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    "Whale"! Praise where praise is due.

    Two days ago I suffered irrepairable damage to the flexible feet of one of my Whale Gulper-220 pumps. My fault, no reflection on the product. Despite trolling the internet I failed to find a supplier of replacement feet. So, I phoned Whale UK to be told that such parts are not a procurable...
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    Battle of the chargers

    To all electrical experts, and others. When away from shore power and during daylight my sailboat’s batteries can receive a charge from two sources. (1) Solar panels which charge at a rate determined by an algorithm in a sophisticated MPPT controller. (2) When under power, the engine’s...
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    Fridge and sailboat:poor bedfellows.

    There have been many threads on fridge/freezer power management. Finding the resources to power a fridge, let alone a freezer is difficult without resorting to running engine or a generator periodically. Does anyone cruise without a fridge? If so, how do they manage? What is their diet and how...
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