Hi Matt, it’s a mystery to me why the $4bn/year company subjects the poor batteries to such torture. Most gel…
The German gel batteries from Sonnenschein are a very old technology, and for a long time, there were no suitable…
John, That was a few years back, on our prior boat. I can’t remember all of which sentences displayed. Not…
Hi Brann,. I can answer two of those: the lever arm: You want the longest arm (within reason) that will…
Thank you John, Weirdly enough I didnt find these numbers on Lecomble & Schmitt website directly. Generally speaking, it seems…
Hi Mårten, That’s a hard question to answer definitively. So let me change it a bit to “what would you…
Hi Dieter, You make a very good point that should never be forgotten by anyone considering a change to lithium.…
Hi again, I just scrolled down on the PYI page linked above and lo and behold there’s the equation for…
Hi Brann, Sorry, way past my pay grade to calculate that. My guess is to actually come up with a…
Hi Randall, Thanks for the fill on that. I had not thought of using two pigtails to avoid needing special…
With all the new technology and the hype surrounding it, everyone should really ask themselves if it’s truly necessary to…
I was able to do the same, connecting the WS500 to my Raymarine chartplotter via the canbus plug. Rigging the…
Hi Jason, Sure, I get that you don’t want to add a generator to a J/42, I would feel the…
Hi John You advise us to go big when selection the pump/cylinder, but I’m having a hard time finding out…
I am planning on buying a 50-year-old Hallberg Rassy Rasmus 35 from an old man I have been out sailing…
Hi David, Thanks for the fill on that. Good to hear that C Cushion is in good and enthusiastic hands.
Hi George, Good point, and I think it’s way cool that Victron does this instead of being aggressively proprietary as…
This article is good, solid, conventional advice. In a light boat (J/42) like mine though, I am really not interested…
Thanks John for writing this and kicking off a great thread! Als thanks for the authors of all the great…
A few years ago, I had a client with a 6.8m long in-boom reefing system from Furlerboom, a Danish company.…