Gianni, Response = 5 Rudder = 7 Wind - we used the win vane option and it worked well. We have NMEA input from B&G Hydra to the Raymarine Autohelm Bill

Hi Bill, first, our congratulation for circumnavigation !...we are on the way crossing the Indian Ocean to SA, next May/June. I'm very curious about your experince with autohelm setup

Out of the water (at Bobbies in St Martin--Dutch side) and trying to detach my bow thruster from the motor. Won't budge. The four Allen set screws have been removed. Supposedly supposed to drop

Thank you so much Gary for your explanation. Really appreciate. Hope we meet at some point! Sincerely, Alexandre --------------------------------------------

Hi Alexandre: Yes I believe that is true about the engine possibly overheating if it ran very long at all but usually it isn't running that long. What I do is fill the sea-chest to top with fresh

Dear All: Now that I have better bandwidth I have posted three photos of the carbon buildup on my Onan exhaust manifold/exhaust elbow. I placed these in the photo album created by BeBe about the

Good morning Gary, Glad to help regarding the sea chest lid. So, if full force water can not keep up with the genset nor engine, aren’t they going to overheat and do more bad than good? Sincerely,

Hi Bill. Congrats on your whirl around the globe! I was answering Aras' question about a pic of the mouse clip. Kent

Thanks to all who helped with your info, pictures, specifications and comforting words relative to my recent sea-chest lid problem. The discussion has evolved a bit but here are my observations: When

I had the same favorable results with Velox. Bill BeBe 387

Amel states on the SM Brochure that the Loaded Displacement is 16 tons. Somewhere I found Loaded Weight at: 38,368 lbs. I am not sure of the definition of Loaded Weight. Bill BeBe 387

When I splashed in Puerto Rico a couple of weeks ago, my SM #335 showed 20,000 lbs on the travel lift meters. That was with 400 liters of water and full 600 liters of diesel. This included a small

Good morning Alessandro, Are you sure you want a staysail? I have one on mine (SM2K #289 NIKIMAT) was installed by the previous owner, and honestly aside for when the bow pulpit was removed following

Good morning Bill, I have the light, mine is white. Good information !!! Sincerely, Alexandre SM2K #289 NIKIMAT Blue Haven Marina, Turks & Caicos --------------------------------------------

This is "exciting" news! I do not remember seeing a discussion on this. I had trouble today getting the Leece-Neville 24VDC 175amp Alternator "excited" and charging. The only thing that worked was to

Kent, I have looked at it numerous times. I always check it and its operation before crossing oceans by lowering the Genoa to the deck. The issue is the potential for dissimilar metal corrosion that

Alessandro, I am in Marin, Martinique an will be here for 1 month. Pontoon 5 #551. As you know, Amel is here also. When you get here, I would ask Amel Caribe what they think about this. In my 35,000

AlessandroA few weeks back a posted some photos on my new inner forestay you can see them and some other Amels who have added a second forestay in the photo section I also made some comments of

No I do not think so, when looking at the water line it looks as if she is not overloaded except stern heavy, and that she list ca 2 degree to port. I think it's probably something wrong with the load

Well done Bill and Judy You set a fine example for many of us to follow. Thank you so much for all you have given to this group to date and to us personally too. We hope to meet you both when we