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Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Water Maker
ianjenkins1946 <ianjudyjenkins@hotmail.com>
Hi Gary, I have just printed some of your very useful photos on changing the membranes. Is yours a 60lph or 160 lph system? How many hours did you get out of your membranes before you renewed them? Cheers, Ian Jenkins SM 302
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Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] watermaker,TDS meter
ianjenkins1946 <ianjudyjenkins@hotmail.com>
Dear John and Anne, Thanks for another good tip.We are in Blighty for the summer so have promptly been online to ro-man.Their prices look good, tho I'm not sure of they sell the membranes we would like to carry as spares.
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Incidentally, how many hours have you on your watermaker? Fair winds, Ian and Judy, SM 302.
From: "John and Anne on Bali Hai" <hollamby@compuserve.com>
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Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] ais "RADAR"
Horst Pause <horst@...>
Available from Compass24.com at £206.96 inc. VAT - ref 113430
________________________________ From: amelyachtowners@yahoogroups.com [mailto:amelyachtowners@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of eric Sent: 12 June 2006 03:07 To: amelyachtowners@yahoogroups.com; tartansailing@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Amel Yacht Owners] ais "RADAR" Hi, I just finished installing this AIS "radar" unit on my boat and it works great. It only took 2 hours to install. I believe it is a very worthwhile investment Fair Winds, Eric Amel Super Maramu #376 Kimberlite http://www.allgadgets.co.uk/ag/product.asp?pf%5Fid=AG3928 <http://www.allgadgets.co.uk/ag/product.asp?pf%5Fid=AG3928>; <http://www.allgadgets.co.uk/ag/product.asp?pf%5Fid=AG3928&;dept%5Fid=7 <http://www.allgadgets.co.uk/ag/product.asp?pf%5Fid=AG3928&;dept%5Fid=7> > &dept%5Fid=7 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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ais "RADAR"
eric freedman
Hi,
I just finished installing this AIS "radar" unit on my boat and it works great. It only took 2 hours to install. I believe it is a very worthwhile investment Fair Winds, Eric Amel Super Maramu #376 Kimberlite http://www.allgadgets.co.uk/ag/product.asp?pf%5Fid=AG3928 <http://www.allgadgets.co.uk/ag/product.asp?pf%5Fid=AG3928&;dept%5Fid=7> &dept%5Fid=7
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Water Maker Power Draw & Motor Fire
amelliahona <no_reply@...>
Dear Yves:
Thank you for being the first to bring to our attention the problems associated with the salinity sensor on the Dessalator water maker. Your post about the motor fire doesn't specify if this was the high pressure pump motor or the low pressure pump motor that burned. Can you please clarify? Was there any wire charring? As you can see from my previous post, based on my measurements last week, a 20 amp circuit breaker is adequate for the entire system to operate at pressure. Additionally each pump is individually protected by a circuit breaker. The high pressure pump has a 25 amp circuit breaker and the low pressure pump has a 5 amp circuit breaker (see photo section for water maker electrical box component labels). It doesn't quite make sense to have a total system CB of 20 amps and an individual motor CB of 25 amps. Regards, Gary Silver s/v Liahona Amel SM 2000 Hull 3 335 in the amelyachtowners@yahoogroups.comnearly had fire in by boat. The 220 V. motor, having no electrical protection, burned.contemplating to replace it by a bigger one; I would suggest not to do that. If a breaker trips it is probably because the motor is faulty and takes too much power when starting or blocking. It is a good thing that it tripped; mine didn't. Anyway the breaker in the switchboard is there to protect the line / cable and not the motor which should have, like all other appliances (charger, air conditioning, fans…), a specific protection adapted to its way of working. DESSALATOR water makers have none. Be careful !!
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Water Maker Salinity Sensor is Not Hooked up to Anything
amelliahona <no_reply@...>
I have spent more than 40 hours drawing complete schematics and logic diagrams for the
Dessalator water maker Control Board on my Amel SM 2000 , Hull # 335. I have verified that the salinity sensor is wired to the circuit board on pin 11 and pin 12 of plug # 2 (see the photo section for a component labeled photo of this board). I HAVE VERIFIED THAT PIN 11 OF THIS BOARD IS NOT CONNECTED TO ANYTHING. PIN 12 GOES TO GROUND BUT THE SALINITY SENSOR THUS CONNECTED IS AN INCOMPLETE CIRCUIT AND IS NOT FUNCTIONAL. FURTHERMORE, AS CURRENTLY CONFIGURED I CAN NOT DETERMINE ANY WAY TO MAKE THE SALINITY SENSOR SYSTEM FUNCTIONAL. I CAN ONLY CONCLUDE THAT THE SALINITY SENSOR ON MY WATERMAKER IS A SHAM INSTALLATION. I URGE EVERY AMEL OWNER TO INSPECT THEIR DESSALATOR WATERMAKER CIRCUIT BOARD. IF YOUR CIRCUIT BOARD IS THE SAME ONE AS DEPICTED IN THE PHOTO SECTION AND THE SALINITY SENSOR IS WIRED TO PLUG 2, PINS 11 AND 12 THEN YOU CAN BE ASSURED THAT THE SALINITY SENSOR IS NOT FUNCTIONAL IN ANY WAY. Another way to determine if your salinity sensor is functional is to see if your system changes to "good quality" and green LED light at the 55 second to 65 second mark. If it does then the salinity sensor is NOT functional. The timing function of the control board determines the start up sequence and does function for high pressure (overpressure) shut down of the system. No other sensing inputs to the board are functional. It takes about 3 to 4 minutes for the TDS creep to come down to good quality water after system start up. This brief period of bad water production is of no consequence when compared to the major volume of water production that follows. I urge all owners to install a continuous EC (electrical conductivity) monitor with alarm funciton on the product water line of their water maker. If you do this you will soon find that the high EC alarm will sound for the first 3 - 4 minutes after startup I have installed a mute switch in the alarm relay line so that I can monitor the start up sequence with the the alarm muted and when the EC drops to 450 microSiemens/cm (about 500 ppm TDS) I can "arm" the alarm by throwing the switch to allow the alarm to sound the second EC goes over 500 mSiemens/cm. Dessalator and the Dessalator UK rep have intimated that Amel made this type of installation. But since the wiring inside the electrical box was undoubtedly made by Dessalator and not Amel, and Amel has represented all along that the salinity sensor system was functional, I believe this sham installation was unknown to Amel. The integrity with which Amel has always conducted itself leads me to believe that this fraud was NOT perpetrated by Amel. I don't fault Rod Boreham, the UK representative for Dessalator, as he was just passing along what Dessalator was telling him. You now know the truth about the salinity sensor on our Dessalator water maker. Your opposing opinions are welcome. I would like nothing more than to be proven wrong on this issue. Regards, Gary Silver s/v Liahona (currently on the hard in Jolly Harbor Antiqua) Hull #335
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Bowthruster
ivarmylde <mylde@...>
Hi,
Can anybody help me. I hve had mooring rope in the thruster due too short mooring rope. Now cannot get bowthruster fully up ca 1,5 cm left. Not sure if get it fully down, but when I dive can move the propeller freely, but when I push button for right and left nothing happens. When I push down there is no beep sound - when take it up there is sound. I take it thruster is slightly out of normal position Is there a circut breaker for the propeller ? since the propeller dont work or is it because the thruster is slightly out of position. Now cruising northern Sicily, Italy. I can go to Trapani in a couple of days. If anybody hve a good solution pls cpy my satelit mail: silfrania@skyfile.com Thks v.m. Rgds Ivar Mylde 53 Silfrania
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Water Maker Power Draw
amelliahona <no_reply@...>
9 June 2006
REGARDING POWER DRAW OF DESSALATOR 160 l/hr WATER MAKER I have verified that the power consumptions on my Dessalator Water Maker on my hull # 335 Amel SM 2000 are as follows: 1. Control Circuity on with only the Low Pressure Pump Running = 2 amps = 430 watts 2. Control Circuity on plus Low Pressure Pump Running and High Pressure Pump running under no load (i.e. the pressure not dialed up) = 13.5 amps = 1390 watts 3. Same as #2 above but running at operating pressure making 160 l/hr = 14.4 amps = 2550 watts My 20 amp circuit breaker would randomly trip while running with these loads. I ordered a new 20 amp breaker and a 25 amp breaker from Amel, (33 Euro and 48 Euro respectively). I installed the 20 amp breaker and haven't had any trips in about 15 hours of operation. It appears to me that a properly working 20 amp breaker sholuld be adequate for this installation. If your water maker is tripping its 20 amp breaker I recommend using a clamp amp meter to measure the current draw and if it is close to the values listed above then I suspect a "weak" circuit breaker. Regards. Gary Silver
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Re: Motor on fuler for the Main Sail
amelliahona <no_reply@...>
--- In amelyachtowners@yahoogroups.com, Linda DeSalvo <liebling207@...> wrote:
James:The shaft on the main sail furling motor on our SM 2000 fractured in such a way that the shaft remained partially engaged and would work while making a lot of noise. I originally thought that the gear box was contaminated and the gears were making the noise but in the process of disassembly we found the fractured shaft of the motor. This could be the cause of the noise you are hearing. I would lower the motor-gear box assembly and see if you can identify the source. Amel supplied a new motor $US 606.00 in Nov 2004. It took about 3 hours of labor for repaiirs. Regards, Gary Silver The motor on furler on the main sail is making a lot of noise. Is there anyone out therethat has had this problem and what did you do about it. Thanks James DeSalvo Liebling207
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watermaker,TDS meter
John and Anne on Bali Hai <hollamby@...>
There seems to be no doubt that the dessalateur salinity detector is
non functioning.A cheap and easy solution is to fit a simple TDS meter in the output line.Such a meter is sold by an American company tdsmeter.com and also sold in the UK ro-man.com for £23.50. It is very small and has two sensors. I did not use the "in" sensor and put the "out" sensor in the blue output line which can be found behind the wooden cover at the front ot the big cockpit locker. This blue pipe is easily cut with a razor knife and the ends pushed in as far as they will go into the sensor. The wires from the sensors are connected to the meter with a plug which is quite hard to pull out. Once removed the plug can be pushed through the small gap created by removing the screws holding the panel in place in the galley. The meter is held in place with velcro. The actual meter is only 3x2x0.75 inches with a very small screen.It is powered by two button cells and stays on for about 20-30 seconds when the on button is pushed. It does not have an alarm. It is sold either with fittings for a small or a larger tube which is needed for my 160ltr ph watermaker.Make sure that the tubes are pushed fully in and the do a freshwater flush of the membranes to make sure there are no leaks before replacing the coverboard. I used it yesterday for the first time and got an initial reading of over 9,000 ppm which soon went down to about 360ppm which is better than Maltese mains water. Incidentally I have followed Olivier's advice and never sterilised or pickled the membranes which are still delivering 160 ltr. ph. even though the machine stands idle for about five months a year. We do however always flush it with product water after use if it is going to stand idle for more than a few days. We never take on shore water and rely totally on this machine. With the benefit of hind sight I should have put both sensors in the product out line ! Best wishes to all, Anne and John, SM 319
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Moorings at the Huntington Yacht Club
eric freedman
Hi All,
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I was away last week and heard that someone tried to get a mooring at The Huntington yacht club. I do not know if they were OCC, Tartan Group members, Amel group members, or just cruising acquaintances. They were of the impression that moorings and slips were free at they knew me. Please make a note that the moorings at the Huntington Yacht Club are $40 per night and a slip is $3- a foot per night. Fair winds, Eric Freedman Port officer Huntington Long Island New York.
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Pains Wessex has identified that there may be a risk that some of these white flares will not fire as intended. All white flares are therefore being recalled as a safety precaution. Additionally, this total recall will allow us to bring these products into our continuing investigation. The Pains Wessex White Collision Warning (MK 7) Hand Flare Item No 52651 is sold on its own and is also contained as a part of the Collision Warn-Off Kit and the ORC RORC Distress Kit. Customers with in-date Pains Wessex White Collision Warning (MK7) Hand Flares Item No 52651 are requested not to use the flare, and to return it immediately to the place of purchase where the purchase price will be refunded. If unable to return the flare to the place of purchase, customers may take the flare to their nearest chandler. Customers with out-of-date Pains Wessex White Collision Warning (MK7) Hand Flares Item No 52651 should contact Pains Wessex on +44(0)2392 623965. To assist its customers with this recall, Pains Wessex has set up a help line during office hours on +44(0)2392 623962 or the company can be contacted via email at recall@pwss.com. For more press information please contact ADPR Ltd, Tel +44 (0) 1935 826451, Mob +44 (0) 797 1019377 or email alice@adpr.co.uk---- Pains Wessex: http://www.mcmurdo.co.uk/?Menu=79&;Page=/Contents/UrgentMessages.asp&Cat=133 --------------------- USA(SE) WELCOMES SPRING ON THE CHESAPEAKE - 4-7 JUNE Jim and Pepper McHutchison have put together a great OCC SPRING CRUISE for all members who will be in the Chesapeake June 4 - 7. We will assemble on Sunday, June 4th, in Dun Cove on Harris Creek just north of Knapp's Narrows (38deg. 44.8N, 76deg.21.1W). Launches will transport us to a welcoming dinner at Harrison's, Tilghman Island ($30/person). Monday evening we'll rendezvous on the Wye River for a raft-up. Tuesday we visit Baltimore's Inner Harbor (39deg.17N, 76deg.36.7W) anchoring near square-rigger U.S.S. Constellation or mooring in Henderson's marina at Fells Point and having dinner ashore. Tours of Fort McHenry of "Star-Spangled Banner" fame will be available. The finale will be Wednesday afternoon at Gibson Island Yacht Squadron's clubhouse for a barbecue - a really nice way to celebrate spring sailing. Contact Jim and Pepper at 410 745 6223 or at Jemchutch@aol.com to let them know you're coming, please. The traditional pre-Boat Show rendezvous at Mear's Marina, Back Creek, Annapolis will be on Wednesday, October 4th and John Koedel is once again hosting the Piankatank Fall Rendezvous at Fishing Bay Yacht Club on Jackson Creek (37deg.32.622N, 76deg.19.281W) on October 13-15, 2006. Mark your calendars, all you cruisers from far and near--you'll find Chesapeake Bay a delightful place to stretch the sailing season! - Fred Hallett, R/C USA(SE) f.hallett1@toad.net --------------------- REGALIA IN THE UNITED STATES (5/2006) After working with a website designer, OCC regalia will be easier to purchase on-line. Located at www.IM-Embroidery.com, the new "shopping cart" makes it possible to select items and pay by credit card or cash using PayPal. Orders are sent directly to Gary and Greta, are processed within 48 hours or less, and, depending on the item and personalization, are shipped within 24 hours of order completion. Persons not using credit card or PayPal can still place an order on-line; however, payment in the form of a check or a money order should be mailed to IM Embroidery, P.O. Box 3214, Norfolk, Virginia 23514 at the time of the order. Shipments are not made until payment is received. Gary and Greta offer a wide range of regalia items, including the much sought after burgee. These durable nylon burgees are reinforced at the tip of the fly making them less susceptible to wind damage. They currently offer 18 and 24 inch burgees, an 18 inch house flag and the Port Officer flag. They also can customize clothing orders well beyond the items pictured on the website. If you have any questions, either give them a call at +1-757-627-0031 or email at greta.gustavson@verizon.net ------------------------- HALLOWEEN RALLY AT BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA (6/2006) The second annual Halloween Rally at Beaufort, NC, will take place on October 28-29, 2006. We will meet on the Beaufort waterfront on the afternoon of Saturday the 28th, have some cocktails and then dinner. On Sunday the 29th we will take a day cruise to Cape Lookout Bight and back, weather permitting. Questions, contact Jon Roop Port Officer, Beaufort, NC USA jonroop@earthlink.net or +1-252-725-0209 ------------------------- TOBY BAKER (Rear Commodore, USA Northeast) (04/2006) Rear Commodore USA (NE) Toby Baker announces the details of the Maine Rally which will be held at Southwest Harbor, Maine on July 21, 2006 at the home of Roving Rear Commodores Nancy & George Marvin at 10 Seascape Way. The venue includes wine, beer, soft drinks, dinner and dessert, beginning at 1700 hours. Cost is $25 per person, $10 for children under 14. For those arriving by boat transportation will be provided for the approximately 2 mi to their house. Pick-up will be at the Manset Town Dock and will commence at 1630 and those who will require transportation should so indicate with their reservation. Despite what guide books may indicate, anchoring is permitted in Southwest Harbor but do not anchor in the fairway leading to the head of the harbor. 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If you have not yet done so, please have a go at this so that you may update your own contact details, yacht, experience and sailing plans on the web. Soon, you will be able to pay your subscription by secure payment on line. Later this year we will provide a page on the web for every member to publish extracts from their log. BUT TO DO ALL THIS YOU NEED YOUR OWN USER NAME AND PASSWORD. TO CREATE YOUR ACCOUNT Please open www.oceancruisingclub.org. and click on 'No Account Yet, Create One' at the very bottom left hand side of the Home Page, under Login Form. Select a User Name (no spaces permitted in this) and enter your e-mail address. If you can not find "No Account Yet .", Log out of the Web Site (your computer has probably logged you in automatically as flying and fish) and try again. You must use an e-mail address already known to the OCC and which is able to receive an activation message from the OCC. Choose a Password, and as a security check, enter the name of the yacht in which you qualified for the OCC. You will then receive an automatic e-mail to which you must respond to activate your account. The message will contain a web address such as http://www.oceancruisingclub.org/index.php?option=com_registration&;task=acti vate&activation=XXXXXXX. Either click on this or copy it and paste it into the web address window and press <return>. This will activate your account. TO UPDATE YOUR DETAILS ON THE OCC DATABASE You can then log in with your own user name and password. Click on "My Details" to see, and update if necessary, your record on the Club database. Please use this opportunity to complete and amend the details on the "My Details Form" to bring your Club Record up to date, including your "sailing experience" and "plans aboard" for 2006. OLD LOG IN PROCESS STILL AVAILABLE FOR "READ ONLY" ACCESS For a short transitional period you may still log in using username <flying>, password <fish>, or username <Ocean2>, password <Blackjack> to allow members who have not set up their own account to read information but not to change personal records or make payments. Please do not change the "My Details" username or password for <flying> or <Ocean2> as you may deny access to other members! Soon, you will not be able to get in to the OCC Web site at all unless you use your own username and password. HELP! If you are not sure what e-mail address the Club holds for you, see "Members Details" on the Web Site logging in as username <flying> password < fish> which will still give read only access to the e-mail addresses known to the OCC. If you have problems setting up your account, please e-mail the secretary secretary@oceancruisingclub.org telling him your preferred username and a password. He will set up your account and respond by e-mail when he has done so. You may change username and password when by clicking on "My Details" when you next log in. -------------------- CHRIS BRIDGE: Cruising in Wales (05/2006) I'm looking for information about cruising in Wales, especially charts for and berthing around the Isle of Anglesey. I hope to visit in August. Tradition is still in Kinvara in Ireland. contact svtradition@yahoo.com or +353 86 888 0491 -------------------- S/v OCEAN FLIGHT FOR SALE (6/2006) Dix 43' Built 1995 with extensive interior re-modeling 1998 BUILT OF STEEL, THIS IS AN OCEAN GOING VESSEL OF STYLE AND CHARACTER, PRESENTED WITH AN EXTENSIVE INVENTORY AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, READY FOR ANY OCEAN PASSAGE. This design was commissioned by a circum-navigator passing through Cape Town, to be his boat for the next time round. She was required to be a go anywhere yacht of modern concept, with the pace to complete long offshore passages in a reasonable time. Radius chine hull shape gives good looks, hydrodynamic efficiency and enhanced resale value. Ocean Flight was originally built for the owner of her building yard; the detailing and finish are extraordinary. She is beautifully built of the highest quality materials, with no expense spared, throughout her build, refit or maintenance schedule. Her second (present) owner carried out extensive remodeling of the interior and upgrades to systems, sails and instrumentation in 1998 prior to leaving on an Atlantic circuit. She is completely self-sufficient from Aries wind vane, solar panels to a water maker. Ocean Flight returned to Cape Town in mid 2005; at which time she benefited from new standing rigging and a complete re-spray. Once again she is in excellent condition and ready to hit the high seas again. Price: ZAR2 000 000.00 Full specifications and a full inventory are readily available from the owner as under:- Colleen Douglass E-mail: ody@iafrica.com www.yachtsclub.com/1433 -------------------- JON ROOP "SALT" for sale (03/2006) Port Officer and Marine Surveyor Jon Roop offers his boat For Sale: "SALT" 47' Cutter-rigged ketch designed by Craig Walters and completed in 1991 by a custom builder in North Carolina, USA. Epoxy cold-molded hull built of double-diagonal fir laminates over 1" Duracore strips inside and out. The masts are carbon fiber/E-glass composite. Drop-keel design draws 2' 6" retracted and 8' down; the boat can explore the shallows and is a proven offshore passagemaker. Power is a Westerbeke (Perkins) 4-108; spares are included. Presently just finished a substantial re-fit; SALT can be ready to go cruising with routine preparations. This is a solid, powerful and attractive craft. Asking $139,000 USD. Contact Jon Roop at +1-252-725-0209 or jonroop@earthlink.net -------------------- DICK GUCKEL: FOR SALE: VANCOUVER 32 (1986) cutter-rigged "Charles Ogalin" Take advantage of the weak US dollar. Well equipped for extensive cruising. One owner, Dick Guckel. Lloyd's Hull Release Certificate (never any blisters), AwlGripped 1999 (Flag Blue), Teak decks, Profurl furling, mast steps, Lewmar ST winches, heavy ground tackle w/ Lofrans electric windlass, Raytheon radar, Autohelm, B&G instruments, cabin heater, propane cooker with oven, Adler/Barbour refrigerator, many more options. Price reduced: US$79,000 I can be contacted any time for full list of options and photo at: Home: +1-817-488-2005 Mobile: +1-682-553-8226 or captain.dick@verizon.net -------------------- DAVID BLACKBURN AND JULIA ASPIN: (6/2005) FOR SALE "WHANAKE" 42'x 12'6"x7'6" Wood Epoxy Bermudian Cutter designed by Chris Robertson and beautifully built in Auckland NZ in 1972 of Kauri Pine and Teak. Much loved she has spent most of her life in OCC ownership and has sailed over 109,000 miles, always taking great care of her crew. She is in excellent condition, her woodwork is superb and she is fully set up for ocean cruising with all modern conveniences. Gowen Ocean provided new sails in 2005, so she's ready to sail away anywhere. Presently lying Costa Brava, owners willing to deliver. See website www.whanake.com for full information. Realistically priced at GBP 64,950 (reduced) Contact David Blackburn / Julia Aspin Tel: + 34 972 530285 e-mail: whanake_2000@yahoo.com -------------------- SUMMER NEW ENGLAND OCC NET (6/2006) Roving Rear Commodores Nancy & George Marvin announce the re-activation of the summer NE OCC net. The net will commence on 01 July 2006 and meet daily on 0730 EDT on 4045mhz USB. This is an informal net for use by all OCC members to communicate and keep in touch. When aboard TRUMPETER, George & Nancy will introduce the net, but if they are not available the net will still be available for OCC contacts. AA3ZO@Winlink.org ------------------------------------------------------------ ADDITIONS: Dunn, Jamie jd6710@bris.ac.uk Gebow, Debby debby2342@verizon.net Rogers, Paul pkr@midcoast.com Williams, Angie angieswill@aol.com Williams, Michael mikejhwill@aol.com ------------------------------------------------------------ CHANGES/DELETIONS (deleted if invalid e-mail address): Barker, Paddy rgb@rgb-group.co.uk (changed) Bohlen, Frank bohlen@uconn.edu (changed) Callum, Roy & Martha rcallumfree@yahoo.com (changed) Davis, Charles charlesdavis@aapt.net.au (changed) French, Peter phfrench@hotmail.com (changed) Hunter, Teddy stirrath@yahoo.co.uk (changed) Irwin, Richard roirwin@tiscali.co.uk (changed) Tarbell, Charlie charlestarbell@verizon.net (changed) ------------------------------------------------------------ ADDITIONAL DOCKAGE: AL BOERSMA: United States, East Coast, Chesapeake Bay. A small cove off the main branch of the Wye (west) River. Lat: 38-54.77N Long: 76-10.35W. Telephone: +1-410-827-4817. Water and electricity (30 amp) available. I can accommodate one boat at my dock with a draft not to exceed 4 1/2 ft. Call for directions. For boats with greater draft there are protected anchorages near-by. bramare@verizon.net ---------------------------------------- To access the list of available OCC moorings/dockage: www.oceancruisingclub.org login Select: "Cruising Information" Select: "Information about the CIS and Dockage" Select: "Dockage" ------------------------------------------------------------ ADDITIONAL MEMBER INTERNET WEB SITES: (none this month) --------------------------------------------------------- Commodore: Martin Thomas commodore@oceancruisingclub.org Club Secretary: Richard Anderton secretary@oceancruisingclub.org Newsletter Editor: Colin Jarman newsletter@oceancruisingclub.org Flying Fish: Anne Hammick flying.fish@oceancruisingclub.org Flying Fish Advertising: Mark Holbrook serini2@hotmail.com Cruising Information Service: cis@oceancruisingclub.org Port Officer List: Dick Emery portofficers@oceancruisingclub.org Regalia: Ocean World at www.oceanworld.co.uk (select and click on "club logos" then "yacht club logos" and scroll down to "OCC". U.S.A. Gary Naigle and Greta Gustavson. Please contact Greta Gustavson, 415 W. York Street, Norfolk, VA 23510. Place an order at: www.IM-Embroidery.com If you have any questions, either give them a call at +1-757-627-0031 or email at greta.gustavson@verizon.net OCC Webmaster: webmaster@oceancruisingclub.org OCC Web site address: www.oceancruisingclub.org Username: flying Password: fish (all lower case) TO ACCESS THE LIST OF AVAILABLE OCC MOORINGS/DOCKAGE: www.oceancruisingclub.org, login, click on "Cruising Information" Click on "Information about the CIS, Dockage and World-wide Information" Click on Dockage. N.B. The OCC Members Handbook states the following and it applies to this e-mail list. "The Members Handbook is copyrighted and is published for the personal use and information of members only. It may not be used for any commercial purpose whatsoever, even by members." -----------------------------------------------------------------
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Dessalator
mcymabm@voila.fr <mcymabm@...>
amelyachtowners@yahoogroups.com
Dear all, I would like to thank Ian Shepherd for mentioning my « ABSURD SUGGESTION » concerning DESSALATOR. On one hand, it is only facts and facts are stubborn: with “good quality” on, you can as well get no water as, far off limits, highly salted water poured in your tank. On the other hand, I confirm that I received on December 20th 2004 from Patrick WAGNER, Managing Director of the company, a mail explaining that this non functioning design was made deliberately (on purpose). I can forward it to Ian if he can read French. I understand that since then other SM owners have reported on this forum that they have unfortunately experienced the same problem, which confirms that it is not only absurd suggestion, but real facts.( If I understand well, Gary Silver, Roy on Excalibur SM #195… ): The water maker failed to divert bad water and contaminated our entire water supply. I fired up the water maker and with the green light on, and the system producing water I tested the direct output of the water maker, sure enough the product water was measuring about 9,000 ppm. > Somebody also confirmed on this forum that he has been told that it is deliberately that this equipment is not connected, to prevent maintenance. I also met other boats, non AMEL but having DESSALATOR, experiencing the same problem. Wagner confirmed to one of them, in January 2006, that the probe was only there as a mechanical “fuse”: in case of too high pressure in fresh water circuit it would “trip”, being pushed out of its base. Since this supplier never answered my technical questions, cheats its customers, and also ridiculed all the problems I encountered with my equipment, I consider that this company is not serious at all and with such a way of behaving, only deserves to be pushed out of the market. As to me, I rather prefer to stick to facts and figures than believe Wagner’s (and British rep) ABSURD “B.S.”. (e.g. 500Hz.) No hard feelings. Yves MARTIN d'AIGUEPERSE Blue Marine SM N°311 P.S. 1: I already wrote on this forum all the bad experiences I had with this equipment and in particular the 220 v. motor nearly putting fire to my boat because of the inexistent and inadequate original electrical protection of this motor …do not change the circuit breaker for a higher rated one, your motor should not take more. I advise to put a slow blow fuse to prevent from burning in case of blocked rotor….Be carefull!! 2: I just noticed that there are many other unsatisfied people now reporting on this forum.
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Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Lightweight RIB
ianjenkins1946 <ianjudyjenkins@hotmail.com>
Dear Anne and John, Thanks a lot for that.I have been quoted a reasonable price cif Montevideo. My only problem now is to get the darn thing out of Uruguay without incurring their inport duty (20%) and VAT (33%!) Ian and Judy, Pen Azen.
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From: "John and Anne on Bali Hai" <hollamby@compuserve.com>
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New file uploaded to amelyachtowners
amelyachtowners@...
Hello,
This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the amelyachtowners group. File : /HoldingTanksbySinkRev.doc Uploaded by : oceanhobo1 <ken@xpress-services.co.uk> Description : Holding Tanks Details Santorin see photos You can access this file at the URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/amelyachtowners/files/HoldingTanksbySinkRev.doc To learn more about file sharing for your group, please visit: http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/groups/files Regards, oceanhobo1 <ken@xpress-services.co.uk>
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New file uploaded to amelyachtowners
amelyachtowners@...
Hello,
This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the amelyachtowners group. File : /HoldingTanksbySinkSystem.doc Uploaded by : oceanhobo1 <ken@xpress-services.co.uk> Description : Drawing of Holding Tank system Santorin You can access this file at the URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/amelyachtowners/files/HoldingTanksbySinkSystem.doc To learn more about file sharing for your group, please visit: http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/groups/files Regards, oceanhobo1 <ken@xpress-services.co.uk>
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Furuno 1503 - Enable lower sideband
Does anyone know the code to enable lower sideband on a Furuno 1503?
Judy Rouse SM Hull 387
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Re: RIB on cabintop
I manually moved your photo to your album. Don't know why you aren't
allowed !?! Richard --- In amelyachtowners@yahoogroups.com, "John and Anne on Bali Hai" <hollamby@...> wrote: it has gone into the album of pics entitled Aletes SM 240.We cannotfind out how to delete it from there and at any event when we were tryingright. We have given up trying!!!
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RIB on cabintop
John and Anne on Bali Hai <hollamby@...>
We have tried to post this pic but for reasons known only to Yahoo it
has gone into the album of pics entitled Aletes SM 240.We cannot find out how to delete it from there and at any event when we were trying to put it in the SM319 album it told us that we did not have the right. We have given up trying!!! In frustration.....Anne and John SM319
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Re: dryer vented?
r.zurkirchen
--- In amelyachtowners@yahoogroups.com, "jrjrjrouse2000"
<sailingjudy@...> wrote: The washing function works great, but the dryer leaves theof the installation process. Can anyone tell us how this dryer isHi, I have SM 407 of May 2003 and had last year the same problem. Amel at Hyeres took the mahine out and got it repaired. It was a little problem in the elecronics. Since then it works OK again. Best regards Rudy SAMANTHA
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Lightweight RIB
John and Anne on Bali Hai <hollamby@...>
Hello Ian and Judy,
Sorry for my delay in replying but I have been away. My dinghy is a Southern Pacific Shearwater 310 and it is great. It is now five years old and looks like new despite the fact that it has been exposed all that time to the strong Meditteranean sun.Another plus point is that it has three airchambers which our previous AB did not and it is therefore much less dangerous when, as happened to us in the Tuamotus, a shark took a bite out of the fabric the size of my hand. It is fitted with a Mercury 15hp motor with small hydrofoils on the skeg and will do 24 knots with only my 100 kgs on board in flat water. It also finally got up on the plane with three heavy adults and a lot of shopping in choppy water. It cost much less than any European RIBs when we bought it and if the price has not gone up I would expect it to be competitive in price even including air freight. The lightweight is great for lifting it out onto deck. We will post a pic of it (in the SM319 album)deflated on the aft cabin top,later today. Their website is www.southernpacific.co.nz and their ph/fax no is or was +64-9-4788075 On short passages with good forecasts it is carried on the Amel davits which can be seen in the pic of my liferaft carrier in the Bali Hai album. It is essential to lash it down firmly so that it is not thrown around in a seaway. On very short passages we sometimes hoist the dinghy and engine on the davits by using the passurelle halyard clipped on to the davit at the engine end.On longer passages it is carried inflated but inverted on top of the aft cabin because I am mindful of the fact that no long time survival in a liferaft has been recorded without a dinghy being used at the same time for stores etc. I also recall the experience of an American family whose yacht was run down at night in bad weather by a ship. The boy went down with the boat but the couple and the young daughter found themselves in the sea with their AB dinghy which popped up to the surface as the yacht disintegrated. Sadly the father and daughter perished but the mother survived after the dinghy was blown ashore in NZ. It seems that the father went into the water to save the daughter and then was unable to get back into the dinghy. For this reason it is suggested that it is essential to have a rope tied to the handles either side of the hull with one or two knots in the scope so that a person in the water has something to pull themself into the boat. The ship was traced in Taiwan and in the subsequent case the widow accepted undisclosed damages in an agreed settlement. It seems that she was on watch alone when they were run down and she claimed that it was her practice to go around the deck every 15 minutes to make sure all was well! We were within 30 miles of them at the time and with very strong winds and waves there is no way I would even think about getting out of the cockpit. The other stupid thing that came up was that they only used their radar when within 12 miles of the coast. One of the perils of GPS is that people set a course on their autopilot connecting two set points which are probably being used by every other vessel thus ensuring maximum exposure to being rundown. Sorry not to have replied earlier, Anne and John,SM319
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