Hi Stephanie, Pierre-Andrea Jeanne, Pierre-Andre Jeanne Yacht Broker | World Superyacht , de-flagged ours in France and may be able to give you some advice. Mike & Peta Solitude SM2K 461

Hi Derick, the purpose of these both screws is to hold the nylon bearing into the stainless steel belt. The nylon bearing can live without screws. If you replace the original screw, don't make it

Hello Stéphanie, I forwarded your email to a mate, a senior member at YCF (Yacht Club de France)… you know the type? Hooty snooty?? :-) Lets see what he suggests. Cheers, Jean-Pierre Germain, SY

Our 46' Santorin is flagged in France. We want to de-flag her so that she can be registered and sold in the US. I tried to search on how to de-flag a pleasure boat registered in France but was not

Duane, the bolt appears to be initially threaded in the stainless steel of the hinge and then further penetrates a nylon or Teflon cylinder, keeping the cylinder in place. I cannot tell if the

Derick, What is the purpose of the bolt? Does it screw into the skeg? Is the skeg internally threaded for the bolt? Thanks for posting this, I was very curious. Duane Wanderer SM #477

Hi Gary, Aletes will be moving from Atigua to BVI next week. If you are there I’d like to meet you. Mike Ondra Aletes SM#240 Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2016 9:01 AM To:

I removed the loose bolt, and found it to be much shorter (10mm) than was warranted. I have replaced it with an 8 X 30 mm stainless steel bolt, which screwed in tightly. Derick SM2K #400 Brava

Hi Gary, Ok to help you as moderator on this basis. I guess you will tell me when and how to start with the job. Alain (PILGRIM)

Gary, when should we switch to your new site? I have registered, but most folks still seem to be using Yahoo. Jamie Wendell s/v Phantom Amel 54

Hi Jim, You fill out your model in your profile section. You can also add it to your signature which appears on every post. It would be a manual effort, but not much of one, to assemble a simple

Hi all, I have Brava on the hard to renew her antifouling, and I noticed that the middle hinge on the rudder has a large bolt countersunk into the hinge. On the port side this bolt is tight, but on

Hello again Gary, I was wondering! So yes, I selected them all ! Thanks again !!! Alexandre --------------------------------------------

Alexandre, Great :) but umm, I forgot a piece of the puzzle there. When you are on the board itself, there is a "Notify" button at each category level. You do have to turn that on which allows you

One addition to the members page would be to list the members model as it could help direct communication between owners with similar models. Best Regards Jim Watins Maramu 181 ACT II

Hi Alain, The moderators fundamentally have the right to mess with other peoples' messages. In a good way :) It would be important to keep messages in their correct or appropriate categories so

Thanks so much Gary for your reply and good work, just did the change! Have a great day, sincerely, Alexandre SM2K #289 NIKIMAT Blue Haven Marina, Turks & Caicos

Hello Alexandre, In order to receive automatic emails with updates from the board do this procedure: After logging in click on "Profile" Then find "Modify Profile" and from that drop-down menu select

Hi Ian and Judy, The Amelowners BBS is an all new system, completely independent from Yahoo groups. As such it requires a registration process which means basically signing up all over again. When

Problem with my installation: The ground cable behind the chart table is now disconnected. I checked that the ca 8 mm thick had contact with the copper strip in the aft lazaret, so that's fine, BUT it