Since 2018 incident where a Dutch ICP registered GERMAN vessel illegally entered MALTESE waters with 234 migrants the Dutch government swiftly issued a law that Dutch ICP Registry is no good and is

Hi Jeff, Hmmm. Have you thought of a Dutch or Belgian registry? Resale might be simpler.... Good luck Jean-Pierre Germain

Hi Jean-Pierre, It is a Canadian Transport Canada thing. Need a Canadian registered surveyor to complete a tonnage certificate form if the boat is over 15m to register the boat in Canada. I used

Hello Jeff, I am Canadian as well and my reg is UK. Why do you need CDN surveyor for tonnage? I used the renowned surveyor named Olivier Beauté, ex director of after sales at Amel. He is

Hi Ian, My forward intake valve handle corroded such that I couldn't turn it and broke off the valve stem trying. The corrosion was from sea water accumulating from an inconspicuous leak in the

Mike, There is no real reason to seal them. They should have a drip leg so most of the water runs off outside the mast, but any water than does follow the wire into the mast runs down and accumulates

Hi All, In the process of buying SM#379 Spruzzo (thinking of keeping the name). Boat is currently in Sicily and plan on cruising the Med for the next few years. I'm going to register the boat in

Boy, Kent, you’ve opened up a can of worms, that fortunately non-Americans may not have to deal with. I don’t know if you have “traditional” Medicare, or the other privately administered

Our 1996 SM153 has a seawater valve for each of the toilets. Has anyone with these ever had either the valve or the thruhull fail? A surveyor just told me that he has inspected the same

Well said, Bill. Cheers, Craig -- SN68 Sangaris, Tropic Isle Harbor, FL

Hey Kent, Know you're the Doc, but my Medicare Part C plan let's me get reimbursed for overseas care (yes, I've got to pay first and then submit for reimbursement, and it can't exceed "normal and

The answer to the seal orientation of the 3 seals is very simple. You have 3 seals. You need to keep the oil in and the water out. If you had two seals, the answer is clear: one for each. But, with 3

We used Travelex, much less expensive, includes medivac and flight insurance. We also depend on Medicare in the US. ~~~⛵️~~~Matt

Hi all, I'm looking at health insurance for myself again. I've been basically self-insuring for overseas care and have DAN Boaters insurance for emergency medical repatriation. Iris has GeoBlue plus

A good technique I've used to clean out milky oil is, after the initial drain, refill with diesel oil, then run the engine in gear forward and reverse for a few minutes (feeding water to the engine

Hi Bill, Thank you for the diagram showing the way the seals should face, exactly correct. My old school Tunisia mechanic explained this to me in detail when I told him I know how after watching the

Hello Ruedi, I did have some slight milky color just after changing my seals a previous time. I don't think they seated properly right away. First I drained and cleaned our the reservoir well. Then

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Hi Ruedi, Wow, not again. So sorry to hear this! I replaced my seals in Tunisia last year and was very grateful to have the small length of pipe you gave me to ensure that the seals went in without

Thanks Eric! Much easier to read that the first fuzzy image you sent. Still haven’t been aboard to complete the troubleshooting but plan to do so later this month. Mike Ondra ALETSE SM#240