Thanks Gerald. I certainly could fly the ballooner free, but I’m looking for a larger surface area sail that will give greater range of AWA, as well as having a back up sail to the ballooner I have in

Does anyone else on the forum use a top-down furling system for flying an asymmetric spinnaker or other down-wind sail? I’d like to know if the systems can work well without adding a bow sprit. Thank

Thanks for the info. on your rig Gerald. Do you believe that the top-down furler could be attached to the anchor point just above the anchor in the pulpit and avoid using a bow sprit? If you did this,

Hello Super Maramu owners - I would like to take a poll of the group regarding preferred downwind sailing configurations: those who use asymmetrical spinnakers versus the twin headsails, versus some o

Kent - I don’t know about your first qusetion… Re. rotted companion way door support: Mine was also rotten, and I didn’t know where it was until I took the companion way sliding door out of its track

Hello fellow Amel owners - I would like to make a wooden SCUBA tank holder the twill mount against the stanchions on the aft deck of our boat. I am not currently on my boat, and would like to ask if a

Thanks for the information Gary! Fair Winds, James

Thanks for your information Gary. I am interested in knowing g more about the electrical conductivity sensor you are using. I would like to install something similar. By the way, correct me if I'm wro

Alex - for what it is worth, here is the list of capacitors I received to replace those on my Climma Compact 9 units on my Super Maramu: James Soteria SM2K #347

Sorry - I just saw that you have an Amel 54. Not sure if this holds true for your model, so I defer to those who own 54's!

Alex - I have replaced all of the fan and compressor capacitors for each of my Climma Compact 9 units and the capacitors for my Dessalator motors with capacitors available through Coastal Climate Cont

Thank you Duane!

Hi Duane -. I am wondering what deductible you have for your policy. I'm also considering Novamar. Thanks. James Soteria 347 Culebra

Thanks for the info John. James

Courtney- Pantaenius provided coverage if we remained north of 7 degrees north, and south of 10 degrees north during July 15 and November 1. This excludes Grenada, Trinidad, and the ABCs. Of course, t

Hello fellow Amelians - I know that there has been recent discussion on various insurance carriers, and many people have found the need to change insurers due to geographic limitations or extremely re

Thank you Colin, and others for posting all this information on the various options for storage. No one has mentioned much about Aruba, but they seem to be rather competitively priced for dry storage.

Thank you Mark. This is helpful. Yes, I will need to give a wide berth on the coast of Venezuela. Have you (or anyone else on the forum) visited Los Roques? I presume that this would not be a safe sto

Giorgio - Thank you so much for the info! I will definitely contact Daniella. I have heard that there is some concern of piracy / theft when sailing between Trinidad and Grenada or near the Venezuela

I'd like to ask the forum for recommendations on safe and affordable locations for storing our boat for 3 - 4 months. Martinique is a great option, but there are perhaps better locations for getting w