We experienced the opposite last summer. We were sitting very high on the water. I had removed additional chain and anchors from the stern locker and had placed them in one of the forward lockers (the

Yes Alan, I agree. In all my racing days we knew the best place for weight was central. Miimise weight in both ends. But we have a huge stern lazurette and voluminous lockers forward. Inviting weight

It might be help to others to share the company names of thoseyou evaluated. With bestregards, Mark Skipper Sailing Vessel- Cream Puff www.creampuff.us

I don’t think anyone is actively looking to overload theirvessel. But, I do think a great many of us got very tired of scrubbing thewaterline, me included. The only time our vessel had a good amount

We try to keep it light aft. We raised the stripe only an inch by putting the bottom paint up to the bottom edge of the boot stripe. And even though we have an arch and one solar panel, the boat sits

Well each to his own, but I believe it is not a good idea to put lots of weight in the bow of a boat, or the stern, or both. The mass needs to be concentrated in the middle of the boat. Loading the

Hi Ruedi, The fridge freezer and A/C on our 54 was not cool enough. Had different people checking and adjusting gas levels then one guy suggested cleaning the raw water lines. This was a real messy

Hi all. Some thoughts on loading. When delivered unladen the SM anti fouling line is high in the bow and low in the stern. Given the duck tail stern with low floatation compared to the full and

Photos as requested... Of the completed project: The original latch and hinges were reused. Everything else--except the mahogany outer boards--is new. The original box-shaped evaporator was

I want to share this with you to hopefully lighten your day, although it will probably do nothing to lighten your Amel or change your waterline stripe. Judy came into my office yesterday and asked why

I added 50ft of chain to the bow locker, and moved my tools and some other heavier items forward. She sails better, particularly upwind, with less banging into the seas. She seems faster, too, but I

Hi Ruedi, I got to learn a lot about refrigeration since my last post. Intermittent cooling can be caused by a blockage in the refrigerant circuit. I find that the best way to confirm that is to

Ruedi. Its a long shot, but if your water pump is very old you could have a lack of cooling water running through the fridge and two freezers. I could hear the fridge running, but the cooling pump had

Hi Amelia’s, (@ Arno & Mohammad) The Galley fridge on my A54 is only intermittently cooling and sometimes it stops completely until I can restart it. A fridge-guy told me; - it is the filter

Oliver, Thanks for your post and for the reminder to be careful in deviating original design parameters such as changing the vessel trim. Our Maramu is pretty well sitting on her lines now.

I don't want to rain on anyone's party, but...... Elyse sat stern down before the solar arch was put on.....I don't think I've ever seen an SM that floated on it's lines, they are all stern down,

Olivier of the Amel 54 Vela Nautica did a great series of two videos doing pretty much the same thing a few years ago. He reported similar results. Here is the link to the first one

Interesting Bill ! We struggled with the original freezer when we first bought Elyse...it just didn't really work well. I guess we were spoilt on our previous boat which had an engine driven

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This past year, I got totally frustrated with our OEM under settee freezer. It was so poorly insulated that food thawed if it was against the wall of the box. It consumed huge amounts of power. It