You can use plcbluebird at geemaildotcom. Thanks!

Thank you, Bill Kinney, for that information. It is very helpful. i will give a follow up once I have completed the installation. Paul C. Maracuya,

Thank for the pics, Alexandre and I am sorry to see the damage that was done to your bow. I hope your repair was satisfactory and covered by insurance. I will definitely have a SS plate made and welde

Thank you, John. We have a nice LED masthead tricolor but that does not put us in compliance with COLREGs for steaming. I have done a little research. FWIW, the international rules actually state that

Hello all. My new to me SM2K hull # 238 was built for a French customer (named Henri Amel incidentally) and was built with no deck-level running lights. Apparently they are /were not required in Franc

Thanks Mark! I will take all that into consideration. Paul

Hello group. We will be new SM owners in a couple weeks in the Windward Islands, and will be staying at Le Marin for a while in November, including election day. We are trying to figure out how we wil

Cool. Thanks!

Thanks for your reply, Paul, and sorry for my delay in responding but I have been travelling. Just one question. I heard that the Raymarine instruments and the B & G instruments need different diamete

Paul, Can you tell me about your experience replacing the old B & G instruments with new Raymarine? I will soon be doing the same. Any trouble installing the new speed transducer? How much did your ne

Paul, We did look at the two SNs for sale in Martinique. The one with the Mitzubishi engine has been on a mooring, untouched, for a year and a half and is essentially a complete fixer-upper. If one wa

FWIT, on my PSC I used running backstays when setting the staysail in strong winds so as not to tempt fate. It certainly seems a bad idea not to, and negligent not to have them installed by a rigger,

Awesome! That's what I'm talking about. Good first-hand information! Thanks so much Peter, Paul and Mohammad. Very helpful. Best regards, Paul C.

Yes, I would not add a staysail, but the issue is that there are boats for sale with and without them so I am trying to get some real data about pros and cons to help me make decisions. And I am getti

Thanks to everyone for your thoughtful responses. My previous boat (a PSC) had a removable inner forestay which I rigged for offshore sailing only. Used, and loved, it for heavy weather not upwind sai

An Amel-owner told me that using the "Trinkette", or staysail, on a SM gains 5-6 degrees of upwind performance. Can anyone verify this claim? Paul C. still looking

Alexandre, Thank you for the recommendation of an "expert maritime." That will be very helpful. Eric, Do you know Patrick and the SM "Django Mayosa" in slip 446, also ponton 4 ? It is for sale and we

Eric, We will definitely look you up! Are you at Marina Le Marin? Paul Olivier,, yes, my bad, it's a 1996--inverted the 6 into a 9 with wishful thinking. ;0/

Alexandre, Yes, we are working with Jean Paul at Caraibe, and the boat with the Volvo is Olaf's. The other SN is with another broker. Thanks, Paul

Thanks Craig. That's reassuring to hear you say that about the 3300 hrs on the Volvo, because there are many other nice upgrades on the 1999 I am attracted to. And sounds like the rigging replacement