i agree...I have NEVER put wax on any boat of mine. Only washed them with lightly soapy water and polished occasionally, but never waxed. Cheers Alan Elyse SM437

Nicolas, There was no need to leave the original breaker in line, but leaving it there made the wiring simpler and kept the install looking neat. Bill Kinney SM160, Harmonie Port Louis, Grenada

Bill, I concur with your answer. I have however noticed that simply tying off the wheel still allows some movement to occur since there is always some play in the cables and parts. I also got to

I would absolutely recommend you tie it off. Flopping back and forth at anchor adds a huge amount of equivalent miles of wear on many parts from the cables to the autopilot drives that serves no

230-volt wet vacuum will pick up almost all of that and will also suck up the soap scum. CW Bill Rouse Amel Owners Yacht School +1 832-380-4970 | brouse@... 720 Winnie, Galveston Island, Texas

Nice screw driver :-)

Hello all- Even though this is a rather old discussion, I wanted to share a photo of just some of the “treasures” I retrieved from my grey-water sump. Most of these items were retrieved with one

To tie off helm or not - Is it easier on the rack / gears / cables to tie the helm off? A the boat swings and bobs and the helm / rudder moves quite a bit- Tying off seems to make the helm move a

Dear Bill I followed your link in a search to constantly improve my understanding of the SM2K systems , and liked the safety feature of being able to isolate any system not in use during navigation. I

Heavily waxing a fibreglass hull during storage is a fine way to capture Sierra dust and road dust. which will grind into your gelcoat when you polish out the wax. Bad idea.

Hi all, Well, all I can say is thanks to you all. Very valuable information. I had planned to have the arch installed by now but have deferred it until next month because it seems that process of

Thanks, Kent, Iris , Nick and Bill, One thing does seem to be the case---polishing a hull is an exclusively blue job. Wives go shopping at that point, usually with the throw away line about how come

Hi Ian, In the West Indies when hauled out many boat owners have their whole gelcoat areas covered in wax/polish as a thick protective layer. It looks opaque and clearly protects. Then prior to

Paul, The "rubber" liner on the underside of the engine room hatch is actually rubber formulated with a rather high content of powdered lead to help reduce vibrations. Its significant weight makes it

Hi all, just dropping in with a big thx to the group. The info here made our first holding tank pump out go as smoothly as… well.. black water?! ;) All your poop straw dimensions worked like a

Thank you Mike, The lifting blocks are made by Garhauermarine and have a 1/5 gain with locking cams and are lifted by

Thank you, Ian. I’ve looked for, but haven’t found these wires yet. Will look again this weekend…

Hi Ian, I purchased Kristy when she was 10y/o. Her gel coat was intact and shiny, but not mirror-like by any means. I polished her yearly with several different polishes and waxes. I even bought a big

Very nice install Jose. I'm curious about your dinghy lifting blocks - are they rachet blocks or do they have locking cams? Do you run them forward to winches or lift by hand? Cheers, Mike Longcor SV

Pretty much the last thing you will ever do on an Amel is polish your way through the gelcoat! We have the hull sides lightly polished and waxed annually, and we wax the deck, deck hardware, rig, and