Hi Herbert thanks for your experience and your information.I need to rreplace my Sterling but I have no idea about B.C. Amel-friendly. Could you give me some advice about Battery chargers that I must

Give the AMEL rig/hull design it is appropriate to keep the rig very tight. The hull engineered to be very tight rig. There MUST not be slack on the Lee side when going to windward. The mast must

Bill, So you have preloaded your rig by your estimate to as much as 30 percent of it's ultimate strength? That may well be more load than the rig will see even under severe conditions. The

We have used them for years on several Amels. Crossed the Atlantic four times with their coverage lived in Caribbean no issues fair price. . Marinas never question when you have their coverage.

We use Pantaenius and Scott Stusek, and have been very happy with the service provided. Steve Davis Aloha SM 72 Grenada

Pantaenius America, Annapolis office. www.pantaenius.us click on get a quote, Choose Annapolis, fill out the form and submit. I will look at it personally same day. Scott Stusek Pantaenius America,

Hey everyone - I know this topic has been addressed before. I have recently tuned my rig and it was crazy to me to the amount of work that was involved. This traces back to a previous post I had

Hi Paul go asking a proposal at Pantaenius, Hamburg. I'm since 15 years with them. kr Hanspeter SM16, Tamango 2 PS: i do not have any business relations with them. It is only my personal experiance

Herbert, Thanks for the detailed information on things to check with the bonding system. My boat is a later Maramu but perhaps the system is fairly similar? Does the aforementioned connection to

Hello Paul, Talk to Allianz… Jean-Pierre Germain Eleuthera SM007

Thank's Bill, but already offer that, but they did not accept Paul SY Kerpa SM#259

Paul, I had that issue and solved it by offering a rigging inspection report. The insurance company waived the 10 years with the report. All boats and all rigging is not equal. Bill BeBe

Hello! just found out that our insurance company would not insure our boat for sailing out of Europe as the standing rig is older than 10 years old. I have no time to change now. Has anyone of you

Hello not yet, some higher priority work right now, will let you now when ready Paul on S/Y Kerpa SM#259

Hello Paul and Bill, Did the splice suggested by Bill work? I have a similar-looking pump, a Jabsco Sensor-Max variable speed control with a solid state pressure sensor. People installed these pumps

hi enio, maybe not relevant to your current problem, but eventually some helpful thoughts. I spent some time in finding grounding issues :-) on different santorins (including our own). what I found

I believe that Rick's gmail account has been hijacked. I would not click on the link. Bill BeBe 387

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Kent, It’s not simple… Connecting the charger safety ground can be done to either the AC safety ground wire, or the bonding wires, assuming the bonding wires are big enough to take full current

James, Yes, that test you describe will tell you. All (properly wired) boats should have a “insulated return” which means that the DC negative should NOT show continuity with the case or the AC