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Thanks, Dennis. History: I did not start this group. It was started by an Amel owner in 2002. This is our 20th year, and I am the group's third "headmaster." This group was a lifesaver for me in 2005 when we bought our Super Maramu. The only information we had was the Amel Owners and Users manuals, and although they were good, simple things like how to service the Bow Thruster were not included. Even in the current Amel models 50 & 60 servicing the Bow Thruster is not included in their manuals. Fortunately, owners like Gary Silver, Eric Freedman, and others graciously shared information through this group. Without that, I certainly would have made costly mistakes. With the information they shared, I began to compile many how-to documents. Most of these initial how-to documents are part of my Amel Book, with the addition of hundreds more that I created over 17 years. And, BTW, one of those documents is how to service the Bow Thruster for the oldest to the newest Amel-installed Bow Thruster! So your compliment is really a compliment to all of the owners like Gary, and Eric, who participate in this group and make it what it is today. Editorial: Now if I can just figure out how to increase the cooperation between owners of newer Amels and older Amels, I will be very happy. Some newer Amel owners believe that their Amel is better and different from older Amels. And, of course, some older owners believe that a Sloop is not a REAL Amel. Actually, Amels have improved over the years, but the truth is there really isn't any difference in the philosophy, very little difference in installed systems, very little difference in construction, and no difference in DNA. Bill
On Tue, Dec 13, 2022 at 7:59 AM Dennis Deniz <dmdeniz414@...> wrote: Hi Bill |
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Thank you Bill well said.
Merry Christmas
Courtney
54 #101 Le Marin -----Original Message-----
From: CW Bill Rouse <brouse@...> To: main@AmelYachtOwners.groups.io Notification <main@amelyachtowners.groups.io> Cc: Eric Kimberlite <sailamel@...>; Gary Silver <garysilver@...> Sent: Tue, Dec 13, 2022 9:41 am Subject: [AmelYachtOwners] 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗹 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽, 𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻 𝗘𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 Thanks, Dennis.
History:
I did not start this group. It was started by an Amel owner in 2002. This is our 20th year, and I am the group's third "headmaster." This group was a lifesaver for me in 2005 when we bought our Super Maramu. The only information we had was the Amel Owners and Users manuals, and although they were good, simple things like how to service the Bow Thruster were not included. Even in the current Amel models 50 & 60 servicing the Bow Thruster is not included in their manuals. Fortunately, owners like Gary Silver, Eric Freedman, and others graciously shared information through this group. Without that, I certainly would have made costly mistakes. With the information they shared, I began to compile many how-to documents. Most of these initial how-to documents are part of my Amel Book, with the addition of hundreds more that I created over 17 years. And, BTW, one of those documents is how to service the Bow Thruster for the oldest to the newest Amel-installed Bow Thruster!
So your compliment is really a compliment to all of the owners like Gary, and Eric, who participate in this group and make it what it is today. Editorial: Now if I can just figure out how to increase the cooperation between owners of newer Amels and older Amels, I will be very happy. Some newer Amel owners believe that their Amel is better and different from older Amels. And, of course, some older owners believe that a Sloop is not a REAL Amel. Actually, Amels have improved over the years, but the truth is there really isn't any difference in the philosophy, very little difference in installed systems, very little difference in construction, and no difference in DNA.
Bill
On Tue, Dec 13, 2022 at 7:59 AM Dennis Deniz <dmdeniz414@...> wrote:
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James Alton
Bill,
You have been a tremendous help to us as well and we thank you for all that you have done. Also thanks to all of the many contributions made by other Amel owner such as the ones that you mentioned. This forum really makes a difference to a lot of people.
As to increasing cooperation between the owners of older and newer boats, this concept does not make sense to me. I personally enjoy observing and learning about the evolution of these boats over time. I also don't see how for instance the amazing late SM models could have ever existed without all that was learned on the earlier models. In other words the lineage of all of these boats is important. A lot of progress has been made over the years and perhaps a few good ideas were either forgotten or could be not fit into the newer boats so there have been lots of changes. Boat design always involves so many compromises, you just cannot have all of the desired qualities in one design. What sets Amel apart in my book is that Amel has been very adept at putting together more of the qualities that really matter to us than other boats that I am familiar with.
Best,
James Alton
SV Sueno
Maramu #220
Marmaris, Turkey -----Original Message-----
From: CW Bill Rouse <brouse@...> To: main@AmelYachtOwners.groups.io Notification <main@amelyachtowners.groups.io> Cc: Eric Kimberlite <sailamel@...>; Gary Silver <garysilver@...> Sent: Tue, Dec 13, 2022 5:41 pm Subject: [AmelYachtOwners] 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗹 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽, 𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻 𝗘𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 Thanks, Dennis.
History:
I did not start this group. It was started by an Amel owner in 2002. This is our 20th year, and I am the group's third "headmaster." This group was a lifesaver for me in 2005 when we bought our Super Maramu. The only information we had was the Amel Owners and Users manuals, and although they were good, simple things like how to service the Bow Thruster were not included. Even in the current Amel models 50 & 60 servicing the Bow Thruster is not included in their manuals. Fortunately, owners like Gary Silver, Eric Freedman, and others graciously shared information through this group. Without that, I certainly would have made costly mistakes. With the information they shared, I began to compile many how-to documents. Most of these initial how-to documents are part of my Amel Book, with the addition of hundreds more that I created over 17 years. And, BTW, one of those documents is how to service the Bow Thruster for the oldest to the newest Amel-installed Bow Thruster!
So your compliment is really a compliment to all of the owners like Gary, and Eric, who participate in this group and make it what it is today. Editorial: Now if I can just figure out how to increase the cooperation between owners of newer Amels and older Amels, I will be very happy. Some newer Amel owners believe that their Amel is better and different from older Amels. And, of course, some older owners believe that a Sloop is not a REAL Amel. Actually, Amels have improved over the years, but the truth is there really isn't any difference in the philosophy, very little difference in installed systems, very little difference in construction, and no difference in DNA.
Bill
On Tue, Dec 13, 2022 at 7:59 AM Dennis Deniz <dmdeniz414@...> wrote:
Hi Bill |
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