We also have the Iridium Go! with an external antenna. We use it constantly when offshore for email and weather. When I’m really bored on a night watch I’ve even used it to surf the internet (this

good day have Iridium Go with external antenna on board since July last year - use North Atlantic, africa, carribean, northern Europe took a while to get used to the system & appreciate its

Hi Pat, I have an Iridium phone with a gadget that uses the phone to create a Bluetooth WiFi hotspot. I use it to get weather and do email. It was less than satisfactory until I added a permanent

Thank you Alexandre, that was what I was hoping to hear. Cheers, Paul

Thank you Gary and Barry, I will check this Wolfgang SY Elise Amel 54 #162 on the way to Sardinia Dr. med. Wolfgang Weber Lenaustr. 2 45657 Recklinghausen Germany Telefon +49 2361 182005 FAX + 49

It's normal. It is designed to fill with sea water. Thank you, Henri Amel. BTW, the skeg should not fill with water. I have seen at least 2 skegs filled with water as a result of a serious collision.

I have had one for almost 5 years. It has always worked. It gets us our weather data everyday we are offshore. Of course data transfer is “slow” what do they expect? From initiation of the call

Good morning Paul, In short (at least on the SM) it is normal. This has been covered in several previous post. Here is a beautiful explanation from

We had planned to buy an Iridium Go , however I just read a bunch of very negative reviews on it. The reviews claim that it just did not function as advertised ,poor connections , slow or no data

Hi all, When I hauled out I noticed a lot of water draining from the hole in the bottom of the rudder. I did not notice this in any of the previous haulouts. I have seen this on other boats though. Is

Hi Wolfgang, Can you tell me we’re the switch is? When I recently had no water going through the generator the Oman generator just shut down, it was the rubber impeller which needed changing. Best

Wolfgag: Some years back I did the same test and got no alarm. I removed the vacuum switch (at the top of a loop of copper tubing mounted in a difficult access point on the fuel tank wood trim. It

Christian Alby, Thanks for the information. I would also like to replace these valves on my Maramu as well so this is very helpful. I found a listing on Amazon.fr as shown below. Can you tell me

Hello to the group, This time by testing the sea-strainer alarm ( shortly closed the valve for the inlet) I heard no Alarm. Can I clean the switch or do I have to replace it ?.Flush the tube

This just came across my desk. I don't know anything about it other than what the promotional materials say, although a little digging shows they have been around for a while. For those Amel sailors

hello replaced all 3 in Canet at 'Plomberie du Littoral (small retailer) brought part & checked in Template they use for identification of threads part called 'tête universelle de robinet

also looking for these as mine are leaking a little so any help much appreciated All the best Miles Vintage Maramu 162

Has anyone been able to find replacement tap valve cartridges for the galley taps?  I'm pretty certain they are a metric size (I think the thread is M18 fine) and everything in UK is BSP standard. 

Hi Mark, Make sure you also have the document that shows the boat is in the "Entrepot" (what you call bond, I think). They may want to see that as well if you tell them the stuff is repair parts for

Paul, I do not think flushingthe system as is or letting BB sit in the system is going to be adequate toclean the inside of the heat exchanger. If this is partially clogged it willneed to be