Hi Bob, look forward to seeing you. The SSB cruiser nets are a great way to find out who is where in the pacific area. What is the name of the boat you will be on? Danny SM 299 Ocean

Hello Bob, The autohelm linear drive fitted in my badly built 1986 Oyster 435 had those four plastic gears in the planetary drive. They had a life of about 15,000 miles and a replacement set cost £12

Eric Thanks for the invite, I would really like that as I am only now just getting out and about after surgery. Being home bound for the last few weeks has been torture. Drop me a line bob@...

Thanks Danny and all who offered thoughts. Yes I did think the windvane a bit of a stretch, I was only considering it due to future short handed cruising plans. I guess I'll look into fitting a spare

Hi Alan. I remember the commotion this boat caused while it was being built. As you know, it was done right and the engineering is to Amel standards so you probably have not had any collateral

No problem Eric...but you'll have to wait a bit. I'm in Australia and won't be back on the boat until July 4. Elyse is in Port Vila. BUT, I'll take pictures of all the parts and post them

Alan, Thank you so much for the photos. I would really appreciate seeing more photos or a sketch of this setup especially the mast fittings, the forward under deck plate and its attachment, and the

Hey Danny No problem, we are all family here Eric _____ From: amelyachtowners@... [mailto:amelyachtowners@...] On Behalf Of Danny and Yvonne SIMMS Sent: Saturday,

Hi Eric, sorry for the confusion. Forwad of the mainmast it would not be a mizzen stay sail I guess Danny ________________________________ To: amelyachtowners@... Sent: Saturday, 15 June

Hi Eric, I just posted 2 pics in a new folder called Elyse. Elyse has a furler on an inner forestay that was installed at the factory. The deck fitting is through bolted to a massive 12mm thick

Hi Danny, At the factory they called that the mizzen ballooner. I thought you had a staysail running forward of the main mast. Fair Winds Eric _____ From:

Hi Eric, The stay-sail halyard goes to the top of the mizzen mast. The tack of the sail is secures to a ring bolt in the deck about 600mm ahead of the windscreen. The tack of the sail is secured to

Bob, Would you like to join me for dinner at the Huntington Yacht club one night? Fair Winds Eric Amel Super Maramu #376 Kimberlite _____ From:

Hi Danny, You mention you have a staysail. How is it rigged. Fair Winds Eric Amel Super Maramu #376 Kimberlite _____ From:

Hi Bob, good to see your name popping up on the site. Happy memories of your kindness to strangers when we met at Oyster Bay in 2009. Recently spent some time with Cameron Murray in Opua. As to wind

On the Raytheon ST7000+ auto pilot that came on my Super Maramu (SM2K #289), if you press both the Standby and Auto pilot, you are in wind vane mode. Sincerely, Alexandre SM2K #289 NIKIMAT Seabrook -

Bob, Two autopilots,a spare brain and control panel. Pay attention to the response setting on your autopilot to save amps. Trimmed correctly there is no lee helm. If you have a few extra

Thank you I could not have said it better. Regards Richard Piller Cell 603 767 5330

You asked for our thoughts on this, well, I think it would make your boat look ugly! Also they don't do a good job on large boats. I sailed around the world on a 38 foot boat with a wind vane. It

Has any SM owner fitted a windvane for ocean passages? If so what make? I am considering making this addition before my next passage but have heard some reports that certain boats do not respond well