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#51

Bavaria Yacht Help! / Re: Panel 301 voltage

Last post by Eos2026 - March 10 2026, 21:57

Here's a picture of the front of the panel

#52

Bavaria Yacht Help! / Re: antifouling falls off - ne...

Last post by Laysula - March 10 2026, 16:01

Slight thread drift, I'm building a new windlass shelf to replace the original that has rotted. I'm building it out of marineply sheathed in epoxy and then painted over.
My question is, do I wait for the epoxy to cure or put the first coat on whilst the epoxy is still tacky, or does it not matter?

#53

Bavaria Yacht Help! / Re: antifouling falls off - ne...

Last post by symphony2 - March 10 2026, 00:12

Of you are going to all that trouble and expense why noy use Coppercoat? If the epoxy is sound once blasted np need for additional epoxy or primer, the Coppercoat is an epoxy.

#54

Bavaria Yacht Help! / Re: antifouling falls off - ne...

Last post by mibbal - March 09 2026, 21:29

Thank you All for all the suggestions.

I decided to remove old AF with sandblasting up to epoxy primer, apply one or two coats of new epoxy primer, one coat of International primocon primer, and then new AF (thinking about mircon 350).

Previous AF was PPG sigma ecofleet 530, and probably wrong primer was used with this paint.

#55

Motor Boats / Does anyone have a copy of the...

Last post by mdellecave - March 05 2026, 17:29

I am working on trying to buy one, but no manual

#56

Bavaria Yacht Help! / Re: Panel 301 voltage

Last post by elias - March 05 2026, 06:02

Send me a pic from the button you press to turn on , from the front side

#57

Bavaria Yacht Help! / Re: Panel 301 voltage

Last post by Eos2026 - March 05 2026, 04:57

Thanks Elias, unfortunately I don't think these lights are on a relay. Maybe I'm wrong? The schematic doesn't show it that I can tell.

#58

Bavaria Yacht Help! / Re: Panel 301 voltage

Last post by elias - March 04 2026, 21:16

In a similar case the relay located in the upper area (when you press the button in the panel you hear a click ) was faulty , I switch it to check with another and it worked so I ordered a replace

#59

Bavaria Yacht Help! / Panel 301 voltage

Last post by Eos2026 - March 04 2026, 19:21

Hello, on my 2008 Bavaria 38' my side and stern lights have stopped working. Everything is powered from panel 301 and the light is in cable 8 as shown below, circled in green.  The "1" pin on the molex connector which powers the stern light is reading a low voltage of 8.4volts. The other pins in the connector are reading full 14 volts.
Anyone have an idea on how to fix this? Or am I going to have to replace the connector on the board

#60

Bavaria Yacht Help! / Re: antifouling falls off - ne...

Last post by sy_Anniina - March 04 2026, 09:01

Do you have ablative (soft) or hard antifouling? If ablative, the pressure washing is inevitably wearing it off.

The way I have learned it should be done:

• last epoxy layer left tacky
• hard antifouling in contrasting colour - e.g. red AF on white epoxy
• ablative antifouling several layers in another colour, eg. blue on red hard AF
• once red hard AF shines through - it is time to add more ablative AF

Supporting previous suggestions - remove old antifouling - light grip sanding for existing epoxy - some tacking layer, like one layer of epoxy - and continue the AF painting process