I am in the market for an amel and I would like to crew on one if possible first. I am located in Miami but will travel at my expence. Short notice is not a problem and you can email me at

Mark, Maybe we will bump into you along the way. There are 6 Amels in NZ right now. Fair Winds, Eric Amel Super Maramu #376 Kimberlite

Eric: We will leave Rhode Island in the fall of 2006 to do the Coconut Milk Run via the Panama Canal. We hope to be in New Zealand one year later. The idea is to circumnavigate, but we will see

Mark, Where will you be off to? Fair Winds, Eric Amel Super Maramu #376 Kimberlite

Hi Gary: I am thinking about replacing my watermaker membranes. I have the same 220 vac Dessalator as you have. I searched the web and found Dow Filmtec SW30-2540 membranes for as low as $177

We have over 400 hours on our watermaker (40 l/hr, 24 V version) during 8 years of use. We have pickled it with sodium metabisulphite (?) every time we leave the boat for more than a week, or at

Gary, How do you plan to add a second water sensor? Will you hook this into some kind of alarm? I was in sea cow bay last year and found the entrance too shallow for me. Have they dredged the

Gary, Where did you get a TDS meter? Fair Winds, Eric Amel Super Maramu #376 Kimberlite

Hi Steve, Careless of me. the full address is rod.boreham@... Regards John SM 319

In a message dated 10/12/2005 04:40:31 GMT Standard Time, no_reply@... writes: 9 Dec 2005 Hi Eric and others: On our recent sail from Portsmouth, Virginia to Bermuda and then the

9 Dec 2005 Hi Eric and others: On our recent sail from Portsmouth, Virginia to Bermuda and then the BVI we had an interesting water maker failure. I had purchased a Total Dissolved Solids (TDS)

Thanks John. Does Rod's email address end in .com or something else? Steve John and Anne on Bali Hai <hollamby@...> wrote: Hi Steve, I was advised to use glycerine by a US

Hi Steve, I was advised to use glycerine by a US Watermaker company but that was about six years ago. You could ask Rod Boreham who is the UK Agent for Dassalter. He seems very switched on and

I too recently purchased an SM2K (#340), and am struggling with winterizing issues. For the hot water heater, I disconnected the inlet and outlet hoses, and temporarily attached a length of hose to

Hi Eric, Sorry to have been so long in replying. We do not have an espar or other heater so I can not help with that. I have just posted pics of a hatch in the aft cabin top in the SM 319 album which

After much searching I sent a piece of outhaul line to new England ropes. . They suggested endura braid as a substitute. It works great on my boat. A trick is to tighten the car using a line from the

I have replaced the outhaul several times over the past two years cruising, as I experimented with different brands and thicknesses of Kevlar line. I have discovered that 1) I can't splice worth a

Thanks for the info Mike. With what you supplied and others I now have the info I need. Great group. Happy holidays Eric Mike Gough <mahili_au@...> wrote: G'day Eric, I can answer some of your

G'day Eric, I can answer some of your questions: If you would like more details let me know Mike Gough goughs_au@... (my browser underlines the whole address-there is an underscore_ between

Hello All, We found the ventilation in the aft cabin very poor even with the aft hatch wide open.So we bought a Vetus hatch and had it installed by a freelance shipwright here in Malta. He made up a