Thanks Bill, as my nav software displays VMG, I will play around with apparent wind angles and VMG. I think we have the car in similar position. Regards Ian On

Bill you are absolutely right. I checked the Amel diagram and the spring on the outer seal should face the prop and the springs on the other two seals should face into the transmission box.

Hello Paul, you could but as you will be taking the thruster out, why not do the simple job of replacing the bearings with new sealed ones? They are not expensive. All you need is a

Ian I have decided to desist the temptation of ruining the ballooner! I don't have space to carry an extra sail that I would rarely use. Anyway, I can tell just from the look on my Linda's patient

Hi Bill, I can answer that one. We do the same with the outboard on the rail but outboard of the rail not inboard, so it only has to clear the attachment clamps, not the whole outboard

On last trip up the mast, noticed some breaks in spare halyard cover; time to replace. Does anyone have the size, length and type of line. I'm in the US for a few weeks and want to get the

Danny, Am I following you right? Your lifting line does not go up to the spreaders? How do you lift the boom high enough to get the outboard over the rail? Bill Kinney SM160, Harmonie Bar Harbor,

Hi Bill, They do require emergency water. I satisfy that with eight 5 litre plastic bottles stowed under the galley floor. And they are reasonable in my experience. If its a shonky boat and or a

Danny, Thanks for that! There were a few more things when I was perusing the Cat 1 requirements (things like at least two independent freshwater tanks) but it sounds like the inspectors have enough

Hi Kent, there is a t cleat on the mizzen mast at about boom height. we attach a block to that and run the line over that and down to the main sheet winch and is what you call a fair lead I think.

Hi all, There was a query a few days back about the NZ cat one departure surveys for off shore yachts and how Amel yachts fared in this inspection. I have been having trouble connecting with the

Hi Kent, Yes on my boat (380) there is a block exactly where you say from which I can run the lift out to the cheek block on the mizzen boom. I just used it this afternoon to swing my Tohatsu off

Thanks, Danny. When you lift the outboard, where is the block attached that leads to the winch? I've been taking a line over the cheek block at the end of the boom and directly to the port mizzen

Hi Kent, this is a test, Ive been having trouble replying to forum messages. Danny

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Hi Kent. To lift the outboard we run a line over the block fastened to the end of the mizzen boom and lead it back over a block to the main sheet winch. To lift the dinghy onto the aft cabin for

Hi all. I'm going to add a block at the mizzenmast spreaders to lift the outboard and to put the dinghy on the aft cabintop for passages. Can someone tell me where the block is attached? And how

The factory twin pole arrangement is tough to beat for any extended periods of downwind sailing. We've built some specially developed light air sails called a CLASS (Cruisers Light Air Sail Solution)

Ian, We will certainly try that as soon as all the spares are in. Thanks for the tip. Soraya

From what I see, if my jib car is adjusted properly the leech of the sail comes to the shroud at almost the same time as the foot. I don't have a single "best" position for the jib car, it moves back