Ian and everyone with a CAT pump, There is a lot of vibration on this pump. Those bolts will become loose because of the vibration from the pump...if they get loose, they will shear. Check those

Hi All, I recently found this item: Klean- Strip Phosphoric Prep& Etch. It has the same ingredients as Barnacle Buster but is about ¼ theprice and is two times the concentration. It is available

Hi Eric, it is indeed a model 277. Here is the Dessalator reference, but I know it will me much cheaper in the US. Complete pump head TET_POMPCAT277_COMP 1 Piece 1 290,65 1

Hi Paul, I hope all is well with you. Regarding the wood, I watched Amel making the interior in my boat. The plywood is made from many thin layers with very strong adhesive. It is much

Hi Bill. That piece was fashioned by a beaver with bad teeth for the original owner in order to comply with a requirement on a Jimmy Cornell RTW rally regarding the companionway height. The

Hi all, I'm heading to the rendezvous and i was wondering if anyone had a spare bed available. I'm arriving on Oct 1st and leaving on the 4th Regards Alan Grayson Soon to be owner (if the french

Heinz et al. I just ran into a gent who owns a boat in Linton bay. Just had completely new rigging from USA installed by this French rigger who used to rig for beneteau. He lives in Linton bay just a

Thanks Bill, I am hoping that is the answer! I was coveting the plywood for a small project, but before I chopped it up I wanted to make sure I wasn't destroying something of use and value. However,

The piece itself site down in the slot and as best I can tell, it’s function is allow you to pull up and retrieve things that may have fallen into the slot.

My guess is that you removed it when you or someone else removed the companion way door for refinishing. I have something like it that is knotted through a small hole to the port side of the companion

Thanks Marc & Kent, A chemical strip certainly does sound like the best way to start. In this case the finish is mechanically sound, but the wood underneath has gone from rich brown to pale yellow.

Wild guess from me: That is not an Amel original piece of equipment. My conclusion is based on the species of the solid piece of wood, AND, the edge of the plywood was cut with a too coarse of saw

Bill, Furniture refinishers do this quite often. You have to remove the varnish and stain edge to edge because you simply cannot feather-in a repair. It doesn't have to be sanded, most refinishers

Here is something that we have had buried in a locker since we bought the boat. Every time I touch it I scratch my head and try to imagine where it might go or be used for. Well, my imagination has

Bill, I have donesome extensive interior boat reconditioning since I once refitted an old CheoyLee. Matching faded teak panels was unfortunately something I became quite goodat. There are many

On Kristy the veneer on the panels around the port lights is ~1mm thick. Careful sanding shouldn’t be a problem. Kent S/V Kristy SM243

If anyone repaired sun fading of the interior mahogany, is the fading shallow enough that there is a chance of sanding to fresh wood without going through the veneer? We have some fading right around

I once was with the largest group of furniture manufacturers in the US. We owned companies like Drexel Heritage and Henredon. I would place Amel's interior construction and finish with some of the