I lost my membranes and end caps with pickling solution. I now use only fresh water flush. The longest I leave the boat unattended in st Martin is 2 months. I believe Ian Jenkins has laid up his boat

given that you are in a very hot place and that things tend to grow there I guess given the choice I'd pickle it and know that the bugs we not be in there when I get back. Or if you are really

I'm about to leave our SM on the hard for 5 months in a hot climate. There are various posts on this site suggesting I should not use a storage/pickling compound on the Dessalator watermaker as it is

HI all you ball bearing dropers.  the reason you to a grease like for example silicon is hold the balls so they don't fall out.  You can also look around a local rigging shop of  piece of track

Has anyone removed the safe in the aft cabin? Our keypad is broken and we are looking at a new safe to install at a cost of $50.00. We have tried contacting the Italian manufacture and to replace the

Highly reccomend McLube. Its dry, clean, & works incredibly well. Great used on sails to seal & makes them easier to furl in the mast. Ric Gottschalk Bali Hai SN24 wrote:

an old trick to keep ball bearing balls in place it use grease to hold the balls. Try it or use some other stuff you can wash off you you don't make a mess after the fact.Richard and Joan on SM 209

In 2007, while sailing on the Med, the shakle linking the mizzen car to the pulley broke. The car is Goiot  but the SS shakle (unmarked)  broke leaving a star telltale crack, which seems to indicate

Joel, Thanks for the info, but I guess it left the boat with Rich...he probably didn't know what it was and just packed it! The fact that Amel placed such an item on board, is just simply amazing as

Bill, the boat was delivered with just such a piece of track. Think hard. I always suggest to Amel owners to not throw away things they don't understand. About half of them throw this piece out so

All, Our outhaul car on the mizzen recently failed. The shackle cracked and broke that secures the outhaul line and sail to the car. When I inspected the shackle on the main outhaul, I found it

The Lupolite were a little bit to small to fit in the existing lamp. So we manufactured a plastic plate that fitted inside the lamp and then we made a hole in the middel and mounted the

Good morning everybody, I just wanted to tell that my Sharki 144 completely refurbished in 2007 is now for sale. Here you have some pictures

Thank you all for your replies...who'd a thunk there would be so many replies about a lite bulb? I'm not ready to spend any more money right now on LED's but after reading earlier posts that's on my

I am interested in your boat. Please provide details. Unwineding # 123 Sharki Roy Duddy From: amelyachtowners@... [mailto:amelyachtowners@...] On Behalf Of peter

Thanks, John, Hope the Shipmate and GPS parts are what you needed. I'll get the antenna to the GPS to you in a week or two. Kent

I am selling my 1991 Amel SM , very good condition and much upgraded ( new engine, generator, sails etc.) Based in Corfu Greece. Cud taked good Amel Sharki as part exchange. Ivar

Hi Kent and Annsofie, I am in the process of replacing my forward decklight in total as the fitting was broken in a storm in the Aegean this summer. I would

Why don't you mount LED instead? It will save you a lot of power. We have changed all our navigational (Hella) and deck lights (lupolight) into LED and are very satisfied. The LED deck-light gives a

In landing gear the bulbs are turned side ways so the shock is not as stressful on the filaments. ??? ________________________________ To: Amel YAHOO GROUP <amelyachtowners@...> Sent: