Congratulations and welcome to the group Arno. I am using SeaHawk Island 44. It is available in the US only for boats over 75 ft. It is tin based and works great for 4-4.5 years. All the big boats

Hi Peter, I have vertical battens in the main and mizzen. As long as the boom is at 90d, furling hasn’t been a problem. Sail shape is significantly better than without them. I don’t know how

Porter, I have posted some pictures of the winter tent on the Facebook group. (I struggle with the logistics the posting attachments on this forum). Cheers Dean SY Stella Amel 54#154

Thanks to all the people for the advice and congrats. It seems the Micron 77-stuff is the way forward.

Regarding Micron 77, in many (most?) parts of Europe it is no longer available having been replaced by Micron 350. We had Micron 350 applied (Micron 77 no longer available) in April, 2018 at Manoel

I agree my 54 seems good with Micron 77. We just completed our circumnavigation. Peter Forbes 0044 7836 209730 ppsforbes@... Carango Sailing Ketch Amel 54 #035 In La Rochelle

Hello Hanspeter Agree absolutely..I don't see why one should connect the arch to the bonding system. Cheers Alan Elyse SM437

Hello Peter, If you take the battens out of the sail you have and try to use it, it will be worse. The standard main and mizzen sails on SMs have hollow leeches ie the line of the leech from the end

Thanks Bill R. I will be experimenting without battens before ordering thenew main. I like that idea, because furlingand especially unfurling have been troublesome at times. Best, Peter de

Arno; Welcome to the group and the Amel family. Isecond Ruedi's opinion. We have used Micron 77 and it has performed well in theMed. If anything does manage to attach itself to the hull after a

Good day Amelians Has anybody run the adventure to take apart the 14x150 mm SS axel from the top of the main mast where the back stay fitting is attached ? I foud it well "welded" to the aluminum

Congratulations Arno! See you soon! Alexandre --------------------------------------------

Hi Brent, I plan to do the U.S. east coast next year. I was wondering if you could forward some of the information that you got? Appreciate if that was possible, Best regards, Alex SY NO

Hi Scott, I was wondering if you found out what the cause for your problems with the Volvo was and how you resolved it. Thanks a lot, Alex SY NO STRESS AMEL54 #15

Congratulation Arno I had the same question few month a go. After a nice forum member mentioned that an Amel has to go out of water for the change of 'c-drive shaft bearing' every 2-3 year anyhow, I

Arno congratulations!! Coppercoat designed to keep you boat in the water for longer without having to pull it to repaint yet you will have to service your Seadrive every 2 years which works nicely

Hi Arno, I have Coppercoat on my SM. Some of Bill Rouse’s cautions apply.. such as the growth of algaeon the hull. However, I have NO barnacles whatsoever after 3 years in the Med, Caribbean,

Hi Arno, I'll be in Caracao in the end of July/August timeframe with my boat. Would be nice to meet then. Do you have a local phone? Best regards, Alex SY NO STRESS AMEL54 #15

The answer is simple for tropical waters. If you enjoy diving and scraping your hull every 2-4 months, coppercoat is fine. However, if you do not and want something more actively involved in

Dear Forum, After quite some time lurking on this forum and provided unsollicited comments to Amel owners , we finally managed to get hold of one of our own. If all goes well we will gain the