Thank so much for your great support and help. This forum has been a wonderful resource over the years. We know it is in good hand with Bill. Sincerely,

I don't know if the 54's native pump has special characteristics compared to a 53 pump, but I would be remiss if I did not point out that when we bought hull Nr. 350 in 2012 it came with a Shurflo

Thank you JL for administering the group for all these years, and thanks to Bill for stepping up to take over this responsibility. Steve Davis Aloha SM 72 KoOlina, Hawaii

Agreed!! Thank you both JL and Bill! Porter A54-152 Excuse the errors. Sent from my IPhone Www.fouribis.com

I would like to thank you for all the work maintaining the site, internet administration is not an easy job. Regards, John SV Annie SM 37 Prickly Bay Grenada.

To all mates: Most of you know that I have been what Yahoo calls the "owner" (primary administrator) of the Amel Yacht Owners Group for some years. I assumed this position when asked by the original

Talked to the broker, Steve was correct the Sharki has been sold. The broker then offered to show us a Morgan. I can’t quite make sense of such an offer. Thanks again, Dee

Hi Dee, Have you looked at the Sharky named Joss. She is owned by a Dutch former technician and very good maintained. Recent engine, bow thruster recently rebuild, very complete. She is on Levkas in

Thanks Mark, Fair Winds Eric

Steve, thank you for the information. That is incredibly unfortunate. If anyone has any information on another Sharki (preferably on the Eastern coast of North America) that is not listed on YW

Hi Dee, It's a nice boat but I'm pretty sure it is already sold. Steve Leeds Sharki #121

Hi Pat, Sounds like that's the likely culprit. Important reminder to all. Cheers, Craig ---In amelyachtowners@..., <sailw32@...> wrote : Craig, We had the hatch open in the head , so I suppose that

Hi Paul, Let's see if I've got this about right - the underwriters and bean counters think that statistically the financial risk to their company of old turnbuckles failing is low enough that

Craig, We had the hatch open in the head , so I suppose that was the source. I get up first and start the genset every morning and my wife usually smells exhaust while in the aft cabin. Maybe while

My wife and I are considering traveling down to Florida to look at a 1980 Sharki that is listed on YachtWorld. Curious if anyone has any information on this particular vessel beyond what is listed

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Hi Eric, I have donethis as a regular part of maintenance every 6 month for the past 5 years. It isperfectly fine to use phosphoric acid or barnacle buster on the AC units. I don’tuse BB

I asked my Insurer Y Yacht about rigg failure and only replacing the wire and not the turnbuckle. The answer was Rig failures on Amels are not a serious problem and your plans for changing the

Hi Danny Nice to hear from you and thank you for these tips. I had not thought of greasing under water but of course if one pushes the grease right through and out there would be no risk of saltwater

Hi Jose Very interesting information from you and I fully agree with all your comments. I have never had a Maxprop yet but this is the second boat on which we have had the autoprop and really like