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

#attackedbywhales #newboat

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

Yes very sad. But rhe money thing is just a smoke screen. They for some reason just dont want yachts coming in. Say it is for covid boarder security. Danny SM 299 Ocean Pearl

Hi Kent, Vesper Watch mate Kind Regards Danny SM 299 Ocean Pearl

Hi Kent, it also can be used to pull the steering wheel. Kind Regards Danny SM 299 Ocean Pearl

Hi Kent. Our AIS has a super anchor alarm system. Easy to use. Hit the button when you drop anchor. Done. Easy to adjust zone. Danny SM 299 Ocean Pearl

Hi Kent. It is the puller to remove the auto prop. Regards Danny SM 299 Ocean Pearl

Welcome back Alan. Danny SM 299 Ocean Pearl

Thanks Eric, got it now Danny SM 299 Ocean Pearl

Git it. Thanks Danny SM 299 Ocean Pearl

Hi Eric. Is that a typo or is it a saying Im not familiar with. Regards Danny

Hi Eric, that impact would have sunk a lesser boat. I have no idea if it is sensible but I run my forward looking sonar at sea, not expecting to see a whale ahead but that the sonar may warn a whale o

Hi Gerhard, you rightly say that there is little we can do about these lost containers because they float so low we cant see them, even if a good watch is being kept. The Amel bulkhead system is our f

With you on that Ken. Danny SM 299 Ocean Pearl

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