hi Ian, good to hear from you. I hope Ocean Hobo is doing well in Grenada. Do you have contact information for your insurer? we are with pantaenius but the rates for the carribean are quite high and

Hi Alan, I'm looking at the Victron Skylla-I 80 or 100A charger. I am curious what you do about desulfating (equalization) of your batteries. I see that it has an automatic mode, but I understand

We were with Pantaenius but we're not happy with cost of Caribbean only cover ( had to continue paying the European cover as well). Changed to Y Yachts. Half the price and excess for named storms much

Herbert, Many thanks for the link and for your clear explanations of the Amel bonding system. James Sent from Samsung Mobile

Hi Bill, I bought a new rig from ACMO in 2014 and it was installled in Turkey 2015. ACMO delivered the complete rig that fitted exactly, I only had to tell them the build number. After having it

james, I am not familiar with the Maramu, but the SN and the SM have the bonding connection to the keel with a copper stripe that goes to a keel bolt in the bilge. there is an excellent documentation

hi enio, we have an LEAB 3.200W charger installled. maybe some "overkill" but does its job. typical load current is below 80A when battery charge state is 70% (we do not let them go below 70%,

Richard, I would be curious to know how much tension can actually be applied via turnbuckles and whether it is actually possible to get to 30 percent of ultimate. The SWL of 1x19 is around 40

Hi Paul, When we purchased our Mango in Noumea and sailed home to Australia Pantaenius covered our yacht and has done so ever since. They are great to deal with in Australia and only required an

Hi Herbert thanks for your experience and your information.I need to rreplace my Sterling but I have no idea about B.C. Amel-friendly. Could you give me some advice about Battery chargers that I must

Give the AMEL rig/hull design it is appropriate to keep the rig very tight. The hull engineered to be very tight rig. There MUST not be slack on the Lee side when going to windward. The mast must

Bill, So you have preloaded your rig by your estimate to as much as 30 percent of it's ultimate strength? That may well be more load than the rig will see even under severe conditions. The

We have used them for years on several Amels. Crossed the Atlantic four times with their coverage lived in Caribbean no issues fair price. . Marinas never question when you have their coverage.

We use Pantaenius and Scott Stusek, and have been very happy with the service provided. Steve Davis Aloha SM 72 Grenada On Aug 11, 2016, at 10:06, 'Stusek, Scott (Pantaenius)' sstusek@...

Pantaenius America, Annapolis office. www.pantaenius.us click on get a quote, Choose Annapolis, fill out the form and submit. I will look at it personally same day. Scott Stusek Pantaenius America,

Hey everyone - I know this topic has been addressed before. I have recently tuned my rig and it was crazy to me to the amount of work that was involved. This traces back to a previous post I had

Hi Paul go asking a proposal at Pantaenius, Hamburg. I'm since 15 years with them. kr Hanspeter SM16, Tamango 2 PS: i do not have any business relations with them. It is only my personal experiance

Herbert, Thanks for the detailed information on things to check with the bonding system. My boat is a later Maramu but perhaps the system is fairly similar? Does the aforementioned connection to

Hello Paul, Talk to Allianz… Jean-Pierre Germain Eleuthera SM007

Thank's Bill, but already offer that, but they did not accept Paul SY Kerpa SM#259