Hi Thomas, I agree with you. Seamanship is something that has been forgotten in this age of electronics and perhaps we should relearn it. Regards Danny SM 299 Ocean Pearl

Unpleasant but possible. Not suggesting it as a choice but it can be done. Careful sail trim using skills we have forgotten or perhaps never known can make it a lot easier. Danny SM 299 Ocean Pearl

Hi, just remember that unlike an aircraft a boat wont fall out of the sky if the auto pilot fails, manual steering remains which I guess, while inconvenient, is the fail safe fall back redundancy. Reg

Hi Stefan, you must be very relaxed people for that not to be frightening. Your comment about the agreed course is very interesting, likewise being escorted out of their area. I was once herded away f

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Hi all, As one of the moderators for the forum I offer my view regarding the rule about negative comments. "Without the ability of the other to respond" is the critical phrase. There are always two si

Bill. As a 12 year veteran of this forum and one of the moderators I say you are doing a remarkable job and I have enormous respect for you You have my full support. Kind Regards Danny SM 299 Ocean Pe

Right with you on that Porter Danny SM 299 Ocean Pearl

Well said. Danny SM 299 Ocean Pearl

I had my fuel polished by a dock side filter operator. He circulated all the fuel though his truck mounted filters. He used three grades of filter, course, moderate and fine progressively removing slu

Hi all, while the twin rudders on the 50 may look more vulnerable I doubt if any rudder could resist an orca attack. It is notable that despite the impact on the rudders reportedly the hull suffered n

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Hi, I would put hull form at the top. The modern flying wedges are fast and the voluminous stern cockpit fashionable and popular,but I suspect ( I am a sailor not a Naval architect) not as sea kindly,

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Hi Colin I still love my SM.Ocean Pearl but if I suggested to Yvonne a 50 she would say yes yes yes. But for me the systems on the SM, the ketch rig, the ease of sail control and the supreme sailing c

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Hi all, Yvonne and I visited Amel at La Rochelle when they were fitting out the first 50. It was in the water at the dock and we were given a walk through. I raised with them that it appeared to have

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Hi Nick et al. I agree with you. I was considering a move from my SM to a 54. I would never never consider one with the sort of complexity many 54 owners are installing. These are boats, not luxury co

Hi Ken, I guess this was to me since you refer to my Super Wind 350. I pretty well agree with all you said though the only thing I might question is the need for life po batteries but that is a matter

Hi Dimitris, In 12 years I have never run the gen set when using the bow thruster. However I always use it in short bursts of two or three seconds. Occasionally in stress situations that might go out

Hi Mike. Eric has already answered the temoval question. It took me no more than 10 minutes once I had cleared the locker. When you have separated the motor from the gear box take the plate with the l

Hi Bill, my experience was to ruin a perfectly good engine because the waste gate was stuck causing over pressuring at higher revs. Check for freedom of movement of the operating flap. You can do this

Hi Mike. warning warning warning. The small amount of oil will multiply if you don't deal with the cause. When it multiplies the resulting shorting will do very nasty things to your motor. I had to re

The Volvo TMD 22 as installed by Amel in the SM has a design max rpm under load of 2800. Many of us suffered untold grief trying to get more. It will rev cheerfully to 4000 no load. Ie in neutral. If