Hi Caspar: There is a lot of information of this site about painting the deck stripes. Just enter "stripes" in the search window of the messages area and you will find about 50 messages. Start at

Dear All, I saw the pictures of "rbenven44" regarding Painting deck stripes. As "rbenven44" does not have an email address posted, could anyone else or "rbenven44" himself please answer the

Hi Folks: On a recent bit of sailing in Barbuda, West Indies, we were anchored overnight in a bit of a windy anchorage (about 25 knots, gusts to 30 knots). We were anchored in a sand bottom as far

Bill, I have a 1981 Maramu hull # 91 for sale. She is in very good mechanical condition. I have her listed with Samalot Marine of Haverstraw New York, but have reserved the right to sell on my own.

Hi, I have been looking for an offshore sailing boat for a while and have decided that I like the Amel range.I am looking for something between 48 and 55 feet so I think that has to be either a Mango

YEP WE managed that on Bill and Judy's SM200 just off the entrance to the Moorings base in Road Town Tortola - they had it straightened no problem - i am sure Judy or Bill will post and give you

Hello Miles As someone with the same system as yourself including the VHF aerial splitter which I picked up at last year's Southampton Boat Show and which I found easy to install and which has

Mark, we agree with Eric. We have a NASA unit with screen at the Nav station and use it the same way... When we are in the shipping lanes we can see shipping even when in a rain or wind storm and the

Mark, we agree with Eric. We have a NASA unit with screen at the Nav station and use it the same way... When we are in the shipping lanes we can see shipping even when in a rain or wind storm and the

Hello Mark, I used a slightly different approach to AIS which may be of interest. I purchased a SITEX black box unit and connected it to the VHF antenna with an active splitter. The splitter is

Hi Federico I sounds like you have found a great product. But I would still like to know which product Amel themselves use and recommend. Problem is that when a covering is used in a boat that

Hello All, I of course have the same problem on my 1986 Sharki. I know of one boat that elected to go a different route and use vinyl panels finished with wood trim over the seems. It looks

Hi, Last year I removed the vinyl and foam backing and have a couple of suggestions * As Joel warns, use something better than a dust mask. A respirator is necessary and really isn't that big a

Hi Lars, many thanks for your replay. I have red what Mr. Potter wrote. The produkt I ordered is from Gisa Tex and they write on their speks: Areas of use GISA TEX Isotherm and GISA TEX Isotherm

Hi Bill and Federico Be aware that this topic has been discussed quite a few times - and by the way, I have the exact same problem in my Santorin 1993 and is considering how to best handle it.

Hi Bill, In the next two month I will replace the ceiling on my SM 056. As far as I know there is nothing else to do then stripping off the old one, scratching away the old rubber and glue and apply

MARK, I would order the "radar unit "from Nasa. Otherwise I would order the black box from NASA. It is so cheap. The black box comes with computer software. Before I was hit by lightning I used the

Eric: Thanks for the quick reply. I do have Raymarine chartplotters but they are an RL80C at the nav station and an RC530 repeater at the helm. That was state-of-the-art in October 2003. As far

Mark, Why did you choose the seacas system over the NASA unit? Do you have a Raymarine chart plotter on board? the Nasa black box will put the ais targets on the C and E series chart plotters. The

The one that I have is a 2-channel unit it switches between the two channels, and I believe I paid about 178 British pounds for it. It is made by a company called NASA and is distributed by a company