Author: mtashby

After three days crammed into the engine room, the first components of the new Victron system have been installed. Most challenging was the Victron MultiPlus Compact 12/2000/80-50 120V VE.Bus Inverter Charger (on the right) with a Victron VE.Bus Smart Dongle and Victron Energy 200/200 amp Digital Multi Control Panel GX. Because of the size, there were very few places it could be mounted. Eventually, I was able to shoehorn it into the location of the charger that was replaced (a 20 amp Xantrex charger). The new charger was throttled to 50 amps.

The other components of the system were mounted on a board. These components includes (from bottom to top) a Victron Energy SmartShunt 500 amp Battery Monitor, a Victron Energy Smart Battery Protect 12/24-Volt 100 amp, a Victron Energy Orion-Tr Smart 12/12-Volt 30 amp 360-Watt DC-DC Charger, and a Victron SmartSolar MPPT 100/50 Charge Controller. Also on the board are 60 amp Blue Sea Systems breakers that protect, the DC-DC charger and solar controller, the smart dongle and a Blue Sea Systems MEGA 300-AMP fuse and Blue Seas Systems switch that protects the inverter/charger. As of today, only the inverter/charger, shunt, and battery protectors are connected, and once connected via Bluetooth, all the components appear to work as expected.

Whelp … enjoying a glass of Sauvignon Blanc on the bow sprit this evening and noticed the starboard upper shroud (circled in red) is slack.

I have been searching for information on the massive windlass on the boat for some months, but until now have not had any luck. However, I finally found a photograph of a the windlass on the web. it is a Monica Marine Model 1000 windlass. Unfortunately, parts are unavailable.

I have installed Starling RV on the boat. The Mexican version was purchased, which is much cheaper than in the US ($410). Service is also cheaper ($65/month). I am getting 200 Mbs in Marina San Carlos.