Thanks, Mark! Timing is perfect. Winch maintenance is on my winter to-do list.

Thanks, folks! REALLY liked hearing about what chlorine might do to the stainless steel keelboats as I left a pretty strong bleach solution in the tank yesterday! Have to get back to the boat tomorrow

Thanks, everyone. I’m going to follow along the lines of what James and James both did. Scrub it down, hit it with another dose of chlorine bleach in the spring, close it up and not think about it for

Good morning all! I tried cleaning my fresh water tank using Bill’s alternate method (fill with bleach solution, let sit for 48 hours, drain, flush, etc.) and did not get the desired results. The atta

OK, here are some photos and also the dimensions of the original plank for the passerelle. The chrome stanchions are ~28” long with a custom eye at the top for the safety line. I think when I make a n

I have mine set up now and I’ll be on my SM2 on Friday. I’ll send photos. I am also going to make a new plank for the passerelle because mine is coming apart. I’ll send along a dimensioned drawing. (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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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