I'm getting ahead of myself a little, but next spring I will be making a 500 nm run up across New York's Erie Canal. What has everyone done when it comes to pulling down both masts and storing them on

That's what I understand. The New York Canal System website says the canal is at least 12 foot deep throughout.

Not that much of a long shot. Bill was on my boat in October and spotted the same thing. Once I re-sealed the cable from the Genoa furler my forward lockers dried right up. Amazing how much water can

I did exactly that only 3 months ago when I purchased my SM2. Any good locksmith will have matching blanks. I believe it was a Yale lock. The Home Depot/Walmart locksmiths were not able to match it, h

I’m following this topic with interest. First, the seacocks need to be bonded and protected by the sacrificial anode. I’m a new Amel owner and learning about its electrical system right now. I’m a ret

Patrick, zincs that are eroding is a good thing. That means they are providing protection as they are supposed to erode. It's when corrosion/erosion shows up elsewhere (for example, a pump impeller) t

I have the same issue with my forward head. That valve is a mother once it gets stuck. I had my nephew on board and he has arms like tree trunks. Could not break it loose, even with a longer breaker b

Congratulations! It has to be a great feeling of accomplishment. As it should be.

By all means include me, Bill. Of particular interest at the moment are 1. Watermaker maintenance. 2. Running rigging maintenance and best practices for replacement Actually, just about any topic is o

Matt & Cindy, thank you for a great meeting. I happen to think this is an excellent way to stay in touch with the Amel community (I'm a new member as well). My goal one of these days is to sail into L

#ZOOM

I like the idea of a pooled self-insurance program. There are any number of ways to go about it. We could self-administer or find an individual or company that specializes in setting up these programs

That was an excellent meeting Bill. Many thanks to you, Gary Golden, and Tilo for putting it on. I liked the concept of insuring against an agreed upon value for total loss. Using depreciated value al

#cal-invite

I have the original Eno range and stove on my Amel. The range works fine. The first time I tried to use the oven I initially had problems getting it to light. Finally the burner tube around the top of

#stove

I inherited an Iridium GO! when I purchased my SM2 last year and am just now beginning to use it. Thanks to PredictWind’s tech support in New Zealand I can get the system up and running with my iPad.

#order

Thanks, Tom. I just spent an hour yesterday on the phone with PredictWind in New Zealand. The problem is a VPN connection. Norton offers a particularly tenacious VPN product that turns on “on demand”

#order

3M makes a product, Scotch 2200 mastic pads that is excellent for that situation. I literally removed my two antennae from my SM two days ago when I took the masts down. I intend to use it when I put

As I restepped my mast, I found that not one, but both of the guide rods on the top of the roller furler were bent like pretzels. I am somewhat mystified as to what would create that amount of force a

So... I returned to the boat to take a closer look at the roller furling swivel, which is down at deck level since the sail is not hoisted. The swivel turns freely, with no sign of jamming. And the ba

OK, Pat, I’m in as well. I had a couple of cracks in my rubrail inserts previously, but the trip through the Erie Canal and 36 locks has been a little rough on the rubrail. And I accumulated several m

I’m pulling Celtic Cross up on the hard this winter here in Michigan (42 degrees 32 minutes north) and I’d like to know what others have done with their seawater system in freezing climates. I talked