotation in the hull skin and...

I don't think that yours is an average yacht..... Most sink. Seen it. Several times. Some years ago when a boat sank alongside in...

It's the nasty plastic stuff that very coarse. Typical fiahermans line so fairly certain is polypropylene.

I use a polypropylene towing bridle for my dinghy. Its several years old and there is no sign of deterioration in the Caribbean sun. I...