Recent content by skippeer

@ChromeDome : Yes the diameter has impact on the right belt length but all manufactures need to relate to the physical dimensions on the engine so the sizes should be rather similar is my guessing ;-) At "cruisersforum.com" did a guy with a Perkins 404C 22 (= VP D2-55) claim that he could use...

Later versions of D2-55 have 5-ribbed serpentine original Penta belt and the belt length should be 1040 mm = 41”, 5PK1040. Maybe Balmar BAL48B42 could be the right belt, length 42” (Bando 420J 10-rib), width around 24 mm. Todays lesson learned is the different belt profiles: PJ 10 x 2,34mm/rib...

I have bought a Balmar XT170 Amp alternator and a pulley kit incl. 2 x 44" 10-ribbed belts (Bando Europe GmbH, 440J, No. 17 243) to my Volvo Penta D2-55 A (2002) plus a new adjustment arm & belt buddy. Balmar order number for the pulley kit is 48-VSP-D2-A and the delivered belts is my current...

Looking for a winter marina/boatyard for October-April between Almerimar and Port Napoleon. Plan A Initially I aimed for a hard standing with my tailored winter cover => Port Napoleon to windy due to Mistral and a friend on the hard in Almerimar didn’t use his winter cover due to strong winter...

If I remove the CF card and reboot the MFD I have at least Europe charts. I am able to ”dump” data to the CF card and view it on my Windows computer, assume the card reader/writer works. Have bought ”update” card from local Raymarine retailer and downloaded chart data from Navionics servers to...

Have 2 C90W MFDs with latest firmware. Raymarine claims that the chartplotter automaticly will use the chart data on the CF card but I compared Navionics Boating on iPad with the chartplotter and sees differences. How can I verify the date of chart data used by the MFD?

2022 did I replace 6 old AGM batteries with 2P4S GBS LFP cells and installed X2 BMS from BatteryBalance. The old no-name alternator with a Balmar MC-614 regulator from 2011 can charge with 75 A did I monitor last summer when we were day sailing from Netherlands to France. 95% of the nights with...

Hi @seumask The boat with prop is in La Rochelle area and I live in Sweden so your suggestion is less practical, thanks any way

I have been in contact with Flex-O-Fold manufacture in Denmark regarding: can it be repaired which size of a new FOF 3 blade prop for shaft mount prop puller cons and pros with new calculated size compared with existing Email response only contained calculated size and price: 18x14-3R...

The challenge is that the boat is in France and I am 2000 km north. The good news from you is that I might can have it repaired. I will ask the manufacture in DK for second opinion. Maybe I buy a new and bring the old to a prop specialist to be used as future spare part or to sell as used. thx...

I am planning to procure a new Flex-O-Fold propeller sitting on my VP D2-55 with a shaft after 2 400 hours. I am pleased with the speed so I will order the same 3 blade prop again. How many hours could be expected?

Based on my findings in other discussions threads and that well known retailers in Sweden sells Armor-X cases did I on Friday evening order Armor-X MN-A14S from the vendors web page (waterproof, IP68) to my iPad Air 5th generation 2022 10.9". After completion of the order did my wife tell me...

My old iPad run out of RAM capacity (new app versions requires more memory), web browser pages ended in error and Navionics Boating app suddenly closed down now and then. The new iPad Air 5 procured in September is fast and applications run without errors. To the old iPad did I use Lifeproof...

Thanks for many different ideas/solutions but to sleep well I need something easy to handle if the unexpected happens. Rather recently I read about another sailing yacht with steering issue in the middle of Biscay and the crew had many hours with a rocking boat until they reached the coast and...

In May/June will we continue our journey from La Rochelle to Algarve and I would like to be prepared for the unwanted... I am looking for an emergency steering solution in case of steering damage after collosion with something below the water surface or as the result of an attac by Orcas. Also...