I passed on going into that inlet this winter. 8-10 ft swells breaking close on both sides with a 20+ kt East wind blowing us onto the rocks to leeward of the channel. We sailed on to Eleuthera

James, Motor or motor-sail when you need it to exceed 4kts is my rule. And, never tear up sails for the sake of "purity." A motor rebuild because of high hours is much cheaper than a set of sails.

Hi Kent, we were entering the Sea of Abaco at Little Harbor Inlet. Sails furled, with the wind and 6-7 ft swells at our back. The swells were rolling under us nicely when a big breaker came out

Christian, I found some tetes universelles on Amazon.fr but first I have to get the old ones apart. After 32 years the little screw in the centre is reluctant to move. Did you have difficulty getting

Moral : don't store machetes in the nav station !!

Hello Amel Owners and those who want to be, Anni Bea True is available for sale and is now in the Annapolis area and available for viewing. Interested parties may contact me via phone 206.841.9556 or

Wow! Where were you John? Other conditions? Wind? Wave height and period? Overpowered? Glad you and yours and Annie are okay. Must’ve been quite a scare! Kent Robertson S/V Kristy SM 243

Bill, You don’t miss much. (grin) I wonder sometimes when I am slatting in light winds if the engine would cost less to cover the same number of miles as the wear and tear on the sails, blocks

Miles, Sorry that I did not comment on these excellent photos earlier, we have been doing the 70-80 hour work week thing lately so a few things have had to slide a bit. (grin) The center photo of

Hi All, Last March we took a wave and rolled almost 90 degrees to port. A machete took the opportunity to fly out from under the nav station into the oven door shattering the tempered glass. If

Miles, Both of the rudder zincs on my Maramu thread into the stainless plates. I would think that having the bolt threaded into the plate would be required to insure that you have a good

Agreed Kent. Now that my external antenna is working my iridium go is very good too. Not fast but reliable. Like my Amel. Porter 54-152 Excuse the errors. Sent from my IPhone Www.fouribis.com

Hi there My anodes are both held on by one single bolt that passes right through the rudder I was a bit confused as to how the anodes were actually connected to any metalwork but the bot does go

Dear Duane, just a note to advise I received the MHU today. It’s fine thank you. Patrick.

We also have the Iridium Go! with an external antenna. We use it constantly when offshore for email and weather. When I’m really bored on a night watch I’ve even used it to surf the internet (this

good day have Iridium Go with external antenna on board since July last year - use North Atlantic, africa, carribean, northern Europe took a while to get used to the system & appreciate its

Hi Pat, I have an Iridium phone with a gadget that uses the phone to create a Bluetooth WiFi hotspot. I use it to get weather and do email. It was less than satisfactory until I added a permanent

Thank you Alexandre, that was what I was hoping to hear. Cheers, Paul

Thank you Gary and Barry, I will check this Wolfgang SY Elise Amel 54 #162 on the way to Sardinia Dr. med. Wolfgang Weber Lenaustr. 2 45657 Recklinghausen Germany Telefon +49 2361 182005 FAX + 49

It's normal. It is designed to fill with sea water. Thank you, Henri Amel. BTW, the skeg should not fill with water. I have seen at least 2 skegs filled with water as a result of a serious collision.