hello all. I'm am new to the board and actually just learned about Amel in November of 2008 when i had the opportunity to tour Frank's SM - named Mona Rae. Needless to say i instantly fell in love. Wh

i don't own an amel right now but probably spend more time looking at them on the web than any other non-owner i'm going to go with a maramu form the 80's maybe a 48ft...if its an early 80's like 81 i

NAVnet 3d I pointless and only work with their chart cards so u can't by or use 'burned' copies u must buy from them not the case with NAVnet 2d.. From experience

Transponder maybe good idea but it will chew thru your battery life kinda like holding down the ssb every 5 min be prepared.. But maybe good in shipping lanes in the med

hello, i'm helping kent bring his SM hull number 243 to richmond via bahamas. We are currently at the docks in ft lauderdale. Kent sailed the boat from tx to ft laurdale and was only able to acheive a

anybody out there with solid experience on the older Maramu's (not sm)...i've seen a few on the net, some with the bow thruster some with out. I'm thinking with my budget i probably can only afford th

thank you to everybody that responded on this thread i really found that the SM is a fantastic boat. From what i understand the maramu has less systems (clearly). Somebody mentioned that if the boat d

i'm looking for the contact info for sharki owner that ownes hull number 30...anybody have his email address or phone number mine is 317-225-5876

kent. i agree..they are the ones that do the NARC Ralley..I have been on two trips because because of OPO. eric j.

kent and others. i personally use skype to skype when talking to my friends in europe. We either make a quick call and then hang up and switch to skype. Most of the time on skype people set their stat

any body have any advise about pulling and replacing the impellers on the volvo engine. 1. how often does one need to replace it and is there a special procedure/tool for replacing the impreller. I'm

just thought i would share this as i'm pretty sure it would qualify Regarding the Residential Energy Credits. I do believe that if your living on your boat full time as your primary residence can coun

this looks pretty neat. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycQm_ApCrUI when i owned my choey lee (no boat now)i used to use a self locking climbing device called a grigri and an ascender to climb the mast

The thing i do not like about the ATN mast climber is that you do the operation in reverse to descend. The Grigri is what is called a self locking belay device. It can also be used for rappelling, whi

stumbled across this on yachtworld. not interested in buying it but i'm kinda surprised to find a amel look alike, yet kinda surprised that a yard in China didn't try to copy the boat. Any thoughts? h

I used the Grigri for years without problems and unless you get inverted, you can always put a back up knot such as a prusik knot. I mentioned this to a climbing friend and he did indeed say that he d

No kent, i have no interest in buying this boat. I know a doctor in NC that hopefully will sell me his SM really cheap in 10 or so years. Regarding the Amel look alike. it has teak decks...doens't hav

We need a way to "tag" the files. Like itunes. For example kenny chesney is organized on my ipod under country, boat music, kenny chesney and "friends of Mr. Buffet" For instance any article or pictur

that doesn't change in a forum. It allows for message to be better organized, but the real problem is that a web forum does not allow for items to be email and SSB email for the cruisers. Not sure the