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Most “Drop In” Lithium Batteries Not ABYC Compliant
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Read more: Most “Drop In” Lithium Batteries Not ABYC CompliantThe way I read this, batteries with BMSs that do not communicate are now obsolete: If a shutdown condition is approaching a battery system should notify the operator with a visual and/or audible alarm before disconnecting the battery from the DC system. ABYC E13-7 Login to continue reading (scroll down) Learn About Membership Get to […]
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ABYC Publishes Lithium Battery Standard
0 CommentsReading Time: < 1 minuteFreeRead more: ABYC Publishes Lithium Battery StandardThe TE-13 technical note is now a standard: E-13. To me, a woefully inadequate one that relies far too much on the vendors to do the right thing, but it’s a start. Panbo has a good analysis, most of which I agree with.
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Great Borescope
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Read more: Great BorescopeA borescope is how we knew what the problem was causing chafe of the main halyard in our mast way out of sight: Black and white messenger is for the main halyard. Deflection is clear. Tor of mast sheave to left. When buying, make sure you get one with a longer focal length.
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Our Season Saved
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Read more: Our Season Savedor at least extended by installing spectra chafe sleeve. Love the stuff. More here. Not a permanent fix. That will take unstepping and some very tricky work.
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Stupid Mast Errors
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Read more: Stupid Mast ErrorsAfter just three day sails our main halyard is mangled. Turns out @sparcraft jammed the wiring conduit right up under the sheave on our brand new mast so it deflects the halyard and chafes it. Looked like end of season. We were gutted. No way to fix without unstep, but see next tip.
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Great Credit Card For Cruisers
9 CommentsReading Time: < 1 minuteFreeRead more: Great Credit Card For CruisersIf you are a cruiser and need to manage multiple currencies and make payments in many countries you need @Wise.
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Quote of The Day
0 CommentsReading Time: < 1 minuteFreeRead more: Quote of The DayRisk is what’s left over when you think you’ve thought of everything. Morgan Housel
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No Position
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Read more: No PositionWe were out sailing our new-to-us J/109 when I realized that neither of the default screens on the plotter or TZiBoat showed position. Pretty standard these days…and oh so wrong. Imagine a crew overboard and we need to radio for help, but first have to dig through a bunch of screens to find our position. […]
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Victron Chargers Rock
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Read more: Victron Chargers RockI’m loving this little charger I bought. I will write more in an upcoming article, but the ability to check out, on my phone, exactly what happened in the last charge cycle is amazing. Tells me a lot about battery health and how to set up the charger best for our usage.
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White Paint Is Our Friend
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Read more: White Paint Is Our FriendBefore and after shots of a small locker in our J-109. Way better to paint the water damaged ply than mess around with varnish trying to fix it. Brightens the boat up too. We like semi-gloss, not gloss. White is brighter inside the locker too. Login to continue reading (scroll down) Learn About Membership Get […]
