Hi Steve, We have a 6 man Plastimo Transocean mounted in a stainless holder on the outside of the port aft rail. It has a 3 year service turnaround and we've done it twice now. I personally don't like

Hello Steve. I know your boat well as I sold it to the owner you bought it from and knew the original owner well and met him in La Rochelle. Your boat has a fairly unique life raft bracket/lift/launch

Here Here is right! I am new to the forum- and have appreciated both Bill’s and Joel’s help a lot thus far. I am consistently amazed at the interest, response time and thoroughness of the

Thanks Ben. The rail mounted Viking Rescyou Pro 6 is what I am leaning towards as well. Unfortunately it appears to be 2" or so too wide for the lift mechanism in my Amel compartment, so I will likely

Steve, I had an 8 man bombard that came with boat stored in port lazerate. It weighed well over 100 pounds and I needed to winch it out with halyard. It's now gone and I'm replacing with a rail

I am back with my new SM 380 in Ft. Lauderdale this week ticking off some new owner boxes and am wondering what others are doing for their life raft. At present I have a zodiac 6 person that lives in

Here, Here! Fantastic post Joel. That says it all. Admiral Bill, although a newbie here, I have read enough to know that your presence and contributions on this forum are immeasurable. I sincerely

All, A few words: I am overwhelmed with the unwarranted praise. Sometimes circumstances will make ordinary people appear to stand out, and I am ordinary. Amel, Joel Potter, and many of you are the

Thanks Bill. You've saved me many hours of troubleshooting as well as dollars when sourcing parts. I keep the "BeBe" file along with my owners' manual in a prominent place. You're encyclopedic

Here here Bill & Judy! Again, Congratulations and thank you for the huge value you have added to make this forum what is has become, and to the Amel brand we all love so much. You can see from all

In Peregrinus, we have two identical rotary switches, next to each other. (1) The original switch supplied by Amel to choose between the rotary drive and the linear drive (2) A new switch to choose

I have owned my SM now for over 4 years and without the help and guidance from Bill I would often have been lost. He has saved me a lot of money and time and it's incredible how reliable he is in

As a newbie Bill I have followed and saved in an Amel folder all of the emails I’ve seen you send for future reference. Your encyclopaedic knowledge of AMEL boats is far too great to allow you to

Bill has been a great resource and long distance mentor to Peg and I. Early in our Amel search, Bill responded to a question I put on the forum of an Amel in the Northeast and actually volunteered to

Admiral Bill and Judy, Joel ,and the Amel owners yacht group, my wife and I are also new to the forum , but not new to your web site Bill and Judy. I want to say I have really enjoyed reading about

Hi all, whiles Bills technical advice has been valuable I believe his aggressive (in the nicest possible way) insistence that we change nothing until we have owned the boat some time has been even

Reading Joels post I have to add my enthusiasm for the "editor" suggestion - I have been quiet on the forum as I do not have an Amel yet (2017 I will be purchasing though) - Yet I have been reading

and a newbie who cannot spell LMAO Hear, Hear!!

Here Here as a newbie still looking I have been amazed with all the insight and information you share Bill. Thanks Courtney