All, I just finished cleaning the Sea Chest and all of its connecting lines as well as the salt water manifold. During the process I measured the lines and documented the process with photos. You

Hello Yves, I think I understand ! But you have to unscew the whole valve complete and replace it with a new one. That is what I did a few years ago. It was pretty easy once I got the hose off. The

Bonjour Anne and John, And thank you for your help. I am not so strong but the shaft has very little material: OD 9 mm threaded, a hole inside of 3 mm. and a cut of 1.5 mm each side for the handle

Pepe, That email no longer works. Which IFM location did you get this part? I checked the US location and was told, "The IB5076 is no longer available and no direct replacement." Best, Bill s/v

just thought i would share this as i'm pretty sure it would qualify Regarding the Residential Energy Credits. I do believe that if your living on your boat full time as your primary residence can

I am in the Med (at the moment near Athens but may go to Tureky later) and am thinking of having a bow thruster installed. 10hp should suffice together with a battery in the forepeak that can be

As mentioned some days ago AMEL will change the main mast of the already delivered AMEL 54 and the new ones. I created an album called "changed main mast" with 2 photos of the solution after a main

Ivar, We were in Roccella Ionica last year - no problem with depth and they were dredging the entrance, which should be done by now. We stayed several days with no charge because they had not

Hi Richard, I have been in several marinas in Croatia and my best recommendation is Marina Frapa. This is one of the best that I have used and ,in my opinion is only

Dear Yves and Marie Christine, The same valve seized up years ago on my boat and I had to replace it even though I was not so strong as to be able to break the shaft. To replace the valve remove the

PT FOC is a petite jib, a working jib. GD FOC is a grand jib, a big jib, a Genoa jib. FOC DE ROUTE is a medium sized storm jib that you will find is nearly indestructible. All the best, Joel F.

Hi All, Amel Mango with slab reefing; I'vel got some of the original sails that appear to be in very good condition! I've identified all of my sail inventory except for the following sails stenciled

Hello everybody, I have a problem with the fore heads valve because I closed it for a very short time and when I wanted to reopen it, the handle shaft broke with the valve closed...although I operate

Well, at South of Venice lagoon you can find Albarella (http://www.albarella.it/en/porto/i-prezzi/i-prezzi.html), where you can book. Actually the approach is not very easy, you must do it with

Hello Martin, On the 53 there are four allan bolts holding the thruster shaft etc to the motor but this probably does not help if the 54 is different. I wish you luck with Amel, I have a problem with

Thank you - I had not realized that there was an extended discussion on the subject. After all of this time using the group I should have known that there would be pre-existing experience; one of the

Hi, Martin, There is a good discussion of this problem in the archives.  Just search Bow Thruster and you'll find it. Good Luck Kent Kristy SM243

Can anyone suggest a safe place to leave our 54 in Crotia for July Many thanks. Richard

Can anybody advice of a good place to lay up the boat during this summer on land in Gulf of Venice, and hve any of you been in Rocella Ionica last year - hve heared that the harbour hve silted more

Hi, Bill, Maybe it's something in the way you have Yahoo configured.  It came thru on my email notification as alex.corte@... Kent Kristy, SM243