Hello Danny, I have been following your sad story and I feel very badly for you. It is of no value to you, but, on behalf of others, I want to put in some comments following Eric’s post about

Bill, I cannot open the photos you attached, but sent you a photo of the area. Duane

Bill, Attached is a photo of the deck locker adjacent the aft freezer. Note that you can see a board and bolts that covers the fwd water tank access, through a hole in the vertical deck locker wall

Thanks Alexandre, I have done that. I haven't seen it come through yet though. Regards Danny

Hi all, Further to my below, no one said no so I copy here an email from my new broker sent after he read some of the posts. Danny SM 299 Ocean Pearl Hi all, I’ve been reading some of the

Great! Good luck. Best, CW Bill Rouse Admiral, Texas Navy Commander Emeritus Amel School www.amelschool.com 720 Winnie St Galveston Island, TX 77550 +1(832) 380-4970

You have to ensure copper coat is continually stirred while applying otherwise it may not work so well. Best advice is do it yourself. Advantages are it is an epoxy coat on top of your gel coat. You

Bill, Are the colors you used representative of the actual wire colors? -Yes. The purple wires marked F5 and H2 reverse the polarity of battery positive to the linear actuator motor (LAM) (i.e., one

I think you should share his name and what he wrote. Sincerely, Alexandre --------------------------------------------

Eric, I also have Pantaenius and had a claim for a near by lightning strike and was treated fairly. I assume that by "policy limits" they mean agreed value. I want to ask , because you know what

FYI; Whenwe wanted to replace our carrier that we had in Turkey, because they did notcover anything outside of Turkish waters, we discussed the matter with ourattorney in Florida that specializes in

Hi all, As I said before I was burned badly by an insurance company. I changed brokers and have a "agreed value" policy with my new broker. I forwarded him some of the correspondence because,

FYI, I spoke to Pantaenius America Ltd today and asked them to explain how they handle agreed on value. They said they would pay policy limits if the boat was a total loss, or whatever it costs to

Ruedi, if you search here you will find many opinions for andagainst. Perhaps less for Copper-Coat. My question to you is, where are thesavings if you need to haul your Amel every couple of years

Dear Amel'ies Maybe you had an earlier conversation on this topic already? I'm new here so I don't know. Copper-coat AF seems to be attractive if it lasts 10 and more years, despite the fact of

Duane, This is good. I would like to use the information you sketched to make a formal wiring diagram. Couple of questions: Are the colors you used representative of the actual wire colors? It

Duane, OK, that is a new one on me. I must not remember that area correctly, or maybe your SM2k is different than #387 and all of the others I have been on. There was no way to store anything under

Thanks Duane, Your right the old sketch floating around didn't help me much. This is much better for my age boat. Thanks for doing/sharing. You are fast becoming a subject matter expert in BTs Chuck

Hi Alexandre, well that settles that. Forget agreed value. Regards Danny

Alexandre, Trust me, I for one will reread my policy with a more critical eye. Its disgusting how an insurance company would look for any excuse , even an invalid one to escape their responsibly . I