I have the B&G Hydra Processor and the Sonic Speed Processor on Ebay now with a $150 "buy it now" price if anyone is interested. The Hydra just came back from B&G with new batteries for the circuit

Bill, That was an amazing post, chock full of useful information and very well written. Thanks for sharing. James SV Sueño Maramu #220

Sorry, forgot to put SM 299 Ocean Pearl in my signature to the below post. Regards Danny

Hi Paul, Going to windward, "more is less" in my opinion. Over-canvassed to windward is uncomfortable and inefficient. We have a heavy weather 90% jib with a high cut foot. Surprisingly going to

ThanksMark for the detailed explanation. Respectfully; Mohammad and Aty B&B Kokomo Amel 54 #099

Mohammad and Aty, Hope this helps… I use barnaclebuster to flush the air-conditioning system. As others have mentioned this isbasically a phosphoric acid solution. For the engine and

Paul, If you really can't carry the full genoa in more than 20 knots of APPARENT wind while close hauled, I would imagine there is something rather wrong with that sail's shape. That should be 14

Duane, The size of the hole in the sheave is probably metric. I don’t recall where you are but it might be difficult to get it in the USA or English speaking countries. I believe they are not

Just an FYI - Our TV reception has always been terrible, to the point we don't bother turning it on. While installing a new masthead wind/weather station I removed it, and disassembled it on deck.

Eric, I have not written Maude yet. I was hoping Mark might be able to inform me of the sizes. If Mark doesn't have the information, then I'll probably just go up and retrieve the sheaves and axle,

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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'

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