Just for fun, try NO swivel. We did as an experiment, finding it unnecessary ~~~⛵️~~~Matt

Hey Joel, Since you asked, we bent the shank on our Mantus about 20° lifting it out of the muck in Lake Worth after a night of big winds and a 180° current shift. We had just bought it and with no

Hi everyone, We have a 35KG ULTRA. In 4 years of anchoring, it has never dragged. We also purchased their swivel and claw. The swivel enables the anchor to enter the chocks right side up. Being

Hello Arno and any discussion of anchors is highly subjective. Rather like discussing the best hunting dogs, sports cars or ( you name it ). I always like to listen carefully to my Amel clients who

Dear Forum, I am aware this is a never ending discussion but is it just me or is the standard anchor arrangement on an Amel 54 (Delta on port side, Buegel on starbord side) not the

Hello Andrew, What a palaver!!! Luckily for you, Majorca is the home of Peter Kuklok at Yacht Concept Majorca. If you need assistance, he is the best marine engineer I have ever met. His phone is

Thanks Joel. I've just ordered a new electrical panel to replace my original. It's been on my todo list for 10 years since I replaced the starboard side switch panel with brushed aluminum. bill

Hi, First my apologies because this late answer. I am the owner of SV AILAMA SM107, that is In Greece and my plan is to leave her in Aigina in one of those dry marinas that you mentioned. Is the

Dean, I used Starbrite pink antifreeze the last two winters here in the Chesapeake and it has worked well. I used it for all systems including: air conditioning, heads, anchor wash, watermaker,

Hi Dean, I would not want to count on the glycerine passing through the membranes. On further reading, it is nearly identical in size and structure to propylene glycol. However, if you do keep the

Thanks Matt 👍 Ok so it looks like a heat gun is the best bet for removal. The boats on a mooring so perhaps best to wait a while till I’ve got shore power for the job. I’ll probably take a

Ok great, thanks Tom. We'll be wintering ashore, so we don't even benefit from the "warmth" of that Scottish water! I think I will try to find some kind of "safe" low-level heat producer for the

Thought I would share a recent battery nightmare that we had. We had a 30 hour passage from Canet-en-Roussillon to Mallorca earlier this week, this involved quite a few hours of motoring. We arrived

Hi Scott Really interesting thread, thank you. We are following with interest. After we met you at the Caribbean Amel Rally 2019 we took a late decision to do the Pacific this year, and end our

Matt, If you are interested in hearing about our positive experiences, please send me a note atclanton@... and we can discuss off line. John

Thanks! I’ll give a call... ~~~⛵️~~~Matt

Matt, I took delivery of my 55 in La Rochelle last year. We took the same route as you are planning and received a very favorable quote from Pantaenius. I have been very happy with Kerry

Thanks very much Gary...good thoughts Cheers Alan Elyse SM 437

Paul, I can't really predict for you, but I would guess as long as you spend most of your time around 50% and don't let it drop below 30% very often, the 15-20 year lifetime sounds very

I recently met a 2001 SM owner who had a near lightning strike that killed most of the electronics on board. His broker is Hanham Insurance Agency. Not sure of the brokers name but the mobile number