Medicare parts A&B do not cover medical care outside the US. You may be covered by some Medicare Advantage plans (read the words carefully, because they may only cover emergency care), but the only th

I used SBI for 7 years, while we lived in France. They give you a US address in Florida, and are very good at handling mail and even packages. They sort out the junk, and make sure you get the stuff t

I used to work in a field where water was disassociated into hydrogen and oxygen, and I can tell you that any accumulation of this mixture (called a "stoichiometric mixture) can explode at the very sl

I have a Yanmar 75 on my Jeanneau 43 (I follow the Amel list in the hope of one day buying one), and I had this same problem when I first bought the boat. I have a fixed prop, but the problem turned o

Kent, It was on a boat that was not an Amel. (I am a Jeanneau owner, but follow this list because you have some interesting topics) The Freedom inverter/charger had a sensing line wired directly to th

One very important thing to check is the condition of the voltage sensing line from your batteries back to the charging source, whether it is the alternator or a shore charger. I once had a Freedom ch

We are Americans, living in France, with an American-flagged boat that has been here for over 3 years. We established our residency here, and with that we were allowed to import our boat into the EU a

I actually live in France, but get back to the US several times each year. Most often to Pittsburgh, where the REI is on the South Side. They have a climbing wall, and I would love to buy a harness th

Interesting to see a list of all of the parts necessary to go up the mast alone. I have always had my wife mind the anchor windlass, but she is very nervous about tailing it (it is electric), and it i

There has been a long-term push by governments in all western countries to reduce the sulfur in diesel and gasoline, in order to improve emmissions of SO2. and also to prepare for future engine anti-p

I believe that this is true here in France. When I first read it, I was a bit shocked, but I think it may be an EU-wide issue. I wonder if you could avoid this by a change of residence. There is anoth

Better to run your main engine, because the genset is less likely to be able to operate when the boat is heeled. Main engines have deep sumps so that you can keep oil flowing while heeled, while gense

I>I wander, however, what happens with the other side of the membrane. Does the pink stuff makes it across and >should I run the high pressure while adding the pink stuff ? This is an interesting ques

Having just gone thru this I can give you some more insights. My boat (not an Amel) has a Spectra watermaker, and it is located near Bordeaux in a place where the temperatures drop slightly below free