Mark, While I was in St. Martin I ordered replacement hose for the 160 liter watermaker from the Dessalator rep which was L'ile Marine (Budget Marine on the French side). The manager gave me printed

Hi: I am the Amel owner that Kent Robertson mentioned yesterday. I foolishly assumed that Kent had the same model watermaker as mine, and ordered the ones he spec'ed. They are beautifully done

Judy, If you have damage to the charger a new one is about 1800 US. I had to buy a new one as I did not have time to send it to France. I finally sent the damaged one to dolphin; they charged me

Thanks, Eric. Needless to say, Gonzales the electrician didn't show today. I had hoped that in Catalan, which they speak in these parts, lunes was not interchangeable with manana but clearly

The transceivers for short wave transmission send a low current signal to the aerial tuner which matches the frequncy as best it can to the length of the actual antenna and sends it on at high power

Hi Fabio I will be back in Med by end of July and intend to be in Sardinia for first two weeks in August. Where will you be then I used a whip ariel on the stern with the tuner in the lazerette Fair

Dear Ian and Judy, I do not think the problem is in the transfer switch. If you look in the 220 volt panel you will see three large white ceramic connectors at the top of the box. One has Blue wires

Thanks, Jean and Richard. We won't be trying to use anything with 60 hz--just curious to see from the handbook if the new washing machine could actually cope with 60 hz. Cheers, Ian and Judy, Pen

Thanks, Eric. That makes it easier to explain and I suspect the solution will be there. The carpet measurements were spot on! We have deep pile everywhere, in a slightly darker blue than before,

I believe the chafe on my hose came from the stove moving while cooking. We keep it locked otherwise. I am glad we had a problem with the stove otherwise I would have not seen that the stove had worn

Hi, everyone. I just got a message from another Amel owner who ordered the same tubings I got in Charleston. While he's not on the boat, he thinks they may be too short for his installation. He also

I do keep it locked unless in use, just wondering where the chafe came from.  If stove is kept locked it must just be the movement of the hose when underway??? Kent

Ian, One of the boxes behind the generator is a transfer switch. It disconnects the shore power when the genset is running. In that way if the shore power is out and someone is working on the problem

Kent keep the stove locked when under way unless it is being used. That is best for you the stove and the wood work. Regards Richard Piller [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

There are a some things 60 cyc do not do well with on 50 cyc machine one is the timers on the washer, we run the Gen set which is 220 50 cyc when washing or using the microway. When we us the small

Hi Ivan, I forgot a question. For the SSB antenna you used the line with insulators on top between the two masts or one fitted on the stern? Regards Fabio

Hi Ivan, thank you again for your useful information. I'll wait for your pictures after Easter. Maybe we shall meet each others in the Med during summer! Best regards and fair winds. Fabio

Ian and Judy, If my experience is of any value, I would recommend that you do not “try” your machine with 60 Hz unless you get a reliable professional assessment that it’s OK to do so. I ran

Hi Kent, We , too, scratched the door in the galley with the bottom, forward, corner of the stove. Come to think of it, we did the same on our Maramu. The solution we now adopt is to glue a small

Thank you ,Jean, and thank you Gary--it was reassuring to read your comments . We are a 220v 50 hz SM and that's what they sell here in Spain by way of electrical appliances, but I will read the