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MANGO folding Table
Mark McGovern
Hello to the owner of a MANGO who has asked me for information on the Tórtola's folding table.
Unfortunately your email has disappeared from my inbox, possibly inadvertently erased by myself.
Here are some pictures of the table. You can also find them in The following link.    But If you want to build it you should send me your email again to give you the details. Best regards Juan
MANGO 56
Cartagena de Indias
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Re: Yacht insurance
Courtney, Something to consider: When was your Pantaenius policy written? It is possible that newer Pantaenius policies are even more restrictive. If so, what James is reporting may come to be true for you when your Pantaenius policy renews.
On Thu, Apr 4, 2019 at 9:41 AM James Cromie via Groups.Io <jamescromie=yahoo.com@groups.io> wrote:
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Re: Yacht insurance
James Cromie <jamescromie@...>
Courtney- Pantaenius provided coverage if we remained north of 7 degrees north, and south of 10 degrees north during July 15 and November 1. This excludes Grenada, Trinidad, and the ABCs. Of course, they will provide coverage without that restriction if we were willing to pay $8,200 premium and have a deductible of $63,000. This renders the policy prohibitively expensive for us. In addition, their securement policy during a named tropical storm would be difficult to execute in most locations. So, yes, you can get coverage without them but it is not amenable to our needs. James
On Apr 4, 2019 10:27, "Courtney Gorman via Groups.Io" <Itsfun1@...> wrote: James what is the issue with Pantaenius they have told me that I'm fine in Grenada?
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Re: Yacht insurance
James what is the issue with Pantaenius they have told me that I'm fine in Grenada?
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Cheers
Courtney
Trippin
54 #101 St Thomas
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From: James Cromie via Groups.Io <jamescromie@...> To: main <main@AmelYachtOwners.groups.io> Sent: Wed, Apr 3, 2019 10:09 pm Subject: [AmelYachtOwners] Yacht insurance Hello fellow Amelians -
I know that there has been recent discussion on various insurance carriers, and many people have found the need to change insurers due to geographic limitations or extremely restrictive policies. I am now in the same predicament and am looking to change from Pantaenius to another insurer while in the Southern / Western Caribbean during the hurricane season. I have inquired with Y-Yachts and Top Sail, and both of these informed me that they cannot yet insure US documented yachts. I have found Novamar to be reasonably priced and will allow us to keep our boat in the ABC's during the hurricane season. Do any of you have experience with Novamar? I am also interested in recommendations for other carriers. As always, I greatly appreciate the time and shared experience of the group! Best, James Soteria SM2000 #347 Frederiksted, St. Croix
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Bow Thruster Primary Circuit Protection
Mark & Debbie Mueller
There has been discussions about high amperage fusing & disconnects for the bow thruster. Has anyone been able to source a high amperage circuit breaker? I believe ours is an 8.8kw motor that draws 375 amps, a 500amp circuit breaker would be reasonable to protect the cabling, motor, & boat.
If you know of a source for a breaker of this size please advise. Thanks. -- Mark & Debbie Mueller Brass Ring A54
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Re: Dessalator shuts down for no apparent reason - CAT Pump Modification for less than 160 liters
Mark & Debbie Mueller
Hi Paul,
If not to much trouble could you please forward a photo of the TDS sensor, I would like to see if the Dessalator on our version includes this item. I have always heard that the TDS sensor on at least the Dessalator 160's is a myth. That the "Good Quality" light related only to a time delay circuit in the control system not an actual internal check. Thanks. -- Mark Mueller Brass Ring A54
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Re: Yacht insurance
James,
I just made the same change due to the parameters of Pantaenius. We are not US flagged and I have a British citizenship so this gave us a lot more options. We opted to go with Y-Yacht and found them super easy to deal with and less expensive than our current policy with Pantaenius. Our second choice was Novamar based on recommendations of other cruising sailors, also cheaper than Pantaenius. We chose Y because the Pacific coverage offered by them was superior. If we would be staying in the Caribbean we probably would have opted for Novamar. Novamar is an A-rated company using the USA rating system. There is a very good agent we worked with (it cost nothing more to work with him) who can help negotiate the initial requirements to get a policy:
Chris Boome Insurance Agency LIC# 0A99058 751 Laurel Street #216 San Carlos, CA 94070 O: 650-517-3160 C: 650-464-0728 E-mail: chris@...
Based on many recommendations, we also look at a Jackline policy from IMIS – Gowrie. We found this company very rude and unresponsive. The quote was also very high.
With best regards,
Mark
Skipper Sailing Vessel - Cream Puff - SM2K - #275 Currently cruising - San Blas Islands, Panama www.creampuff.us
From:
main@AmelYachtOwners.groups.io [mailto:main@AmelYachtOwners.groups.io] On
Behalf Of James Cromie via Groups.Io
Hello fellow Amelians -
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Battery Replacement 2019
Alan "Woody" Wood
'afternoon folks..
I flicked through the forum for the latest info on battery replacements for my SM 1997 but seems the topic hasn't come up for a while.. and I know battery technology has moved on a bit in the last few years as well as the Chinese flooding the market with unfamiliar brands. Forgetting Lithium for now (too expensive!) what brands/sizes/makes are SM owners currently replacing their banks with? We're wintering in Spain where Varta and Vetus seem to be popular brands and can be ordered quickly and cheaply from SVB Marine. (We currently have 8 x 90ah Victron gels and 1 x Bosh S5 100ah for engine and a Mastervolt 24/100-3 charger. We're also currently installing 735w of solar with a Victron 100/50 controller - not sure if that makes any difference!). Cheers for now Woody SV Haddock SM #189
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Re: Dessalator shuts down for no apparent reason - CAT Pump Modification for less than 160 liters
Gary Silver
Hi Bill and Paul:
If the run capacitors on the 230 volt motor are old and out of specification they can cause your motor to run hot. It might be worth disconnecting the capacitors and testing their capacitance with a multimeter that has a capacitance measuring capability. My experience is that these capacitors are good for about 10 years. Just one more thing to consider. Gary S. Silver s/v Liahona Amel SM 2000 #335 Puerto Del Rey Marina, Puerto Rico
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Yacht insurance
James Cromie <jamescromie@...>
Hello fellow Amelians -
I know that there has been recent discussion on various insurance carriers, and many people have found the need to change insurers due to geographic limitations or extremely restrictive policies. I am now in the same predicament and am looking to change from Pantaenius to another insurer while in the Southern / Western Caribbean during the hurricane season. I have inquired with Y-Yachts and Top Sail, and both of these informed me that they cannot yet insure US documented yachts. I have found Novamar to be reasonably priced and will allow us to keep our boat in the ABC's during the hurricane season. Do any of you have experience with Novamar? I am also interested in recommendations for other carriers. As always, I greatly appreciate the time and shared experience of the group! Best, James Soteria SM2000 #347 Frederiksted, St. Croix
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Re: Dessalator shuts down for no apparent reason - CAT Pump Modification for less than 160 liters
Paul Dowd <paul.dowd@...>
Hi Arno,
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Ok, I have found the problem: it was the TDS sensor connections that were corroded so it was shutting down because it thought the water quality was bad. However, what confused me is that I thought the red alarm light should go on in this case but it does not. The other thing that confused me was that after you suggested it was the motor thermal cut-out I checked the temperature of the motor and it was too hot to touch, but it now seems that was just because the generator was running. Then when I tries the 240V motor that also seemed very hot, but in that occasion it stopped because the pulley wheel bearing was not holding. After cleaning the TDS connections and changing the pulley wheel it has now been working fine for an hour with the generator running. I am now getting the old pulley wheel welded so it can still be used but without the other side connected. I paid €300 for it and it lasted only a year! I also checked the TDS and its 420ppm and I believe less than 500 is ok. About belt tightness, they can be tightened by sliding the motor on its mounting. In reply to Bill's request about the CAT pump, when my last one gave up I got a used CAT 277 but the 24V breaker kept tripping. I asked Dessalator and they said you cannot use the this one as it will burn out the motor. That's when I ordered one from Dessalator, and they sent me a CAT 237. My old one had the centre piston removed and blocked off. I don’t know if the new one is the same and I'm not about to take it apart to find out. I note that BHP pumps sells a CAT 237 for USD1113 whereas I paid Dessalator EUR1300 = USD1450. I note some differences in the spec between the 277 and 237, but I still don’t know if the blocked centre piston is a standard feature or a Dessalator modification. Cheers, Paul S/Y Ya Fohi - Amel 54 #98
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From: main@AmelYachtOwners.groups.io <main@AmelYachtOwners.groups.io> On Behalf Of Arno Luijten Sent: 03 April 2019 12:56 To: main@AmelYachtOwners.groups.io Subject: Re: [AmelYachtOwners] Dessalator shuts down for no apparent reason - CAT Pump Modification for less than 160 liters Hi Paul, When I took apart my watermaker last week I saw no way to tighten the belts. So over tightening the belts seems unlikely unless you have replace them with shorter ones. It seems like your pump is taking more power than expected to rotate. Did something change about the pump? I did replace the oil in mine (using standard 15W40 motor oil as prescribed). There is a small indicator that tells you about the oil level. Did you take any of the single direction pulleys off? Did you put them back on in the correct way? Also you may have introduced a blockage in the path after the pump. Does it run smoothly when you take off the HP hose from the mebranes? Just some suggestions to help determine what is wrong… Regards, Arno Luijten SV Luna A54-121
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Re: Bruntons older than1996 maintance manuel
Thanks. I thought that you would have this model AutoProp.
On Wed, Apr 3, 2019 at 1:09 AM ahmet kipcak <ahmetkipcak@...> wrote:
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Re: Dessalator shuts down for no apparent reason - CAT Pump Modification for less than 160 liters
Hi Paul,
When I took apart my watermaker last week I saw no way to tighten the belts. So over tightening the belts seems unlikely unless you have replace them with shorter ones. It seems like your pump is taking more power than expected to rotate. Did something change about the pump? I did replace the oil in mine (using standard 15W40 motor oil as prescribed). There is a small indicator that tells you about the oil level. Did you take any of the single direction pulleys off? Did you put them back on in the correct way? Also you may have introduced a blockage in the path after the pump. Does it run smoothly when you take off the HP hose from the mebranes? Just some suggestions to help determine what is wrong… Regards, Arno Luijten SV Luna A54-121
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Re: Copper earthing/bonding strap broken in bilge on Amel 54
JOHN HAYES
No sweat managed with some difficulty to find the inside nuts which hold the earth plate on. The old one munted but found a replacement which should arrive in 24 hours
On the copper bar I thought the connection might be better to drill and tap a small hole it the top of the nut and screw the bar onto it rather than putting under the keel boat nut. . Access looks a bit easier without an engine. Putting a D250 volvo in which is identical to the prima but has the advantage of a gear not a cam driven water. Pump and a timing chain not a rubber band……..and it comes with a 5 year warranty.
Best
John SN 41
From: John Hayes <johnhayes862@...>
Brilliant Denise Bill and others
NGA Waka is on the slip so brought copper bar and following your contributions
Any one replaced the HF radio earth sitting under the hills bit abaft of the mizzenmast on a Santorin? Ours is pretty pitted and could usefully be replaced
Any thoughts gratefully received
Best John Hayes hull 41
On 3/04/2019, at 4:46 AM, Denise McGovern <Mcgovern.denise@...> wrote:
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Bruntons older than1996 maintance manuel
Hi everbady,
I would like to share email came from Bruntos about older 1996 model propeller.
Safe sailing Ahmet KIPCAK
SM247
Cesme / Izmir
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Re: Greasing autoprop
Hello Olivier, Thanks for info,as you said my one is previous model without greasing nipple. I got an maintance instruction from Bruntons which will be very helpfull for me.I will forward email came from Bruntons.
Best tehatds Ahmet KİPCAK
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Re: Copper earthing/bonding strap broken in bilge on Amel 54
Rainer Huthmacher <thelastoneever@...>
Does anyone know about a keel bonding strap on a Sharki? I assume it should be the same as on a Maramu or Mango...
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Fair winds Rainer
On 3 Apr 2019, at 03:05, eric freedman <kimberlite@...> wrote:
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Re: SM2000 for Sale
Dave Robards
Hello Paul,
I have seen the ad for your SM2K and am most interested. Please contact me directly. daver997@...
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Re: Copper earthing/bonding strap broken in bilge on Amel 54
eric freedman <kimberlite@...>
I also used this method however I used a thicker and wider strap. I also used a torch with solder and bolts to fasten the top of the old bonding strap to my new one. Having some ratchet wrench extensions is a good thing to have on board without having to fabricate a T handle. Be sure to tape the extensions together just in case. If you happen to be in the USA you can but almost any flat copper strap or plate from McMaster Carr. This is an incredible website they have everything mechanical you need. Their paper catalog is over 3000 pages. Check it out. Fair Winds Eric Kimberlite Amel Super Maramu #376
From: main@AmelYachtOwners.groups.io [mailto:main@AmelYachtOwners.groups.io] On Behalf Of CW Bill Rouse
What he does in the video works, but there is too much to say about what is wrong with this video.
I have 3 pages in my Amel book devoted to this job, but if you follow these steps you will do a good job.
1. Fabricate the replacement Bonding Strap with about 1/8" thick copper stock about 2" wide. 2. Empty as much water as possible using the manual bilge pump until it sucks air. 3. Place a towel over the C-Drive and engine angle iron frame to protect it from water. 4. Remove the two wires to the Gray Water Float Switch Assembly. 5. Pull the gray colored Float Switch Assembly toward aft out of its clamps and up placing the wet end in a bucket and handing it to crew on deck. Have crew clean it & continue next step. 6. Pull each of the pump hoses up one at a time while using degreaser/cleaner to clean each as you pull it out. Then place the end of the hose pointed up and the hose to the side. 7. Using a wet/vacuum, suck the remaining water & sludge from the bottom, until totally dry 8. Remove the 30mm stainless steel nut on the stainless steel keel stud with a 30mm socket connected to extensions totaling 3 feet or 1 meter. You will need a Flexible Grabber Pickup Tool (pictured) to pick up the nut and pieces of Bonding Strap. 9. Remove the pieces of old Bonding Strap, There is also a small "flat head" machine screw holding the Bonding Strap against the forward port side of the bilge sump (I did not replace it). At the top of the old Bonding Strap, cut the loose strap end, leaving only the bundle of soldered wires, wrapped with copper. 10. Install the new Bonding Strap. PEARL: Use masking tape around the nut to hold it in the socket. 11. Locate the soldered bundle of about 12 wires and drill a 9mm hole through the bundle and bolt it to the top of the new Bonding Strap, using an 8mm brass or bronze bolt/nut to secure it in place.
On Tue, Apr 2, 2019 at 10:46 AM Denise McGovern <Mcgovern.denise@...> wrote:
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Re: Copper earthing/bonding strap broken in bilge on Amel 54
JOHN HAYES
Brilliant Denise Bill and others
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NGA Waka is on the slip so brought copper bar and following your contributions Any one replaced the HF radio earth sitting under the hills bit abaft of the mizzenmast on a Santorin? Ours is pretty pitted and could usefully be replaced Any thoughts gratefully received Best John Hayes hull 41
On 3/04/2019, at 4:46 AM, Denise McGovern <Mcgovern.denise@...> wrote:
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