Hi,

Do you have photos of the broken parts?

Ps I always race a 57 foot Oyster from St Martin to New York.

I have beaten him buy 17 hours to 2 days I have never lost and I use a 110
Yankee cut 10oz headsail..

The skipper is Bill Seifert who ran the Tartan Factory, the J-boat
factory,
and the Alden Factory. Now he just maintains the owners 2 Oysters.
East and
West coasts of the USA.

He also wrote a book called Offshore Sailing , and lectures at the
Marion-Bermuda safety at sea course.

I hate the companionway steps, it is like climbing Mt Everest, and the
saloon is too big for offshore, the ports are also too large.

Bill spends the winter on the boat maintaining it. If you want a lot of
maintenance and a poor offshore boat, get an Oyster. My friend bill
agrees.

Fair Winds

Eric

Amel Super Maramu #376 Kimberlite

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YES,
The torque at starting is to height and perhaps the nominal torque,
All the pieces that brake (see photos) brook under normal condition.
Actually I am studying adding a soft start (for next year)
I am not happy with AMEL after sales they refuse to replace the parts so
Next boat will be an OYSTER .....
JLuc
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Le 09/10/2011 20:01, kimberlite a écrit :

Jean-luc.

Do I understand correctly that all the parts listed in your email broke
while using your bow thruster?

Did it happen at one time?

Fair Winds

Eric

Amel Super Maramu #376 Kimberlite

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Subject: [Amel] Current in the bow truster at starting !! (link is her
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I broke without making a wrong action :
- All nylon screw of the propeller,
- The motor shaft
- The internal parts

so I recently measured the current in the bowthuster: 950A! at starting.
You can see the graphics in the Photo section :

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/amelyachtowners/photos/album/1499947610/pic/li

st

Hopping it can help you anderstandsomme some problems.
jluc CottonBay

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