Miles, I purchased Annie with 16mm genoa sheets fastened to the sail with a cowhitch/larkshead. I replaced the sheet shortly after purchase and found the knot was rock solid...no chance it would

Hi Eric, My boat, #351, has an Autoprop and a shaft brake. With the boat on the hard and servicing the prop, how to get the brake off for a while? Willem Kroes SY KAVANGA

Cow hitches have a tendency to slip if the pull isn't even. eg if you spend a long time on one tack in reasonable breeze, you'll probably end up with one sheet longer than the other. Cheers Alan Elyse

Hi Heinz, As Eric notes, some more information would help. By "gearbox" can we assume you mean the "C" drive (not the transmission gearbox)? Where is the oil-water mixture leaking from? - around the

Thanks Craig and thanks Bill Very helpful I definitely want to go for a single long line with a cow hitch /larks head attachment to the clew Turns out I’m in a place that only has 14mm line so

Hello and thanks for the answer. I have a folding propeller but no brake Heinz Am 20.11.2018 09:35 schrieb "'sailormon' kimberlite@... [amelyachtowners]" <amelyachtowners@...>:

I can tell you that my SM 380 TouRai, was built with a full length settee in place of the loveseat, end table configuration. This boat was built with several factory built differences for a legacy

Just do what the power boaters do and add lead forward, or in the starboard hanging locker (where you might also keep your tools.) And/or add another 1 or 2 hundred feet of chain. Don't know if you've

Here's an appealing way with a soft shackle: https://www.thoughtco.com/attach-jib-sheets-with-a-soft-shackle-2915412 Or just form a loop in the middle of a single long line, put it through the clew

Update: it was pretty easy to do, just a bit time consuming. Use a utility knife around the edges of the arcylic/GRP portlight flange and slowly open it up. We put small wedges to hold a gap between

Hi Heinz, Do you have an autoprop with a disk brake on the shaft? Fair Winds Eric Kimberlite Amel Super Maramu #376

hello, After 5 months in the drydock in Panama I noticed that an Oel-water mixture was leaking out of the gearbox. I had the seals and the oil changed by Amel in Martinique a year ago. Now I can't

Miles, Harken has a quick and dirty online calculator for expected sail loads as a function of wind strength here: https://www.harken.com/content.aspx?id=9096 The tough part is extending that number

Thanks Bill, much appreciated! Duane Wanderer, SM#477

Hi there My Genoa sheets need replacing Currently I have 16mm polyester they don’t run too well through the cars, the bowlines tend to get hung up on the lower fwd shrouds when tacking etc. So am

Bill, Very impressed!I spent days searching the internet for one of these a couple of years ago andnever did find one. With bestregards, Mark Skipper Sailing Vessel- Cream

This has been going on sometime and seem to be a "common problem" but my santorin is ass heavy and we made the issue worse last year when we added 4 L16 batteries to the engine room and installed the

or this: https://www.poolsupplies.com/product/1-1-2-x-1-1-4-insert-hose-coupling Best, CW Bill Rouse Admiral, Texas Navy Commander Emeritus Amel School http://www.amelschool.com 720 Winnie

Duane, See this connector: https://www.heatpumps4pools.com/pool-equipment/pipes-fittings/hose-connector-1.5-38mm-to-1.25-32mm I have not found another source, but this is probably exactly what you