Eric, Each piece of ACMO rigging that I have seen on many different model Amels is engraved with ACMO's production date near the swage fitting. Bill Rouse BeBe Amel 53 #387 Sent from my

Thank you gentlemen....GELCOAT!! It's obvious now. Just so happens Sula is parked up on the hard at RHKYC with her bow more or less poking into the fibre glass work shop! Graham SM140 Sula Hong Kong

Aren’t the length of each piece of rigging engraved on the swage fitting? Fair Winds Eric Kimberlite Amel Super Maramu #376 __

Gary, Thanks in advance for the rig tuning pdf. I'm looking forward to it! Duane Wanderer SM477

Just finished the same project on Adagio. Three out of four bolts snapped on FWD head and one out of four snapped on the AFT. Had successful outcome drilling out 4 of them (gradually increasing bit

Joel, I wanted to let you know that there is also a non air inhibited gel coat that cures hard and even shiny without any additives or PVA needed. I have used it for boat repairs and also on

Olivier: Many thanks for your excellent write-up. It was perfect and exactly answered my questions. I can't tell you how much I appreciate your willingness to share your knowledge and time to help

Or use gel coat with surfactant wax already in, then you don’t need to cover the curing gel coat with PVC spray. The guy at the gel coat store will know what you want if you just tell him you want

Graham and all, Joel gave me this secret a few years back - Amel used gelcoat - same color as dodger. Be sure to use additive so it cures in air. Works like a charm. Cheers, Craig, SN#68

Oliver, I appreciate the very clear instructions that you provided on how to set up the Amel spars and tune. Replacement of the standing rigging will be high on the list of priorities for the 1987

Olivier, you are the best! Thanks again and again for all your time and efforts on our behalf! Kent SM243 Kristy En route to Bonaire and points West.

Thanks for the Intel. Appreciate it Joel F. Potter THE EXPERIENCED AMEL GUY 954-812-2485

Joel, the material that came out was powdered rust and blocked the pipe where it was welded into the larger U. There was only about 1cm of blockage, at the end where the small pipe was welded, it was

Hi Bob. Good sleuthing. I am puzzled by the ‘blocked with rust’ observation. Chunks of oxidized metal? A heavy film of rust inside the anti-syphon? Could you give us a bit more of an idea about

That’s from the pen of Rob Warren, the owner of Costal Climate Control. I don’t own shares in his business. He is not my brother in law. He is ‘The Real deal’ and he forgot more about the

Hi Gary you might think about using a laser. Using one of the halyards pulled tight. Shot up the line to check it. Just a thought. Of course I'd also sort of follow the AMEL setup too. Regards Capt

This link will take you to a really great article on Frigoboat compressors. I really liked how plain-spoken and direct the writer is in this informative article.

Graham, Good question. I do not know the answer because the Plexiglass supplier I used to cut the pieces chose the paint. He did an exact job predrilling all of the holes which matched up exactly.

I am replacing the perspex windows on my fixed wind screen. On removal of the old ones it was observed that the edges of the windows were painted to hide the sealant when in position. Can any one tell

Peregrinus, Thanks for sharing your setup! Duane