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Forum: Fountaine Pajot

23-03-2010, 09:12

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Osmosis

Edmund,
I do not know whether the Fountaine Pajots have osmosis problems. Fibreglass polyester (or vinylesters) can absorb humidity, how severe this is depends on materials and process but also on...

Forum: Fountaine Pajot

21-03-2010, 06:59

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Sticky: Mahe 36: Original FP Mahe 36 Thread

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Vayacondios, I wouldn't worry about the thread...

Vayacondios, I wouldn't worry about the thread getting lost. I have backed up the entire thread on my hard disk, and probably I am not the only one.
Jef

Forum: Fountaine Pajot

21-03-2010, 05:47

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Sticky: Mahe 36: Original FP Mahe 36 Thread

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Thread split

Hi all,
My worry would also be threads dying because of too little happening in some. e.g. Mark mentions one on refrigeration, but I can't remember many (or even one) post on this.

What I think...

Forum: Fountaine Pajot

14-03-2010, 06:31

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Sticky: Mahe 36: Original FP Mahe 36 Thread

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Ecopilot installation

Last week I have installed the Ecopilot power-saving device for the Lecomble et Schmitt hydraulic cylinder. See some previous posts by Cotemar and me.
I installed it as follows:
- The device is a...

Forum: Fountaine Pajot

09-03-2010, 06:08

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Sticky: Mahe 36: Original FP Mahe 36 Thread

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Using a laptop

Martin,
I am curious about your setup, since I might also switch to using the laptop as plotter. Or a combination of laptop inside and plotter at the helm.
Which PC navigation SW do you use? Which...

Forum: Fountaine Pajot

09-03-2010, 05:57

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Sticky: Mahe 36: Original FP Mahe 36 Thread

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Posted By Jef & Marin, Netherlands

circuit diagrams rotated

Maybe better when rotated...

Forum: Fountaine Pajot

09-03-2010, 05:54

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Sticky: Mahe 36: Original FP Mahe 36 Thread

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Circuit diagram Mahe Furuno Pochon

Hi Martin, others,
Regarding a circuit diagram:
The Furuno electronics is installed by a subcontractor of Fountaine Pajot called Pochon. One of their people was aboard to commission our boat: to...

Forum: Fountaine Pajot

09-03-2010, 05:43

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Sticky: Mahe 36: Original FP Mahe 36 Thread

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Rib outboard

Edmund,
We have a 6 HP single cylinder Suzuki 4-stroke. Supplied by Fountaine Pajot.
Rib is Valiant 270 cm. I would say 300 cm is the max.
The 6 HP will plane the rib with 2 adults with full...

Forum: Fountaine Pajot

09-03-2010, 05:25

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Sticky: Mahe 36: Original FP Mahe 36 Thread

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Posted By Jef & Marin, Netherlands

Correct pan holder for Eno 3burner stove

Hi all, and Edmund,
I gave the wrong type of pan holder in my previous post. Here is the correct one:

Serre casseroles pour réchaud 3 feux encastrable - Eno - SC4330 - Accessoires de cuisson -...

Forum: Fountaine Pajot

09-03-2010, 04:58

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Sticky: Mahe 36: Original FP Mahe 36 Thread

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Posted By Jef & Marin, Netherlands

Welcome Edmund

Hi Edmund,
Join the club.
Some advise on commisioning the boat:
Take one full day at least, without others present.
Systematically fully inspect every part of the ship for damages and...

Forum: Fountaine Pajot

09-03-2010, 04:08

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Sticky: Mahe 36: Original FP Mahe 36 Thread

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Ecopilot

Lori,
Sorry, I was off the thread for some time.
I have purchased the ecopilot last autumn. Probably I will mount it this week, it was very cold here.
The ecopilot is basically a connector with...

Forum: Fountaine Pajot

15-02-2010, 07:26

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Sticky: Mahe 36: Original FP Mahe 36 Thread

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Beds

Scott,
You are completely right that the buoyancy chambers should not be touched.
We have not drilled holes in these, only in the multiplex board. The matrasses have slatted floors under them so...

Forum: Fountaine Pajot

13-02-2010, 08:06

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Sticky: Mahe 36: Original FP Mahe 36 Thread

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beds

Scott,
We have already modified all our matrasses using a better foam quality, since the standard matrasses become soft on the place where you are lying mostly. You tend to roll into the hole then....

Forum: Fountaine Pajot

13-02-2010, 07:50

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Sticky: Mahe 36: Original FP Mahe 36 Thread

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LED interior lights Europe

Hi all,
We have now mounted all the LED interior lights which Mark (Cotemar) had kindly sent us from the US to Europe. See his post on this of some months ago. They are as bright as the 10 W...

Forum: Fountaine Pajot

13-02-2010, 06:39

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Sticky: Mahe 36: Original FP Mahe 36 Thread

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Another improvement: Modified the port forward bed

Hi all, yesterday we have modified the port forward bed to improve comfort and ventilation; as we have done on both rear beds already.
First you remove the matrasses and the 2-piece multiplex board...

Forum: Fountaine Pajot

13-02-2010, 06:07

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Sticky: Mahe 36: Original FP Mahe 36 Thread

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Plastimo compass deviation

Hi all,
For a long time I have known that our Mahe nr 88 has a very large compass deviation between Furuno electric compass and the Plastimo compass. And that the deviation is caused by the...

Forum: Fountaine Pajot

12-01-2010, 03:12

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Sticky: Mahe 36: Original FP Mahe 36 Thread

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Volvo Penta air filters

Hi all, yesterday I modified my original filters according to Marks (Cotemar) excellent instructions. The job took about 5 hours all in all. But imagine using 20 air filters of 80 euros in the next...

Forum: Fountaine Pajot

31-12-2009, 02:59

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Sticky: Mahe 36: Original FP Mahe 36 Thread

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Posted By Jef & Marin, Netherlands

2010

Happy new year to all Mahe sailors, with lots of sail fun, many nautical miles and little maintenance! (but some improvements.....)
Jef and Marin

Forum: Fountaine Pajot

22-12-2009, 08:38

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Sticky: Mahe 36: Original FP Mahe 36 Thread

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Noise - different on all mahe's

Hi all,
I guess the source of the noise is different in all Mahe's. Reason for my guess is that we experience completely different sources of noise.
In Miss Poes, we had a very irritating noise...

Forum: Fountaine Pajot

08-12-2009, 07:45

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Sticky: Mahe 36: Original FP Mahe 36 Thread

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Posted By Jef & Marin, Netherlands

NMEA2000

The NMEA2000 cable has 12V otherwise the instruments would not have power, which they obviously have. The 12V is coupled to the cable in the grey junction box behind the fridge
Jef

Forum: Fountaine Pajot

08-12-2009, 05:01

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Sticky: Mahe 36: Original FP Mahe 36 Thread

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extra water filler - sealing the sandwich

Mike I did seal the screws, but not the side of the hole. It is basically inside the boat, where no water should come. And it is a closed cell foam. But still I agree it is always better to prevent...

Forum: Fountaine Pajot

08-12-2009, 04:42

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Sticky: Mahe 36: Original FP Mahe 36 Thread

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Posted By Jef & Marin, Netherlands

wayward wind

John, I might have jumped to conclusions about the module because I did not read your problem well enough. But still the problem might be over there, if not in the module then in the wiring.
Seeing...

Forum: Fountaine Pajot

08-12-2009, 04:24

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Sticky: Mahe 36: Original FP Mahe 36 Thread

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wayward wind loss of data

Wayward wind, we have had exactly the same problem. The tridata sensor (depth TSW and water temp) and the wind instrument are on NMEA 2000, autopilot and GPS are on NMEA0183. Inbetween them is a...

Forum: Fountaine Pajot

07-12-2009, 09:33

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Sticky: Mahe 36: Original FP Mahe 36 Thread

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Posted By Jef & Marin, Netherlands

extra water tank filling port

We have the double water tank, but this has only one filling opening.
We found that if you fill both tanks fully, the boat becomes notably slower especially when close-hauled. So we only fill both...

Forum: Fountaine Pajot

05-12-2009, 13:30

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Sticky: Mahe 36: Original FP Mahe 36 Thread

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Posted By Jef & Marin, Netherlands

Hi Lori, The ships are designed so that they...

Hi Lori,
The ships are designed so that they only stand on the keels, the rudders are too fragile and pointed.
Fountaine Pajot have their new ships standing on their keels at the wharf and before...

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