Gary et al, I guess persistence pays off. I have been in contact with ACMO and after several rounds of photos and engineer directed attempts to "clean" the chrome, they have agreed to send me

Hi I measure 164 x 56 x 27.5. we have 10 Firefly Oasis batteries and we kept 2 starter batteries and joined them in parallel with the original start battery which keeps us a 13 batteries total. See

Unfortunately, the exercise did not go well and, in spite of having proper oil in the system and water circling around, after a few minutes there was a change in sound accompanied by smoke and, after

Hi Eric, I live on St. Maarten and at present the way they want to “see” things happening for people that want to evacuate their boat from St. Maarten is that they will allow people to fly in from

Can anyone tell me the useable internal dimensions for the battery compartment on the SM 2000 Redline with comfort pack. Ie 12 house batteries and starter. I'm stuck away from my boat and would like

They might open the airport for commercial traffic early June—let’s see what happens . I should have the new policy for the boats stranded In St Maarten Monday or Tuesday.. Fair Winds Eric

Hi Porter, Thanks for the offer. I plan on flying to St Thomas June 1st. I will either charter a small plane, if I can get into the airport, or a powerboat to take me to St Maarten June 2. If

Thank you Bill. thank you for good advice . particularly spilling saltwater in the engineroom is never easy to remove/collect and this is where it hurts most. ref water in bilge lockers; i feel

Jeroen, If water gets into areas where it should not be, removing the water is the same as any other separate compartment. You need to pump it out. Generally any water in these compartments is minor.

Could not agree more Mark. I gave him Bill Rouses number to discuss. Not sure if they called. Seemed like a reasonable approach. I’m not the best one to lead this charge, but interested as I’m

dear Bill, i do understand how the bulkhead system works, with the waterticht compartments, yet it is not clear to me how to remove water from these compartments, without the aid of a pump. kind

On a side note, if others are tired of this thread, there is agreat feature in this group where topics can be muted. There is a link at thebottom of each email received. Hi Porter, I

sorry, i never said i made holes in the bulkheads .

After major surgery getting the motor/pump out of the engine room (there was no way I could get the back cover out) I found that after turning the motor by hand IT IS WORKING YEEEA!. So, Mark you

All. I spoke to My insurance agent Rob at Novamar. Some of you might know and use them. Specifically they were open to administering the program. They are reinsurers and have been quite capable and

Hi all, Because we have had very few responses, we think that the uncertainty and amateurish sound of the initial posts has made people leery, and rightfully so. Teun (Amelit A54) and Ken (Aquarious

Hi Bill, "Trying to find a line, bend it on and then .." We have dedicated messenger lines for both main and mizzen halyards in the port side aft cockpit locker ready to go. A size smaller than the

Hi William, This is not unique for Amel. Oyster, Hallberg Rassy and other do the same for the bigger yachts. If you have 18 meters or more of mast the halyards become very, very long. As you rarely

Hi Jeroen, It's not clear to me... where did you run the discharge hose for the new pump? These bilge compartments should always be dry so a high water alarm is usually sufficient for those rare times

On the topic of Bilge Pumps, what I find a bigger worry is the main bilge-pump can fail because of bad working valves. These are small rubber flaps inside the pump that start their career flat but