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Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] 2nd Forestay on Super Maramu

Hello! I’m curioushow do you without a stay sail go upwind in true wind exceeding 25 knots, with occasional gusts of +30 knots, in reasonable comfort. We go comfortable up wind in 20 knots apparent

By Paul Osterberg · #39142 ·

Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] 2nd Forestay on Super Maramu

Hi All, When first bought my Amel, I was thinking that I might add a staysail. I liked the idea of having the smaller sail ready to use in higher winds as opposed to using a deeply reefed genoa.

By James Alton · #39141 ·

Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] 2nd Forestay on Super Maramu

Good afternoon Eric, The addition of a Staysail comes often on the forum. My boat came with one and I wish it was removable. Here are pictures of how mine was

By Alexandre Uster von Baar <uster@...> · #39140 ·

Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] 2nd Forestay on Super Maramu

Hi Eric , We have sailed nearly 60,000 miles in our SM , including two seasons in the Beagle channel and a rounding of Cape Horn . We have sailed in the south Atlantic in 60 knots . We never felt

By ianjenkins1946 <ianjudyjenkins@hotmail.com> · #39139 ·

2nd Forestay on Super Maramu

Hi Amel-Owners! For our bluewater-trip we are planning to install a 2nd forestay on our Super Maramu for strong conditions. We are looking for recommendations and good solutions!? Where can we

By eric@... · #39138 ·

Re: Onan MDKD Starting Problems

Woody, I don't have the detailed part number for you, but I can give a clue about what's going on... These are dual coil solenoids. They have one large, powerful, high current coil that pulls the

By greatketch@... · #39137 ·

Re: Amel logo

Hi All, We lowered our main this morning, and measured the horizontal length of our AMEL logo at 100cm, from the tip of the arrow to the rear-most of the feathers. Yours aye, David Perigee, SM#396 St

By dbv_au@... · #39135 ·

Onan MDKD Starting Problems

Having coaxed this old gen back to life it's died on me again :/ Had an electrician bypass the galley switch then the starter solenoid began overheating. It didn't seem to reach it's full 'pull'

By alanwood123@... · #39136 ·

Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Comment on an older AMEL that lost it’s ig in a series of squalls

By Brent Cameron · #39134 ·

Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Chain to rode. How do you ?

Sure should have been a snig line as we call them here It's a stainless hook that fits between two chain links spliced on to a rope about 20 mm diameter about 5 el m long We are probably talking

By JOHN HAYES · #39133 ·

Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] satellite service providers

Thanks again Steve and Mark. I've been very happy with my Iridium phone, even more so since I added a dedicated permanent antenna. Kent S/V Kristy SM243

By Kent Robertson · #39129 ·

Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] satellite service providers

Thanks Mark - It’s too bad we didn’t get to catch up more while you were in Martinique. Thanks to everyone else for your ongoing thoughtful responses to the various questions posed. This forum is

By James Cromie <jamescromie@...> · #39128 ·

Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] satellite service providers

Kent, If you have the Iridium Extreme, it also has the dedicated SOS button that provides all of the additional information in my previous reply to Bill Kinney. Like the Go! you still have to activate

By Mark Garver · #39126 ·

Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] satellite service providers

Bill, Good additional information. You do have to register the IridiumGo for the SOS button to go to the group in Texas that monitors SEND devices, who then makes contact with the appropriate Rescue

By Mark Garver · #39125 ·

Comment on an older AMEL that lost it’s rig in a series of squalls

Greetings all, PERIGEE was the SM that went to the assistance of the circa late-70s sloop-rigged AMEL (we thought it was an EURO, but now we're not really sure), that lost the top half of it's mast

By dbv_au@... · #39124 ·

Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] satellite service providers

And, there's more! The IridiumGo also has a dedicated SOS function. Even if you did not have access to a phone or tablet the IridiumGo on its own can send a distress call. Without another device,

By greatketch@... · #39123 ·

Victron Auto Isolation Transformer

Has anybody evaluated (or installed) the Victron auto isolation transfomer? https://www.victronenergy.com/upload/documents/Datasheet-Isolation-Transformers-EN.pdf I hadn't seriously looked at an

By greatketch@... · #39122 ·

Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] satellite service providers

Completely agree Steve. We have exactly the same and now working great with a good external antenna connection. Porter Ibis54-152 Excuse the errors. Sent from my IPhone Www.fouribis.com

By Porter McRoberts · #39121 ·

Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] satellite service providers

Actually Kent, it’s not difficult at all. We keep our phones sitting on the nav station where our Go is on its mount, and right next to EPIRB #2 (#1 is already in ditch bag). We would just grab the

By Stephen Davis · #39120 ·

Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Dessalator Operational Question

Thank you for your thoughts and input. I will dig deeper and let you know what I find.

By Mark & Debbie Mueller · #39119 ·

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