Michael, This is great information, thanks! I am comfortable with the Med. mooring using the lazy lines but laying the anchor and backing down will be new. I currently only have 120’ of chain

Thankyou Olivier. Your explanation is abundantly clear to me and a relief to know that my practise of engaging reverse while sailing has been the right one. Cheers, Warren

Hi James, while there are some anchorages in Greece where weed can make it a bit of a problem to anchor on first attempt, there are usually enough sandy patches among the weed where you can drop your

Gerhard there is no sticker on Sea Hobo, Do I have the same gearbox as you? Can you tell from this photo? Mark Sent from my Samsung device

Same sticker here at my Sharki. I guess the bearings of the gearbox are not lubricated enough anymore when shift is in forward position while sailing. -- Gerhard Mueller Amel Sharki #60 Currently

Hello Warrren, on a Sharki with fixed prop, while sailing, you should stop the propeller by engaging reverse. This will reduce noise and packing stuff wear. There will be a "clunk" which could

Gary, I just went through the photo albums that you updated for us and it is such an improvement over the old system. Because of the organization, I was able to find many useful photos

Hi all: I just posted a series of photographs showing the replacement of my companionway door seal. I did this about 4 years ago. I have owned the boat since new and the original Amel seal began

Hello Amelians Folk on this forum have been very helpful with advice re how to remove the Maramu Genoa sheet cars. (Best bet seemed to be to undo the stanchion base fwd of the track and push this

James: I have had a Spade anchor on Liahona (Amel SM 2000) for about 8 years; I can't recall the size (weight) I bought but it is roughly the equivalent size of the SS CQG anchor the boat came new

Colin and Lauren: I know of several people who have had their chain done by Buzz Parlato of Lighthouse Marine in St. Thomas. Cell 340-334-3117, email lighthouse at islands dot vi. Evidently you

Hi Mark, the important thing is the clunk. My sign says no to forward, but as I said in my previous just to be contrary sometimes its clunk in forward, sometimes reverse. I don't think it has

Danny, The opposite istrue on Cream Puff. There is a French sticker by the throttle that says to putthe gear in forward when sailing and leave it there. We do not have a shaftbreak or alternator.

Hi. The reason being that it locks in reverse but in forward the clutch plates are lightly engaged and the propeller turns slowly causing wear to the plates. Try it with the engine cover up when

Miles The Santorin has a Hurth gearbox. The instruction by the gear shift says not to put into forward gear whilst sailing. Must be a reason. Ian

James Apology, I cannot assist with the Maramu specific anchor fit question, but would say we have been very happy with our Rocna 40kg. Now more than half the way around the world, it has only ever

This is very helpful advice, many thanks! My conclusion is to go to Hammamet/Port Jasmine, rather than Gammarth or Sidi Bou Said. Joerg

Thanks to all for the words of wisdom I'm getting. Because I wasn't that careful with debris, the dust and wood chips combined with the mud already there to clog my anchor locker drain (entering

Greg, Thanks for your input. I don’t have to order my anchor right away so I will look forward to hearing your report. It seems from my research so far that the Mantus should be good in weed,

Interesting thread ! I have been using the shaft alternator lots over the last 8 months. My Hurth gearbox manual seems to suggest that it should be left to idle (regardless of the Amel propshaft