James and Leah, We changed a 45 lb CQR that our boat arrived with to a 60 lb Manson Supreme. It's roller bar touches the pulpit when it is snug but it fits ok. We have just returned from 3 months up

Hello Ian, On my last boat, I had a Stainless 10 MM X 80 Meters chain plus 100 meters of 2.5 inch anchor rode. No jamming and... no piling. Also had a Rocna and it kept my 46 footer away from all

Hi Ian We have 80 m 10 mm inox chain on our santorin and no problems with jamming or a pile up (i think because it is inox). We use a rocna and never had problems with it. Fair winds Herbert Kali

From my very limited experience of Amel I think an early decision might be around a 12v or 24 v system. We bought a Santorin with the 12v system and an additional prop shaft alternator ( which works

Hi James and Leah We bought our 46' Santorin this year and were surprised to find only 8mm chain plus the ubiquitous CQR. We changed up to a 10mm gypsy and 100m of 10mm chain. We brought the anchor

Is youroriginal course computer a black finned unit marked model 300? Probablymounted behind the rotary autopilot. I assumethe new one is a grey plastic unit. FairWinds Eric AmelSuper Maramu

Thanks, Myfriend just bought Joel Potters Amel 54 and he was interested in how he coulddo the wind angle. I told him I thought it could be done via the NMEA bus. Anotherquestion. Where isyour

Alan, Can youset the Raymarine autopilot to sail to the wind angle? FairWinds Eric AmelSuper Maramu #376 Kimberlite From: amelyachtowners@... [mailto:amelyachtowners@...] On Behalf Of

Hi James, I would suggest go online and check out the models available, the makers have chart to go by on boat size. I would also suggest to check out the Rockna site. We have a 40 kg for our Mango

Hi, we are a family that have just bought a Maramu 46 and plan on going cruising for a while. One thing I am looking at upgrading is the anchor (currently cqr copy I think). We have not yet moved

Eric We have a similar arrangement to Alan with NMEA output from B&G Hydra 2000 providing wind etc data to our two Raymarine autopilots one being the original 2001 ST7000+ Series and the other a 2012

Sorry Eric, and yes, we can set either Raymarine pilot to sail to an apparent wind angle...... Cheers Alan SV Elyse SM437

Hi Eric, That's not quite the case. We have B&G instruments with NMEA connection from the B&G black box to the Furuno plotter/radar. ...GPS Is interfaced to the Furuno and NMEA connection to both

I justrealized why they were able to use two course computers on some of your boats. Kimberliteuses only Raymarine instruments and would need a complicated switchingarrangement to switch from one sea

Hi: I bought a Flopper Stopper before leaving on my circumnavigation 7 years ago. After seeing it, I came to realize that the Amel pole is too long to bear the force of the water on the Flopper

Thanks Danny, that would be my first option, we have been caught at the edge of protected anchorages that were tight...looking for other options. Terry.

Hi Alan Perfect, thanks I can see why that position would work well. Will put my one there too. Wishing you and your family all of the very best too. Cheers Colin, Island Pearl II. Sm2k #332

Hi Colin, Its on the salon side of the galley wall in the corner, facing fwd, about 30cm down from the top of the seat cushion. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year btw Alan SV Elyse SM437

Hi Alan Thanks, this is exactly what I am trying to find out as our systems are the same. Where precisely is the 2nd fluxgate located behind the galley so that it is not too close to the freezer etc?

Try a stern anchor to hold you head to swell, or preferably chose a smooth anchorage Danny SM 299 Ocean Pearl Mangonui New Zealand