Yes please big debate - I have the same dilemma. Peter Forbes 07836 209730 ppsforbes@... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Our SM 2000 does not have SSB and the previous owner crossed the Atlantic a couple of times with a satellite phone with data rather than SSB. I am interested in views on the pros and cons of both

Thanks Colin, The pics are great. In the manual it says that the rudder anodes and the SSB ground plates are connected together.....where exactly is this connection ?? Yes I'm getting a 30A 24/12V

Hi Alan, congratulations. Look forward to seeing you around the Pacific. We are heading back up to Fiji (for a start) at the end of May Danny and Yvonne SM 299 Ocean Pearl Home Port, Mangonui New

Further to my last directions regarding changing out the synthetic rubber part of the rub rail. Here is some more helpful information. Use plenty of dish soap/water to get the rubber very slippery.

Regrettably our stay in New Caledonia was only about a week. I met someone from the UK that spent 12 years traveling between New Cal and New Zealand and occasionally Fiji and/or Tonga. If we had it

Alan, Congratulations! You have chosen wisely. Best regards, Mark Cream Puff SM2K #275 www.creampuff.us

Hi Alan We placed the ICOM710 above the wet jacket locker on RHS of Nav Station. Found this fine for use while sitting at nav station stool. AT130 tuner is in the rear locker on Sbd side near where

Thanks Colin, Elyes doesn't have an SSB. I've ordered an ICOM 710 and AT130 with a Pactor Modem, but I a bit unsure of exactly WHERE to install it.. Where is your SSB installed and where is the

Not only a great boat, but what a fantastic location to start from. Congratulations!!

Welcome Alan ELYES is a beautiful boat and your will be truly happy with her I am sure. Well worth the trip to the Pacific area to find such a really nice Amel at a good price. Thank you also for

Welcome and congratulations on your new boat Alan. You won't regret it, I assure you. Kent SM 243 Kristy

I have just bought Hull#437 ELYES in Noumea, New Caledonia. Thanks to all on this forum, you assisted my research greatly and I have finally found the boat of my dreams ! Cheers Alan

Does anyone know if Bonfiglioli made the gearbox for the Nirvana genoa furlers?

We are going to build a mizzen for a Super Maramu outside the country and the owner is away from the boat. I am wondering if any of you Super Maramu owners could help with a measurement. Here's what

Hi Attilio, Just the two gearboxes for the Main Sail, reductore in Italian I think. Mauro redid the lip seals and bearing, but the gear finally gave up last year. Hence, new reductores ... and at a

Craig, are you talking about the motors we refitted thru Mauro? Or something else? It seems to me that the gearboxes on Sisila are working properly, but maybe ... So next month in Turkey again!

Here's another parts update. Dave on Air Ops posted some time ago about getting replacement grills for the air intake on the cockpit seat back as the grill seems periodically to get cracked by a stay

There was a flurry of postings on this last November - here's an update. The originals on our 1992 Santorin Hull #68 were made by the Italian Company, Bonfiglioli. The complete specification is: VF

Here is a good article about them in summary reducing galvanic corrosion and safety benefits through isolation of the shore AC