Guides from the workshop floor
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Sleipner Windlass Guide: Which Model Fits Your Boat
Every Sleipner (Side-Power) anchor windlass side by side: chain or leaded line, mounting, 12 V or 24 V, typical boat…
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Yacht delivery cost: how a delivery is priced, and delivery vs shipping
How professional yacht delivery is priced (daily rate, per mile or fixed fee), the expenses on top, what moves the…
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Lead-acid battery banks in a tropical climate: heat, life and battery-room design in Thailand
A lead-acid battery bank lasts a long time in Thailand when you do five things: charge it with temperature compensation…
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2 V VRLA batteries for telecom towers, exchanges and UPS strings
A telecom or UPS battery string built from 2 V VRLA cells is sized in four steps: fix the cell…
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Charging 2 V AGM cells: float and cycle voltage, temperature compensation and equalisation
Fullriver HGXL 2 V AGM cells float at 2.23–2.25 V per cell and take a cycle (absorption or boost) charge…
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AGM vs OPzV vs OPzS vs gel vs lithium for stationary battery banks
For a stationary bank that spends most of its life on float and is called on for standby or moderate…
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Building a 48 V solar battery bank from 2 V cells: cell count, wiring and sizing
Twenty-four. A 48 V battery bank built from 2 V cells uses 24 cells in series, whatever their capacity: 24…
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Why large solar and standby banks use 2 V cells (2 V vs 12 V blocks)
Large solar and standby banks use 2 V cells because a single 2 V cell is made in almost any…
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How to choose a yacht delivery crew (and why two captain-engineers beat one skipper)
Seven checks before you hire: certificates, watchkeepers, experience, a named person ashore, paperwork, the quote, and the record at the…
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Bringing a yacht to Thailand: check-in, temporary import and what to have ready
Ports of entry, the three offices, the documents to have printed, timing, and what changes when the boat was bought…
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Yacht delivery from Phuket: Langkawi, Singapore and beyond
Routes, timing and formalities for moving a yacht out of Thailand: Langkawi in a day, Singapore down the Malacca Strait,…
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Diesel Bug, Stale Petrol and Lay-Up: Keeping Boat Fuel and Engines Healthy in Thai Heat
Why diesel bug thrives in Thai marinas, how to prevent and treat it, what stale petrol does to an outboard,…
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Which Oil for Your Outboard? TC-W3, FC-W and the Liqui Moly Marine Grades Explained for Thailand
Two-stroke or four-stroke, TC-W3 or FC-W, 10W-30 or 25W-40 — how to read the line in your handbook and match…
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Marine AGM Battery Life in Tropical Heat: Install Them Right and They Last
Where you install an AGM bank decides whether it lasts two years or five. Siting, ventilation and temperature-compensated charging for…
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Southwest Monsoon Boat Layup: The Andaman Coast Guide
Laying a boat up for the SW monsoon? Forget the northern winter advice. Heat, mould, UV and growth are the…
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Marine Air Conditioning: Sizing BTU for Tropical Boats
How to size marine air conditioning for 32°C heat and 85% humidity — a real BTU method, seawater derating, and…
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Galvanic & Stray-Current Corrosion in Tropical Waters
Galvanic and stray-current corrosion explained for tropical boat owners: the physics, hot docks, brackish water, anode choice and hull-potential surveys.
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Saxdor vs Axopar: why we’d take the Saxdor — and where the Axopar still wins
An honest head-to-head of the two boats everyone on this coast is choosing between: specifications, standard equipment, warranty terms, published…