Hello Bill and Judy, Why do you want to find a French bank, your English seems pretty good to me !! Apart from language difficulties there are other problems. Money laundering checks mean that any

Hi we spent 08 in Franch and found that WE COULD NOT open an account or get a Phone. They required a local Street address and would not accept a marina address. We went to banks in a number of

We will be in the Mediterranean next year, arriving about mid-year and will be there at least 1 year. We are closely watching the Euro weaken to the dollar, as I am sure a few of you are. While we

Given that without knowing what systems you now have and the nunber of change you may want to think about buying a Super Maramu with the engineer done and if you have replace an item it is by far a

What model, year of construction, and hull number do you own? As far as I can recall, Captain Amel was adamant about not installing a lightning ground system as standard equipment on any Amel so that

----- Forwarded Message ---- To: amelyachtowners@... Sent: Fri, June 18, 2010 4:49:15 AM Subject: Lightening annode Our boat has a lightening annode on the side of the hull. Is this on

Hi all once again, Thanks for the valuable info you have shared me, I have inspected the Santorin I am aiming to buy last week and there are few issues which I could not find answers to: Where can I

My chain counter recently quit working. I found previous posts very helpful and thought I would add this update. I ordered the new sensor from ifm efector in Exton PA. Contact info: phone 800

Consider this. The issue here is not chlorine gas in the bilge somehow reacting with diesel fuel and causing an explosion. The "chlorine pellets" are not chlorine gas, but likely contain sodium

Does anyone relise how explosive chlorine and diesel is?

Trevor, SEAFEVER OF CUAN Thanks for the info on the chlorine tablets. Clearly they do not appear to harm the pump diaphragms or hoses so i will get some tablets now. (

Hi all: I have never experienced this issue but then I only get to be on my boat for about three weeks at a time. I do use some bilge cleaner in my bilge about once a week while aboard. Please keep

This is the most useful piece of information I've seen in here for a while. It has provided me with and instant solution to a problem I've been unable to properly overcome since purchasing my SM2

Hi Gary, just chuck a couple in the bilge every two or three weeks when living on board and I always throw in three or four before I leave the boat for a while. I have no idea of brand, but

Trevor, Where do you put the chlorine tablets? In the bulge? Second,where did you get the chlorine tablets (vendor,size, type, etc.?)? Thanks, Gary Wollenberg AMEL 54 "Bozo Cinq"

Kent, when I bought my Super Maramu in 07, there were several bottles of chlorine tablets on board, similar to those that you would add to a swimming pool daily. I couldn't understand what these

Hi all We found the problem to be the circuit board in the wiring junction box attached to the course computer. Over time (ours is a 1992 Santorin) the metal circuit strips decayed and developed

The solution we have used on all three Amels we have owned--Sharki, Maramu and SM--was passed on to us 20 years ago by a very particular Swiss lady owner. Where the pipes from the galley and forward

I KNEW someone would have answers to the odor problem. Thanks, Bob, will give it a try. Kent SM243 KRISTY

I received a reply from a friend, Dave Wallace, who also owns a Maramu and he told me on his boat, the galley sinks drain out a through-hull in the lazarette. Seems like they changed that setup in