Hello Patrick, Thank you for your input which is of great help to me. Rainer Gigue (SM143) <naegels@t...>

Our SM Excalibur was in Maine in September. We had good friends aboard, a french couple who own a Maramu. They arrived on Sept. 7, the day Ivan hit Grenada, where their Maramu "Fleur de Passion"

I was able to obtain some additional pics of the damage done to an Amel. The Amel appears to have been knocked over while on jack stands when a 20' wall of water came through. It seems to have the

Hello Rainer, small rubber gasket is for bowthruster shaft, just behind composite propeller Put new gaskets same side as old Patrick Caramel (SM 329)

Vito, If your main boom was damaged, I have a 'spare' that you can have for free. I rerigged my SM and have the original (my boat is a 1989 model) main boom stored in my backyard here in Florida.

I see no point is removing the pictures. I totally agree with other members reasoning for keeping the pictures and the forum open to wide discussion on Amel and issues that can help Amel Owners. I

Richard, I support the proposition that this website is is to provide information of all sorts, without fear or favour, to do with Amel. For adverts, click onto amel.fr or read Joel Potter's

Just to give the controversy about above subject a positive twist: My SM 143 "GIGUE" (as well as a SM of my friend) survived Ivan in Grenada on the hard (St. Davids Harbor) without a scratch - at

I agree with Richard, the purpose of the site must be to share experiences and seek advice, good or bad. To censor items that show up shortcomings and design errors would be totally unacceptable and

I got from Amel 5 parts to replace the seals on the bow thruster. Since I have never done this before myself I am not sure how to position those parts. My assumption is: 1. Two of the foam rubber

I am glad you call for opinion. Like others I have been surprised by the quick removal of the pictures. In my humble view I do not see anything morbid here, but rather informative. Not only for

What do you--the members that make up this Forum--want? So far four owners have spoken up: two to remove the photos; two to keep the photos. This is your forum; if you have an opinion about this

I too am a little distressed that the photo's were removed. Was it because of limited space for photos and these photos could be found elsewhere? I have since searched out a number of other photos

I'm very sorry to see that the politically correct diktat has reached this forum. May I remind to those who gets so easily offended by the naked truth that sailing carries some objective risks. Its is

You must understand that there were 20 foot waves crashing into that marina. I think that Amel was flung in the air and landed on another boat and that is how it was holed. In other cases catamarans

Eric, Jerome and Amel owners, Photos of damaged Amels have been removed for this site. If anyone wants to see how Ivan ravaged Grenada, the Seven Seas Cruising Association has a link to several

I am heading south to St Thomas 11/1/04 and was looking to just say hi to someone on the ssb on the way down. Fair winds, Eric SM 376 kimberlite _____ Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 4:06

Hi, I was curious as to the name of the boat shown sunken on the website, as I was afraid it belonged to one of my friends. I agree that showing other peoples suffering does no good to either them

Could you comment on your observations of the damage to the Amels vs. the others? For those of us that have not had a factory tour of all the major offshore manufactures, we sadly observed that you

Jerome, If a majority of members that respond want these photos removed, I will delete them. I don't understand the publicity issue--Ivan damaged all makes and kinds of yachts. However, if members