Sure stay in touch Hanspeter and let me know if you need any support Best John

Hi Hanspeter , us sailors out side of Europe aren't exaggerating, at least this one isn't I was in a 12.8 metre yacht with a 3 spreader mast of 14 meters. Standing in the cockpit sighting to the top

John Also a late happy new Year And I believe your weather pattern down under in NZ.👍 Would be nice to catch up with you when i'm in this region mybe in 2019. All the best for the 2017 sailing

Happy New Year Hanspeter You need to come down to the roaring 40’s………………….these conditions are in place as I type today. Atypical in summer I accept, but we have been getting winds of

Danny Ok I now you guys outside of europe, you exaggeration is well known 😉 "Waves taller then the mast " never heard of this big waves > 20m and you are still sailing. Was that around South Africa

Go Joel. I, on a previous yacht was caught in a full on South Pacific storm. Waves taller than the mast breaking over the boat. Off shore NOTHING unnecessary should be on deck. Hence the Amels

Kent, that is a good compromise that several other Amelians also employ. Sam 380 has a nifty 'lift' system that Amel built which can have the raft on deck in seconds. It is pretty clever. Joel F.

When I'm on a Passage, I lash my liferaft on the aft deck and have a dedicated knife attached for quick deployment. When port/island hopping it goes in its port deck locker. Kent

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