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Well designed lithium battery system will not depend on the BMS to be cutting off for over voltage and under voltage. The charging system should be well within the limits and there should be way to automatically start generator or solar to recharge the batteries if they go down below certain...

Easy way to know all the time what the condition of your racor filters is is to invest in the AcrossOceanSystems.com fuel vacuum nmea2000 sensors. They are specifically designed to fit Racor filters single or dual. You can see installation video here...

Solid state AIRMAR 150WX weather station. It outputs the following information: GPS, Heading at 10/sec. (10Hz), apparent wind speed and wind angle, roll and pitch information. Capable of sending humidity with optional humidity sensor. It has NMEA2000 and NMEA0183 output to interface to boat’s...

@silverback If you have NMEA2000 network the best solution will be to replace the old one with one of these: https://acrossoceansystems.com/index.php/product-tag/egt-monitor/ And display the value on your MFD screens

AIRMAR 150WX weather station for boat. Will send the following: GPS, Heading at 10/sec., apparent wind speed and wind angle, roll and pitch information. Capable of sending humidity with optional humidity sensor. It has NMEA2000 and NMEA0183 output to interface to boat’s electronics. No cable...

I'm glad that you have found these devices. How did you hear about it? The drop cable for a device as defined by NMEA2000 standard could be up to 6m long so you not necessary need to be close to the NMEA2000 backbone. To reveal a little secret: AOS temperature devices use DS18B20 digital...

All this hassle to get proper temperature reading??? Next time use one of these (shameless plug): https://acrossoceansystems.com/index.php/product/nmea2000-standard-temperature-sensor-ss-cylinder-terminal/ Easy to install and configure and also accurate. And also displays on Maretron software.

Non sense! No noise what so ever. I used these for years. They open and close so smooth in a matter of few inches travel up and down which makes them very much more effective than any other kind. That short motion does not give the boat enough rolling momentum and with greater pressure on the...

Hi Peter, I tried all kinds of flopper stoppers on my Mexico and pacific voyage. I had the same one you have and what I found is that requires about foot or more of travel up and down to activate and work properly. I made some different ones while I was in LaPaz. They were incredible and did...

All was fine. I was stuck in SF waiting for a wether window and decide to cruise the SF bay and the delta. Unfortunately my expectations were probably too high. I was disappointed. SF bay is great for sailing, but for power cruising and anchoring - not so much. Anyhow- all good experience...

I did post some videos of the trip to San Francisco. They could be seen here: https://youtube.com/@SeaMaster101?si=6nSMwWws3VIxpfNj There is more videos to come so you may consider subscribing if interested in my trip. Cheers!

Boy! Am I glad that I left Cruise Port marina in Ensenada at the end of June! My boat is already in the PNW and I feel content! I went through the hurricane Odile in LaPaz in 2014. I think it is still the strongest hurricane on record to hit Baja. Here is picture of how I prepared for it...

I arrived in SF on July 2nd. The existing weather window would have allowed me to pass cape Mendocino, but it would’ve have to be done on the morning of the 5th of July. I did consider continuing, but I was singlehanding the boat and it would have required more than 24hr passage. It was...

Hi all, I'm bringing my boat back to her home port in North Vancouver after cruising almost 10 years, crossing the to the South Pacific and reaching all the way to New Zealand. The last part of my trio will be up the West Coast of NA. I have done this route 3 or 4 times, but always down and...

You should get a broker that you feel comfortable with acting for you. You don’t pay him commission. The commission is paid by the seller and selling and buying broker will split it in some way. Having a knowledgeable broker to alt on your behalf for no additional charge is priceless.

While I agree with you in general, he is still gaining charge at the max current that his charger can provide to the the very end of the charging cycle without tapering off and the last 20% to require 80% of the time to fully change as on lead acid or AGM batteries.

If the charger allows custom absorption and float settings you should go to what the battery manufacturer recommended voltages are. Perhaps on absorption, you can go 0.2V lower than the recommended as this will increase the charging/discharging cycles dramatically. No need to go all the way up...

Don’t tell me you guys dispose the the dog pee and poo overboard!!! No doggy holding tanks on your boats? LOL

I had 18 golf cart batteries on my boat same capacity as yours. I had them configured as a single bank - 2 grouped in series and 9 of these in parallel. They lasted about 5 years cruising but what usually was negative ware the long layovers without me being on the boat. I replaced them with 4x...

You are referring to multi-purpose designed boats. These boats are designed with one purpose. To survive westcoast river bars and treacherous currents. Dream on… I really wish you a good luck with that. When you get to NZ come see me and we can have a beer and bullshit some more. Or by the...

When you start changing major components on a vessel as tanks and engines, you would change all of the characteristics on the vessel including the ones that attracted you to these vessels. Have you been inside of one of these boats? I have…. Not the most comfortable arrangement. And it is not...

Except these things are costal and costly vessels. Why anyone is ignoring that fact. They have powerful engines, and carry enough fuel to go play around the coast at 15-20 knots speeds (primary function is search and rescue) but I don’t believe they can go for 3000 miles without refueling. Even...

Wow! You really should start making these and sell them for $200 Cheers!

Is fuel available? Hawaii will be point for refuelling for me. Also do they usually have slips available and what was the cost per month? I might have to stay 4-6 months in Hawaii to wait for best time to cross to NA as the best time to travel from the south pacific to Hawaii if I remember...

I plan to make it via few segments. First NZ to Fiji about 1,200 NM, then Fiji to the Samoas with stop for refuelling if i remember correct this was about 700 or so NM. From there to Hawaii about 2,200NM and finally Hawaii to Vancouver about another 2,300NM. It will be challenging trip, all the...