Good morning, Lightning is also my biggest fear. I took the full Celestial classes (in addition to the ASA 117 for noon site), have a Astra IIIB sextant, declinations table, up to date Nautical

I have update/replaced the original electronics package on my Mango with the Simrad NSS EVO/4G/. I would like to install an integrated autopilot. I have the AC42 brain installed but would like to

All good ideas. I've not done an Ocean crossing yet, so haven't delved into this as I will before I do. All I can add now is that I put all portable electronics in the oven when a thunderstorm

Bill, I agree in general with your belts and suspenders approach to having redundancy in all critical systems. I will be carrying my Weems and Plath sextant + tables. I thought that I would

I am going to hijack and rename this thread and ask a question of the group to help me think of what I might have forgotten. When I was teaching sailing, it was not unusual for students to ask me if

Miles, I took several pics, but I don't think they would help you . With the anchor on the rollers and being in a dinghy trying not to lose my wife's Iphone overboard , I got nothing of value. I had

Bill, I am in agreement with all of your comments on the Amel Bow Thruster. If starting from scratch today, I am not sure that it would be possible to improve much if any over the original design.

Ben, My boat is a Maramu with a straight shaft so handles differently perhaps than the Santorin. I have been able to back my boat without using the thruster under calm conditions. My boat also

Thanks Bill, Ric, James and Patric, for the valuable advice and picture (Ric). My boat is Santorin and she is in Rhodes right now but planning to do this work in Marmaris exactly for the reason of

Another way to pick up the hull shape in the event that another Santorin is not close by, is to fill the bow thruster bay with polyurathene foam (cut from sheets and you can use bondo to fill gaps)

James, The design of the retractable Amel Bow Thruster was an amazing feat for a small yacht builder when it was originally done. The unique design and Amel's use of materials and electrical power to

Nameless, Since you asked , how to rebuild , I assume you would like to do this yourself , otherwise you could let a fabricator determine how to. If you had access to a similar boat on the hard , then

My SN 24 1990. Maybe this helps. Bali Hai Annapolis

Bill, Could you share some of your knowledge and experience with the Amel bow thruster? For instance, what techniques do you find work best when backing using the thruster? Also what procedures

santorinlo18@... If I were you, I would go to a boatyard that not only has another Santorin (I assume you have a Santorin), but also a contractor capable of fabricating a replacement, or repairing

I just switched ours out to the heavier weight per Amel Martinique's recommendation. I don't really like having to carry the extra oil of different weights aboard (having spare oil is important to me

Hi forum, Unfortunately in the last summer when sailed out of a congested harbour in Greece, my bow thruster housing, (the bottom part which is is used as cover aligned with the hull when bow thruster

On Peregrinus, the anchorwash is effective on sand and light mud. The pump is a reliable old, rusty Shurflo that does its job. For heavy mud, this is insufficient, and our solution is to quickly run

Perfect Bill, thank you. Duane

Here is a photo of what Amel Martinique used on a Super Maramu C Drive. ​