Hello James I am in the process to buy an Iridium Go here in Las Palamas. What I do not understand about your message. I thougt that Iridium is the service provider. I get an offer of 12000 units

Bill, yes I used my running back stays which was anothe reason I did not like them, as you needed to leave the cockpit to set them up and change when you tacked. Bob Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad

James, We use the companybelow. I really do not know how they compare to other companies since this isthe only Sat-Phone company we have used. We find them very easy to do businesswith. Everything

Paul, I am at 18 months owning an SM. Listen to the Bills and Alex. In my opinion what is best is an unmolested Amel surveyed by an Amel savvy surveyor. Unmolested means kept as origionally

I am pretty sure everybody here is happy to answer any questions even most remotely related to sailing. After all the alternative would be to send you to someplace like the cruisersforum, and friends

I've used Satellite Phones Direct for several years and they have always been helpful and timely in their response. Talk to Jennifer or Victor at (770) 449-6826. They are located in Norcross,

Den, One more thing. I have seen what I think is this same battery under numerous brand names. I suspect the country of origin is China, but I cannot be sure. EFFEKTA is a manufacturer of

Den, I was just looking at these Dutch EFFEKTA batteries for a 54 client. Please review the following chart...the B12-120S is 171mm wide. The photo you posted is of the B12-120S. It is true that the

Hello Amel owners - This is a off-topic for Amel-specific issues, but I'd like to ask for recommendations regarding service providers for satellite communication. I have used BlueCosmo for my

Hi Everyone, I need to replace my batteries and have been offered a replacement in Croatia that is 175 wide whereas my present batteries are 170 wide. As I'm not on the boat I cannot check whether

I have a question for all users of an inner staysail on a SM: Do you also have and use running backstays and do you use them when sailing with your inner foresail a/k/a Trinkette? Since the mainmast

Awesome! That's what I'm talking about. Good first-hand information! Thanks so much Peter, Paul and Mohammad. Very helpful. Best regards, Paul C.

That stuff is amazing for sealing hatch glass to the hatch frame. I imagine it would work very well on the genoa track too. It's easier to find if you search for SCS2000; the 2002 variant is the

Hi Trevor. How’s the passage south going? There’s plenty of changeable wind in Rebak. How is it for you guys? Cheers, Warren

Paul Hello! My thoughtsabout stay sail. We didinvest in a stay sail, unfortunately the equipment we got was substandard andshape of sail very poor. However we have numerus times encounter

All, We use our staysail on Carango [Amel 54] a lot and it definitely enables us to point higher. We use it with a 'barber hauler' too to get an even closer turning point closer to the centre line of

HiPaul; On our54, we find that the staysail in combination with the Genoa does help us pointhigher, or at least the boat can stay in the groove at closer wind angles.We have never measured it, so I

Paul, I have a 55 that came with a staysail, it has been used very rarely and in fact never really been needed, it causes more problems being there than it would ever hope to be useful or effective.

Hi David, How high above the mast head does the wind gen have to be to clear the triadic stay? Fair Winds Eric Kimberlite Amel Super Maramu #376

Hi Danny, Thanks for the concern, and dialogue. Sorry about the cold-sweats. I agree, needing to rotate the unit out-of-wind &/or to physically tether the blades due to an operating