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

There's a picture on the internet I've seen of an old Maramu deck redone with a composite teak look material. It's probably not too hard to find with Google To me it doesn't look right, a bit too

So I disengaged the furling motor and was able to manually furl in the last little bit just as you said, Olivier, thanks! Now to sort out cleaning the brushes and finding the breakers and all that.

Hay thank you Craig, now I have a much clearer picture of the topic. Sorry about the name mix up, "Christopher" is my formal name, Grover is my middle name and Grover is what I normally use. I will

Eric Having done this numerous times here is some info. Use wedges to move the coupling. Start small and use a 5lg sledge hammer. tap tap and rotate the coupling. Takes about 2 hrs and a lot of

Mohammad and Aty, I can’t imaginethat Amel would design a boat of this caliber and install a bilge pump not combatable.With all the thought that went into the design of these boats, I have

John, My three blade prop is free wheeling and not put in gear unless motoring. So for me it is use it or lose it for charging. Works fine, knock on faux teak .Just keep the oil in and water out.