Eric, Micron 77 replaced Micron 66 at least a year ago. That 66 may have been a little old. The primary benefit with 77 is that you can take it in fresh water...fresh water will ruin the antifouling

Bill, Ihad a heavy sanding done this spring and used 66 I did not see 77 in the store. They used 6 gallons including painting over the orange stripe this year as kimberlite sits down by the keel I

Herbert, BeBe is always in the water. We have hauled every 2 years, with the last haulout being July 2013. That haulout was 2 years 3 months and probably could have been delayed for a full 3 years

Eric, Most of the places we have hauled sell Micron in 20 liter pails. It works perfectly for 2 good coats all over and a third coat from the waterline down about 12-18", the leading edge of keel and

Thanks Bill, How in the world did you ever figure that out? Also, using Mozilla Firefox I don't get anything that looks like the home page for the amelyachtowners group. I have to use Microsoft

Hi Dimitris and Haldun I have an Amel 54 delivered May 2009. I was crossing Atlantic in 2010. I did get problem with the furler (Bamar1.0.2?) to the genua and had to change belt many times.

Hi Dimitris and Haldun I have an Amel 54 delivered May 2009. I was crossing Atlantic in 2010. I did get problem with the furler (Bamar1.0.2?) to the genua and had to change belt many times. Amel

Dear Billl, thank you very much for the detailled answer! our santorin is from 1995, i sent a request now to amel-med to check if she has osmosis protection like the sm and will post the answer. how

Bill, How much66/77 do you use to paint your boat? Howoften do you haul and paint? FairWinds Eric AmelSuper Maramu #376 Kimberlite From: amelyachtowners@... [mailto:amelyachtowners@...]

We look forward to seeing you in March/ April? Stephanie DiBelardino

Hello Stephanie, Departure Dec 27 from Kemah (Texas/USA) to go to Key West, stay a month, then Bimini, Bahamas, stay a month, then Freeport, Bahamas, stay 2 months, then Nassau, Bahamas, stay a

Hi Alexandre! What is your first stop? Fair winds Stephanie Stephanie DiBelardino

I can do the translation is needed. My plan is to make a section on Nikimat.com for the maintenance or repair I have done, I will be happy to post pictures and files from Bill and others. I am

Are there members in the AMEL group that are also members of Brothers of the Coast? Fair winds, Stephanie Stephanie DiBelardino

Bill --- Perhaps we can encourage Joel to work with the AMEL mgmt to help them understand the importance of cooperation with an owners group and helping up structure a crossover with the French

Stephanie, Yes, Nordhavn does participate and has a very good owner's group. Unfortunately, I do not believe that the current management of Amel is similar to the Nordhavn management. Interestingly, I

I agree with Bill about adapting the French site. I searched for it even before I searched for the yahoo owners group. Perhaps AMEL would be interested in facilitating the adaptation. When we owned

Kent, I agree completely with everything you said. One other suggestion: If someone fluent in French and "website savvy" will contact chris"at"forum-voiliers-amel.net. Chris is the Owner of the French

I removed all of the antifouling in 2011 on BeBe, Super Maramu, which was delivered new in Jan 2003. Gelcoat is, at best, about 90% vapor proof, so normally there is a need for a barrier coat,

Kent, Many of the Dessalator answers can be found at http://www.dessalator.com/ including your size and some instructions on replacement. I see you found the correct membrane. For all of you that do