Hi Alan, I'm with you on this. Until you've seen big seas breaking over a boat you just cant imagine the power in them. Eric knows more about that than ost I think. We store our 4 jerry cans of

Dear Amel Family, a small question; We intend to replace all four fixed port lights in the coming months . We see that the stainless cover / fixing plate is held with screws , not bolted through

Thanks Jose.

Wow. Much more difficult day than anticipated. Clog in the outlet riser to tank resisted every tool so had to ram through it using prop puller to force steel rod through to top of bronze pipe. Quite

Another question: Are you happy with the sail size, or would you have used an even longer foot if you could do it again? -James

Looks great. This is exactly what I’m looking to for! Thanks for your measurements. It looks to me like you’ve had the sail designed so that the foot easily clears the bow pulpit, while your

It uses the additional halliard above and the hole in the anchor chain roller that seems standard on my boat. Just enough distance from the genoa

FWIW, I had a set of gears machined by shop in NZ. Works well although we use it rarely as we anchor most times. GL with your repair. JP Germain, Eleuthera, SM 007

Willem, Can you post some pictures of your gears to show us the wear that you are seeing? I changed out the bearings on my bowthruster this past winter for no real reason other than the fact that

Hi Jose, That looks like a great system. How is the fuller attached at the bow, and at the mast? Thanks, Steve Davis Aloha SM 72 Hawaii

Willem, When we replaced bow thruster parts in Fiji last year, Amel told us this : -Bowthruster mechanism (see photo): the parts composing this mechanism cannot be sold separately as everything is

Ouch ! I have seen stanchions / lifelines damaged on boats that had "stuff" lashed to them after tough up wind passages. Our SSB tuner is not in the lazarette, nor do we have power supplies or outlets

James, I have an asymmetric spy on a top-down furling RollGen 20 by Bamar. Spy dimensions: Luff=17.07mtr Leech=15.4 mtr Foot=7.9mtr SMG=7.105mtr I have enjoyed it for more than 6 years with the main

Nick again, I have to admit though that it is probably going to be a service that will not survive the internet. It is free to the user and paid for by presumably various government agencies. This

Love my weather fax but it depends where. Across the North Atlantic, Halifax Nova Scotia pumped out great charts as did UK. In the Med it is a different story. Nick Amelia in Corfu AML 54-019

We went tjr Portaboat route. We have a 8hp two stroke and also have inflatable dinghy dogs for it so it is extremely stable and we can snorkle off the sides. All in all it is the dinghy I hate the

Steve, I do not know what you mean by the "bow thruster breathing pipe." Photo? Some thoughts: Are the 2 bow lockers completely sealed at the bottom and sides? Is the original "D" profile gasket/seal

Hi All. We have just purchased a sm 2000 (378). The previous owner has had a small issue of water in the bow locker not a lot just one or two cups. We have tried to find any leaks by sealing

I've since wrapped a piece of bright tape around the lever and have a similarly bright zip-tie, without being snipped, to help show the way to the shutoff lever. I know the topic's old but wanted to

haha!