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Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] New Bimini [1 Attachment]
I would recommend Amel. The original Amel bimini will probably outlast anything else. I spoke to Maud this week and she told me that Amel has a complete SM2k bimini kit in stock. It includes: bimini, 2 side panels, and bimini cover. email SAV at Amel.fr Best, CW Bill Rouse Admiral, Texas Navy Commander Emeritus Amel School http://www.amelschool.com 720 Winnie St Galveston Island, TX 77550 +1(832) 380-4970 Any opinions and conclusions expressed in this message are solely those of the author and should not be construed as representing the opinion of an expert. Manufacturers' and Expert's precautions must be considered when dealing with mechanical and/or electrical systems to ensure that you are NOT harmed, and/or the device and/or system is NOT ruined. If in doubt, do not touch any mechanical and/or electrical device or system referred to above.
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Re: Amel Rendezvous PARTY AND DRONE PICS
I only have one other boat interested in drone pics of their boat. If anyone else is interested, please contact me personally at
karkauai “at” yahoo dot “com” Kent SM 243 Kristy St Michaels MD
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New Bimini
James
Hi everyone! Thanks once again for the amazing resource and wealth of info here. As a new owner, I feel very fortunate. Regarding bimini replacement, I know it's been discussed at length and I will of course go for the new style with a clear panel to see the sails.. much like SY KERPA.. Can anyone recommend a good supplier in the med? We are in Valencia now and will winter in Barcelona. So France/Spain would be best bet. I imagine there would be many French suppliers who have had experience with modifying the original design.. Unfortunately my present cover won't last any decent blow, so it's rather urgent.. Much appreciated! Attached is a drone pic from our first sail! A quick 170NM shakedown to Ibiza and back without a stop.. James & Louise SV TITANIUM SM2K #260 Valencia Yacht port
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Re: selling Amel, Maramu 48'
Miles
Hello Maramus,
For anyone with a Maramu 48, I still have the new Q Sails mainsail. It is of Hydanet cloth, tri-radial with spectra webbing. Q Sails is asking $2860 for the sail and might entertain offers. The sail is at my house in RI. Anyone interested can contact me at milesbid at gmail.com, or can contact Q Sails directly at “info at qsails.com”.
Ogemar Sails & Marine Equipment Ltd. Eski Havaalanı Caddesi No: 188/3 A.O.S.B 35620 Cigli / Izmir-TURKEY
T: +90 232 3281228 F: +90 232 3281177
Miles s/y Ladybug, sm216, Newport harbor, Rhode Island
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Re: Santorin spinnaker question
Hallo Herbert
we have an Sm with an additional halyard for a gennaker, which we use a lot in light winds. There is a block at the top of the main mast with a halyard for hoisting the gennaker. When it stops raining, I will put the long lense on the camera and take a photo of it for you so you can see where it is...we have the gennaker hoisted right now, furled and outside the genoa. Cheers Alan Elyse SM437 Homo Bay Ile Pentecote Vanuatu
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Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Re: Anchor Chain twisted in the locker after using some times
Dean I think you have the correct gypsy if not replaced by former owner. It is market 203, this is correct for a 10mm ISO chain. So the Gypsy is not making the problem. If you say you have the twist as well, then I guess the problem comes from the horizontal Winch who is turning the chain. BTW: Meanwhile I have a galvanized Rocna as well and different dissimilar metals with the SS chain. I'm still investigating how the different metals does make re galvanic corrosion. C u soon in Preveza Cheers, Ruedi
On 18 Aug 2018, at 11:01, Trifin trifin@... [amelyachtowners] <amelyachtowners@...> wrote:
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Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Re: Main sheet boom slider broken
That's all there is to it....we need to paint the boom.
Cheers Alan Elyse SM437 Homo Bay Ile Pentecote Vanuatu
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Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Re: Main sheet boom slider broken
Thanks, Alan. Do you have pics of your new setup?
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On Aug 21, 2018, at 3:30 AM, divanz620@... [amelyachtowners] <amelyachtowners@...> wrote:
Hi Kent, After breaking two of those slider thingys, we had fabricated a solid aluminium piece with a slot in it and had it welded to the boom. We connected the mainsheet block to it with dyneema. I've noticed that older Maramus actually have the mainsheet attachment welded to the boom, as does the 54. I wonder why Amel decided to go with that slider idea, which seems rather Mickey Mouse to me ? Cheers Alan Elyse SM437 Loltong Bay, Pentecote Is, Vanuatu
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Santorin spinnaker question
Herbert Lackner
when we purchased KALI MERA in 2013 she was equipped with a Parasailor instead of the Amel balooner. An additional block was mounted on the top of the mast and the halyard for the balooner was fed up to the new block. We built it back to the original setup, ordered a new balooner and have been very happy using the twin-sail configuration on the atlantic crossing. twin sail worked excellent up to 30 degrees in front of the wind. Now pacific crossing is the next trip and with the light wind and not always from the back we are thinking of using the Parasail again, but do not want to change the halyards for the original configuration. Did anyone installed an additional halyard for a spinnaker? there has to be an additional block that is mounted above the forestay, can someone post a foto of the setup? thx, herbert, SN120 KALI MERA
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Re: Original Autopilot Integration With New Chartplotter
SV Perigee
re: Vesper & B&G V50 VHF Great info, and insights. Thanks.
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Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] selling Amel, Maramu 48'
spritoaffine
Hi Judy End of an era eh? A sad but necessary thing to do. Good luck with the sail, Hazel and I look forward to hearing you have sold her Our best wishes Hazel and David
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From: amelyachtowners@... on behalf of Kenneth Coats coatskenneth1@... [amelyachtowners]
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2018 3:56:13 PM To: amelyachtowners@... Subject: [Amel Yacht Owners] selling Amel, Maramu 48' Hello, My name is Judith Golden an I am selling our 1985 that is equipped with the Amel furling mast and headsail. Joel Potter sold us the boat and we took ownership in 1999 and sailed for several great years. With age knocking on our door we decided to
sell. My husband Ken and I were in the process of getting Golden Daze ready for market when he became ill and passed away before we were able to complete the work. Ken started projects that he always wanted to do while the engine was out to enhance the accessibility
of pumps and other equipment in order to make things easier for everyone. Ken was a man unable to let something go unless it was done right and to his liking. Our boat is a project but when said and done it will be a sound sailing boat once again.
Joel Potter is again our broker and has sold this boat to everyone who has owned it and knows it well. He has deeply inspected the boat and will be able to answer almost any question you might have.
Judy Golden
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Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Re: Main sheet boom slider broken
Hi Kent,
After breaking two of those slider thingys, we had fabricated a solid aluminium piece with a slot in it and had it welded to the boom. We connected the mainsheet block to it with dyneema. I've noticed that older Maramus actually have the mainsheet attachment welded to the boom, as does the 54. I wonder why Amel decided to go with that slider idea, which seems rather Mickey Mouse to me ? Cheers Alan Elyse SM437 Loltong Bay, Pentecote Is, Vanuatu
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Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Re: Main sheet boom slider broken
Hi Joel, I was going to look into having a 3-hole boom slider made, too. I was also told they couldn’t do it without the boom. Are all SM booms the same? If so, or if Kristy (SM2K #243) is the right vintage, I’d like him to build one for me, too. Thanks, I hope you’re coming to the Rendezvous! Kent
On Aug 20, 2018, at 4:32 PM, Joel Potter jfpottercys@... [amelyachtowners] <amelyachtowners@...> wrote:
Mark , I have an SM 53 Millennium he can pattern on. I’ll call him tomorrow. All The Best , Joel
JOEL F. POTTER CRUISING YACHT SPECIALIST LLC THE EXPERIENCED AMEL GUY Office 954-462-5869
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Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Re: Main sheet boom slider broken
amelforme
Mark , I have an SM 53 Millennium he can pattern on. I’ll call him tomorrow.
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All The Best , Joel JOEL F. POTTER CRUISING YACHT SPECIALIST LLC THE EXPERIENCED AMEL GUY Office 954-462-5869
On Aug 20, 2018, at 3:17 PM, isaac_02906@... [amelyachtowners] <amelyachtowners@...> wrote:
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Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Re: Anchor swivel
Mark, We don't know what load caused the deformation, nor do we know what loads the design will tolerate at specific angles of load. The design load at specific angles is probably much different than a shackle. I know from personal experience that German-based Wasi customer service is very un-American, and certainly will not live up to our American expectations. You received an experience similar to mine. I suspect it is partially national culture and partially company culture. I didn't discount the product because of the culture. When a company works very hard to design and produce a product that they believe is better and different than the competition, it is difficult to reason with them because they have a lot invested in reaching their goal. Sometimes this is good, sometimes not, and most of the time taken as arrogance by others, including you and me. I continue to believe the product is better and different than anything offered, but I do not have specific engineering proof to back that up. Best, CW Bill Rouse Admiral, Texas Navy Commander Emeritus Amel School http://www.amelschool.com 720 Winnie St Galveston Island, TX 77550 +1(832) 380-4970 Any opinions and conclusions expressed in this message are solely those of the author and should not be construed as representing the opinion of an expert. Manufacturers' and Expert's precautions must be considered when dealing with mechanical and/or electrical systems to ensure that you are NOT harmed, and/or the device and/or system is NOT ruined. If in doubt, do not touch any mechanical and/or electrical device or system referred to above.
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Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Re: Amel Rendezvous St Michaels, MD Oct 1-4 2018
Patrick McAneny
Paul, My email is : sailw32@... , are you thinking of coming,you would make 18 boats ?
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SM Shenanigans
-----Original Message----- From: pstas2003@... [amelyachtowners] To: amelyachtowners Sent: Mon, Aug 20, 2018 2:41 pm Subject: [Amel Yacht Owners] Re: Amel Rendezvous St Michaels, MD Oct 1-4 2018 Pat,
What comes after the @ for your direct email contact? Thanks Paul Stascavage SM #466 - s/v Rita Kathryn Cruising New England www.RitaKathryn.com
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Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Re: Long block failure on a Volvo D3-110 Amel 54-152
Danny and Yvonne SIMMS
Hi Dean, Your East Coast experience is a salutary lesson to us all. Seek out the simple first. When I was a teenager with an aged Norton Dominator twin 500 cc motorcycle my father gave me some sage advice:. "If you think you need an engine overhaul change the spark plug first" Good principle. The amount of oil you are seeing it wont be fatal in a hurry so take time to seek it out. While we are on oil I would mention that I had some warranty work done on my new Volvo D2 75. It was to do with the turbo and the symptoms included slight oil loss with a hard to trace oil leak. They fitted a new turbo after months of argument. They had suggested the sump may have been overfilled causing excessive oil vapor out of the breather which is routed to the turbo. They thought it possible the dip stick was incorrectly marked so did a careful oil change measuring the amount rather than trusting the dip stick.It was correct and the new turbo fixed the problem. That's just an example. Not suggesting that is your problem. Kind Regards Danny SM 299 Ocean Pearl
On 21 August 2018 at 01:50 "Trifin trifin@... [amelyachtowners]" <amelyachtowners@...> wrote:
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Re: Main sheet boom slider broken
Mark Isaac
All- Just an FYI: I contacted Nance and Underwood to have a boom slider fabricated (I'm within a few hull numbers of Steve). Roger told me this would not be possible if they did not have the boom in house. Apparently, they did not retain enough information on the job to be able to do this remotely. He did say he may be able to pattern off a local SM. Mark Isaac Lulu, SM 391 South Freeport, Maine
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Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Re: Anchor swivel [2 Attachments]
Ian Park
No chain between swivel and anchor. All the force goes sideways through the neck of the ball joint.
Ian Ocean Hobo SN96
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Kimberlite
Paul Stascavage
Eric,
I have tried to reach out to you via email a couple times last month and my emails went unanswered. I think maybe they went to your spam folder? Please shoot me an email at your earliest convenience paul dot stascavage at icloud dot com. All the best, Paul Stascavage SM #466 - s/v Rita Kathryn Cruising New England www.RitaKathryn.com
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