Ken Coats and Judy Golden on Golden Daze Amel Maramu 192, Portugal: We just prepared in Chesapeake Marine Railway (formerly Deagles) in Deltaville Va for our Atlantic crossing. New owners Rick and

Wow, I am glad I asked. I talked to two marinas in New Bern and neither mentioned bridges. I was under the impression that the bridges were inland or up river from the marinas. Thanks for

Wow, I am glad I asked. I talked to two marinas in New Bern and neither mentioned bridges. I was under the impression that the bridges were inland or up river from the marinas. Thanks for

I used Gloucester point Marina in 2002. The entry is Ok if you follow the charts. They did good work for me and seem to be very competent in all areas but I have no idea about their ability with

Tony, Again, I suggest Bay Point Marina, easy trip on the outside and the yard costs at Cutty Sark are very fair. --- rbenven44 <no_reply@...>

Bay Point Marina and Cutty Sark yard, walking distance from the marina to the yards (both are at Little Creek with excellent deep water access and are located in Norfolk, VA) --- agav8ter

Hello Tony, First of all, you won't be able to get a SM into New Bern without removing the main mast first. Read the posts about doing the ICW from Norfolk to Beaufort. The tide range isn't

Tony, we have had work done at Port Annapolis Marina in Annapolis. They do good work and are on time. Price is about average. Richard SM 209 --- agav8ter <agav8ter@...>

Hello all, It is time to start heading back to the US. Can anyone tell me of a "good" marina that has yard facilites? I would like to pull the main and generator out of our boat and give the engine

Hi Eric, Yes, I did. I have always put two micron filters in my two in line Racors.Never had a problem till this year. Even then it was a momentary slowing of the revs rather than anything more

Ian, Did you have this problem with the 2 micron filter while using the pre filter system that you and I had installed? Fair Winds, Eric Amel Super Maramu #376 Kimberlite

Hi John, how interesting to read of your conversion to 10 micron. I, too, have always used 2 micron for my Racors and had no problem in 5 years in South America until this season when the engine revs

Hi Gary, Unless the wind goes to the south or the southeast, the 500 mile trip from the ABC's to Guadeloupe will probably be a motor sail. Last November on Thanksgiving week, we sailed from Bonaire

When I sailed from St Martin to Curacao in May I was with the current and wind. It was a wonderful sail leaving Monday evening and arriving in Curacao Thursday @ 6:00PM. Now I am planning on sailing

Hi all, Let me jump into the filter fray. For years I've used a 2 micron filter as my primary filter ,on my old boat and this Amel, they worked just fine because I was always buying good clean fuel.

Eric; we have an earlier SM 209 and just mounted a dual 500 series Raco on the back wall using the Amel bolts that apear to welded to a plate that CAN NOT be accessed by way of the aft cabin. I made

Paul, My racor dual filter came with the Amel comfort package and the 100 hp yanmar. The problem is that the drain of the outboard filter is located just 2 inches above the engine stringer and is

I am the owner of SM 2000 MAIA #293 currently berthed at Portomaso, Malta. I had the misfortune to engage a delivery crew to sail MAIA from Tortola to Norfolk in May 2002. The crew decided to use the

Bill & Eric When we installed the Dual system , we put it between the engine and genset. In the spot where the filter was before we installed an Algae X filter that does not require changing. On the

Joe, why not stop in Portsmouth NH and we'll put you on a mooring at the Yacht club and head down to Annapolis by way of Block Island and the C&D canal. Your thoughs Richard and Joan SM 209 ---