A mobile unattached Rule type submersible pump with a long lead with crocodile clips and a fairly long semi rigid outlet hose makes a good back up. John Maramu, #91 Popeye

Hello, Just wanted to follow up on this conversation to find out if you still have the same arrangement for satellite phone airtime and what your feedback is. It seems that Pre-Paid Small Vessel

Wow Eric, that is a lot of fuel! We have the 600L in the main tank and 9 x 23L jerry cans (200L) which fit snugly in the liferaft locker. Those also get emptied first as our main tank uses fuel. We

Embarrassing to say, we hit a couple of coral bomies on the way out of the atoll of Fulaga in SE Fiji, we bounced off the reef twice before we got into the channel on the way out...bang !, bang ! it

Eric Wow! Adds proof to the Amel recipe. It also demonstrates how well engineered the Amel rigging is. How many other boats surfing at that speed with that sail area would have kept their masts in

Hi Mohammad, Regarding a portable bilge pump we can show you what we have. I had a high capacity 24V pump aboard from the previous owner and decided it would be good to make use of it. *For the

Hello Mark, Yes, I forgot to write just that, as long as you leave, you can come back and are given another month. Not worth 5% !!! I should have written for information, for non-BVI flag, after 1

Alexandre, Thanks!!!! Goodto know. We will adjust our plans accordingly. I guess we will have to hop backto USVI after a short stent in the BVI. We have a pending inquiry into HMCustoms about this

Hello Mark, Yes I am. This is what the customs told me in Tortola. I was BVI registered and arrived in Tortola Oct 31st, I had 1 month "free stay" if exceeding, would have to pay 5% import tax (not

Thanks Ric, have the same set up with fixed prop. Cool how it carries almost full liad when sailing.

This isn't a place for brokers to solicit listings. You could certainly encourage your clients who have listed their boats with you to mention that they're selling and post your contact info. But

Alexandre, Are you sureabout the one month for a BVI flagged boat? Do you have a source for moreinformation? With bestregards, Mark Skipper Sailing Vessel- Cream

Necessity is indeed the mother of invention - great job. Cheers, Craig SN#68 ---In amelyachtowners@..., <kimberlite@...> wrote : Using 2 cans ofPB blaster and a lot of use of wedges and a small sledge

Good morning Rafael, When I had a BVI flag I use Mark Dubois: mark.dubois@... Keep in mind, with a BVI flag you are only allow to sail for 1 month in the BVI past that you will have to import

Thanks for reminding me about flexible tanks Eric. I put two 50 gal bladders in the stern of a Jeanneau DS43 I used to own. Only ever half filled them due to my concern that surging in a rough seaway

I find that Bill Rouse has again made the points I had buzzing round my head. A first question should be how many Amels have been holed and how? If so where was the breach? Then how serious was the

Thanks every one for all the responses and suggestions. Not changing the system, is what I have been leaning towards. I am a very strong believer of keeping it original and have not made any changes