We happened across "Tango I" of Riga whilst at Gouvia Marina in Corfu, Greece. Looks like she'd had a double dismastiing. A local chap though it made the German papers but we hadn't seen anything -

I usually use mine sailing at speeds in excess of 5,5 knots and at 7 knots it will produce enough for fridge, autopilot, all instruments and still charge with 5-10 amps. It is a great device but must

Hello Richard, We also will be crossing to the Caribbean this year, probably early December. When running our aquagen we normally get around 10-12amp/hr charge showing provided boat speed is above

Thanks Richard Very helpfull Ivan Campbell Ocean Hobo Santorin 96 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

When we had the aquadrive on our Maramu at 5.5 kts boat speed through the water we got 15 Amps on the meter. Be sure the belt is not sliping and that there are good contacts at both the alternator

Hi I note you use the aquadrive alternator. On my Satorin I am unable to measure any imput. What should the alternator produce. I amcrossing to the Carribean and only have this and engine for

Eric, et al., The ring holding the foredeck light in the AquaSignal fixture fell off and the bulb broke. We're in Fiji and found that the 100mm PVC cap used here for septic tank access has a screw

I have had one of my stanchion bases leaking and have the same problem. I have removed the plug and put dry deck on the bottom of both lockers. I am also thinking of covering the contents with

Our SM2K has been getting salt water in the bow lazarettes, even after we changed the seals on the doors. I am curious if there were any reason why we shouldn't take out the plug in the floor of the

I have been following this topic with some interest. A much simpler way to provide a stainless steel bearing surface is to ask your bearing supplier for a 'speedisleeve'. This is a very thin sleeve

IF the general issue appears to be the pump why not replace the impeller with an electric water pump the runs only when the censer runs perhaps wire into the 12 volt fans circuit. That would surely

Hello Ian & Judy, I found a chandlers in Leros that has a multitude of non return valves. Ideally I would like to put one immediately beneath the strainer, but am concerned that should a plastic bag

Hi Richard, off hand no, but it might be on the paperwork which is back in Cyprus. I won't be back there till the end of September. At least 316 I would suspect. Regards Ian [Non-text portions of

Hi Malcolm, I am afraid that I have no note of the dimensions, but obviously it should be as thin as practicable for the machinist else you run the risk of weakening the shaft. At a guess I would say

We are cruising the Northwest, British Columbia and the inside passage to Alaska. We wanted a dinghy that could make long exploration runs. We bought an Avon 340 Rib with a 20HP Honda four stroke. The

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Thank you Anne and John.  You've had quite an experience with your dinks, eh?  I like your thoughts, just hope I can still find 2 stroke engines in the Caribbean next winter. Steady as ye

There have been several recent posts about people looking for used Amels. My SM2K "Antares" (hull 338) is currently for sale in Fort Lauderdale, listed with Joel Potter. Even if "Antares" is not the

Hi y'all, We are now , at last, somewhere in Scotland where I hope we can upload some photos onto the Amel site--most of the place we have been to recently have had very weak signals. First of

Thanks Judy and Bill, this is definitely one good use for this. ________________________________ To: amelyachtowners@... Sent: Sat, August 14, 2010 8:51:28 AM Subject: Re: [Amel] B&G