Eric, the time has come to replace my companionway door. The delam is too far gone and the bottom edge is all chewed up. I'm wondering if you could send me your notes on replacing the door. In

I have been thinking I would like to get rid of all the layers of bottom paint. I was wondering about chemical stripers , if they work and how well. Seems like you may run the risk of scratching the

George, I just had a Maxwell counter installed and it was necessary to install new wiring . I did not do the work , so do not know if it was difficult to pull the new wires. A few months ago someone

Good morning George, I know this is not really the question you asked, but as Ben said if you were happy with the original one. Here is a link with the Windlass

Thank you very much for your fast reply, Colin For my understanding; you use only the rotary el. motor inside the hatch above the gally for both AP's course computer and control units in the cockpit ;

I have always avoided the chemical strippers myself due to concerns of short and long term damage to the gel coat. The stuff goes into any cracks in the gel coat and can get into the laminate and or

Hi Hanspeter I see I missed your other question about how we installed the 2nd autopilot. It is the same as many others on this forum, ie 2nd new course computer is inside hatch above galley sink as

Pain in the butt but we scraped ours off (carefully) with small tungsten tipped blades. Took two of us 10 days John Hayes NGA Waka Wellington NZ

Hi Craig That is amazing, I really would never have thought this possible. Thank you for sharing this information which I have filed away in case of future need, but I really hope never have to follow

Bill, Steve, Hanspeter Firstly Bill, it is with a heavy heart that we hear this could be your last posting. Of everyone on this forum, it is you who has taught us the most, on so many subjects, always

Hi George, If you were happy with original unit, they are still available from manufacture in Pennsylvania for about $100. Model is IB5124. It's a 45 minute job to switch old for new. Assume

---In amelyachtowners@..., <colin.d.streeter@...> wrote : Hi Craig/ Kent With all that experience and such swift engine removal I was just wondering for future reference, ahead of cruising off myself

I have a 2004 Amel 53( COCO) with a non functioning chain counter and intend to replace it with either a wired or wireless system from Lewmar/Maxwell/AA ( They are all made by AA!). Would be most

Jean Philippe is right! Even thought I mentioned it a few months ago (1500 rpm for 50 herzt) I forgot about it! Unless you can hear your genset going faster (which I hope not) than looks like my

Hertz are a direct relation to the RPM of your genset AFAIK. Was great meeting yesterday pm. :-) JPG Eleuthera SM 007

I don’t know. Out of curiosity, why do you want to remove your antifouling? The only time I read that was from Kent who use the SeaHawk 44 antifouling (on which nothing will stick) and wanted to

Good afternoon Derick, I haven’t use my microwave in a while, next time I use the genset I will try. Do you have a microwave leak detector? My mom use to have one to periodically check for

Hi all, I recently installed meters on my 230 volt panel and have been using them to monitor the volts, amps and frequency of both shore power and the generator. Today, one of my crew noticed that

Hi Forum, Just about to scrap bottom - is sand blasting good method? seen the end result - looks neat but rough compare to manual. Not sure if good or bad, however, about 50% cost compare to manual +