Hello Jeff, I looked into buying Moon dog an SM in Pennsylvania. When they told me how much the tax and duty with the need for the Government survey, I found it easier to just go to France and buy an

Hi all, To give an update: An refrigeration engineer friend came to have a look and found the system low on refrigerant, but couldn’t find a leak. The usual culprit (the seals in the quick fittings)

Kent, I think youmentioned in the past you use Growie Insurance and their Jack-line policy.Check with them for offshore medical plans. If I recall correctly theyrepresent IMG. There are

Hello Paul! My suggestion to you on this topic would be, "It depends." It seems like that is always the answer to a sailing question, but let me expand a bit. The Amel metal muffler does have a

Hi Jeff, in Austria is the same issue for registration. I send the drawing, every Amel have it in its papers to a nautical engineer and he did this for me. So the tax can calculate by the

Hello Jeff as you have probably come to understand, the Canadian tonnage is a nearly but not exactly the same thing as the UK tonnage. It is based on ancient and arcane measurements that support the

Since 2018 incident where a Dutch ICP registered GERMAN vessel illegally entered MALTESE waters with 234 migrants the Dutch government swiftly issued a law that Dutch ICP Registry is no good and is

Hi Jeff, Hmmm. Have you thought of a Dutch or Belgian registry? Resale might be simpler.... Good luck Jean-Pierre Germain

Hi Jean-Pierre, It is a Canadian Transport Canada thing. Need a Canadian registered surveyor to complete a tonnage certificate form if the boat is over 15m to register the boat in Canada. I used

Hello Jeff, I am Canadian as well and my reg is UK. Why do you need CDN surveyor for tonnage? I used the renowned surveyor named Olivier Beauté, ex director of after sales at Amel. He is

Hi Ian, My forward intake valve handle corroded such that I couldn't turn it and broke off the valve stem trying. The corrosion was from sea water accumulating from an inconspicuous leak in the

Mike, There is no real reason to seal them. They should have a drip leg so most of the water runs off outside the mast, but any water than does follow the wire into the mast runs down and accumulates

Hi All, In the process of buying SM#379 Spruzzo (thinking of keeping the name). Boat is currently in Sicily and plan on cruising the Med for the next few years. I'm going to register the boat in

Boy, Kent, you’ve opened up a can of worms, that fortunately non-Americans may not have to deal with. I don’t know if you have “traditional” Medicare, or the other privately administered

Our 1996 SM153 has a seawater valve for each of the toilets. Has anyone with these ever had either the valve or the thruhull fail? A surveyor just told me that he has inspected the same

Well said, Bill. Cheers, Craig -- SN68 Sangaris, Tropic Isle Harbor, FL

Hey Kent, Know you're the Doc, but my Medicare Part C plan let's me get reimbursed for overseas care (yes, I've got to pay first and then submit for reimbursement, and it can't exceed "normal and

The answer to the seal orientation of the 3 seals is very simple. You have 3 seals. You need to keep the oil in and the water out. If you had two seals, the answer is clear: one for each. But, with 3

We used Travelex, much less expensive, includes medivac and flight insurance. We also depend on Medicare in the US. ~~~⛵️~~~Matt

Hi all, I'm looking at health insurance for myself again. I've been basically self-insuring for overseas care and have DAN Boaters insurance for emergency medical repatriation. Iris has GeoBlue plus