Since it's fairly on-topic for this thread, I'll put a link to the goodbye-message I posted in the front room this morning (well, it's morning in Europe )

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Water expansion is only 0.2 percent at 10 degrees rise of temperature. I don't think it'll damage the ballast tank. IMO what they meant in the manual is to fill the ballast tank to at least 1" below vent level.

I also followed Magic Carpet's adventures since they went up from the Med to the Netherlands. Which is were I live actually. They are currently working on a new boat and Magic Carpet I is stored in a boat yard not far from here. They inspired me to consider taking my :macx: to the Black Sea via the ...

I'm using the Android version of OpenCPN as my main navigation app and the Linux version as a backup on a Raspberry Pi. Charts are readily available, either free or for a small fee. Plus, you can connect any auxiliary equipment to it that has NMEA capability.

A promotion video won't do the trick. Official documents should. I have the official certification details at hand and already contacted Jodipart about it. Do you have a copy of that certification you can PM to me so I can put it in the "Resources" section of this site for future owners w...

A promotion video won't do the trick. Official documents should. I have the official certification details at hand and already contacted Jodipart about it.

Yeah, too bad that several attempts to get an appropriate AP for our boats ended prematurely. Until now that is. The PCnautic AP is based on the open source Pypilot. The AP itself consists of a Raspberry PI Zero and the motor controller has an arduino inside. The software/firmware is actively develo...

I will send you the images of the CE Certification from the owners manual in a PM.

Don't know if I'm allowed to post it here since it is not about the EV-100. Dutch firm PC Nautic recently introduced a budget friendly autopilot. As a member of the Dutch Sailors Forum I was somewhat involved in the pre-production stage. Although primarily intended for use with a tiller drive, I too...

I think you are referring to the Xiaoxiang app. The scheme for determining SoC based on voltage is not entirely trustworthy. The charge and discharge curve is very flat. Besides, when charging a LiFePO4 battery you see a jagged pattern, with cell voltage rising, then slightly sinking, and then risin...

I built a 100 Ah LiFePO4 battery some 18 months ago. It now serves as the only battery on my :macx: for the second season. One big advantage on my boat is that I only have a small outboard, a 15 HP Yamaha High Thrust. It has a lighting coil and I limited the max voltage to 14.2 Volts by fitting a di...

No better choice than a Yamaha High Thrust, since top speed isn't important for a Mac. I suggest you use the factory standard prop.

I have a '99 , which has a CE-C rating. If there's anything I can do for you...

However, my fiberglass technician told me the problem is the twin-hull technique and the incredible thin Gelcoat layer over the Fiberglass. It makes it very difficult to establish a homogenous and new Gelcoat layer over the repaired area and connect it with the existing Gelcoat so that you can't se...

Are you still up for an answer? I have an old forestay lying around and could measure it for you.