David, That is a very important observation that makes a lot of sence. As the batten is flexed the steel in the inside will move relative to the one in the outside creating extra force against the

Hello Craig, Thanks for giving a source but please note that to find itagain in a few months time one would have to enter “no response from Amel as thesubject in the search box and hope.

Stephen - go back to posting 18866 and 18867. What is your boat and where are you? Craig Briggs - SN#68 Sangaris, Florida

Suppliers of these have been given several times on this siteover the years, Try searching under this reference and the more likely one “mainouthaul gearbox” which is the same supplier. I recall

Jose, Good luck. Let us know how it works out. Every other sailmaker I know who has tried them won't recommend them. But maybe your guy knows something those guys with a few hundred years of combined

Try Riza at Emek Marine. I believe he manufactures these.... At least ask.... GL

I called Emilie over 2 weeks ago after two emails without response. She was very pleasant, speaks English very well and said they were researching my request for a new main furling transmission/gear

Dave, that makes me feel better bacause I am not at all concerned about sail damage. These battens, once the tip is flexed, become very easy to roll creating minimal friction between the sail and the

Call them! Emelie speaks very good english. /Annsofie S/Y Lady Annila SM 232 Skickat från min iPad 26 nov 2014 kl. 03:36 skrev "divanz620@... [amelyachtowners]" <amelyachtowners@...>:

I purchased a new Jordan Series Drogue from Ace Sailmakers (East Lyme, CT) in 2009 prior to a circumnavigation with the World Arc. This is for up to 45,000 lb loaded monohull. Their price for nylon

Thanks, I've sent another email today, if I don't get any response I'm going to 'phone them Cheers Alan SV Elyse SM437

Eric, Interesting. I assume if you have too few cones, the angle to the waves increases above 20 to 30 degrees. Am I correct? BTW, we have a drogue exactly like yours. It has never been

Hi This summer my daughter in Law called them from UK. This got a response! Best of luck Chris Smither

Hi, Alan, Yes, unfortunately I'm having trouble finding anything out about my Cdrive which they've had since July. Usually no reply at all. When I translate my email to French using an on line

Even when I'm not hooked up to shore power, there's a delay of about 10-12 seconds before the 220V shows up. I was thinking about the motor running that long before the pump turned on, but really

Dear Jean-Pierre, I can’t really explain what it is like on a drogue but you do not slide down the back of a wave. Imagine a duck sitting on the water . The duck just goes up and down the waves.

Is anyone having trouble with this ? I got a quotation from Emilie on October 30, but some of the parts were not correct. I went back to her for a revised quotation and have not heard anything

Thank you Greg!!!!!!!!! I'll get back to you next week we ate booked in for halout Monday morning I'll get back to to shortly after with details Tom

Tom, According to Gene Carter in Bellingham, Morse cutless Devil Fish is what he's used as a replacement. The Sharki shaft diam is 35 mm and the OD of the original cutless is 47.7 mm. I have

Problem ended up being cutlass bearing possible engine alignment issue Does anyone out there happen to know the cutlass bearing size on a Sharki The shaft is original Don't have a caliper with us and