AMEL MARAMU GROUNDING SYSTEM
DENNIS STULLER <svcheechako@...>
HAS ANYONE DELVED DEEPLY INTO THE AMEL GROUNDING SYSTEM? IN THE
PROCESS OF CLEANING UP THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT ON MY 1985 MARAMU HULL #186 I HAVE FOUND THAT THE GROUND STRAP BETWEEN THE ENGINE AND THE GROUND BUS HAS BEEN SEVERED, APPARENTLY ON PURPOSE. ALSO WHERE THE GROUNDING BUSS PASSES IN FRONT OF THE ENGINE, IT APPEARS AS IF THE BUSS ORIGINALLY WAS EXTENED DOWN INTO THE BILGE AND WAS BOLTED TO THE KEEL BOLT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BILGE. THIS MAKES SOME SENSE, BUT ON MY BOAT BOTH CONNECTIONS ARE SEVERED. THANKS, DENNIS STULLER MARAMU #186 "CHEECHAKO"
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Charter an Amel SM-2000 in Greece
Krassopoulos Dimitris <dkra@...>
As I have recently sold all my other business interests in Greece, I wish to
advise all of you that you can Charter ALMA LIBRE SM-2000 ( 2002 Model) in Greece. I believe that this a good opportunity to charter the boat in Greece for sailing in the Aegean Sea which is a sailing paradise. More information at www.almalibre.gr/chartering/index.htm . All the details and inventory of the boat are at the website www.almalibre.gr I will be glad to welcome you onboard and please refer this also to your friends that wish to charter a well found boat in this part of the world. Regards Dimitris Krassopoulos dkra@almalibre.gr
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Re: Amel at Guadalupe
Mark Pitt
--- In amelyachtowners@yahoogroups.com, "markmpitt" <mark_pitt@...> wrote:
Sorry, that is the email for the marina in my earlier post. The email for Amel in Guadeloupe that I have is: amel.caraibes@wanadoo.fr Mark Pitt "Sabbatical III" ASM #419
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Re: Amel at Guadalupe
Mark Pitt
--- In amelyachtowners@yahoogroups.com, "agav8ter" <agav8ter@...> wrote:
They are in Marina Bas du Fort near Point-a-Pitre. Their email is marina@marina-pap.com. You come up the main shipping channel toward Point-a-Pitre and it is to your left. It is well marked on charts. Mark Pitt "Sabbatical III" ASM #419
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Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Amel at Guadalupe
eric freedman
When I was last in Guadeloupe (2003) the agent for amel was
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Laurent Colonna His E-mail-mail address was s-lim@wanadoo.fr here was his note about his location. Our Marina is between the city Pointe à Pitre and le Gosier (16°13' North/61°31' West) Fifteen minutes before your coming you could call the capitainerie by VHF channel 9. Fair Winds, Eric Amel Super Maramu #376 Kimberlite
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From: amelyachtowners@yahoogroups.com [mailto:amelyachtowners@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of agav8ter Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 7:27 PM To: amelyachtowners@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Amel Yacht Owners] Amel at Guadalupe Hello, Can anyone tell me where the Amel facility in Guadalupe is located? We are currently in the BVI's and as new S/M owners (with no manuals) we thought we might sail to the Amel Service Center and get a proper briefing on our boat. Thanks for your help. Tony and Heidi WORLD CITIZEN S/M 266 Yahoo! Groups Links
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Amel at Guadalupe
Ag Av8ter
Hello,
Can anyone tell me where the Amel facility in Guadalupe is located? We are currently in the BVI's and as new S/M owners (with no manuals) we thought we might sail to the Amel Service Center and get a proper briefing on our boat. Thanks for your help. Tony and Heidi WORLD CITIZEN S/M 266
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yacht Fiona
eric freedman
Hi,
For those of you who haven't been to www.yachtfiona.com <http://www.yachtfiona.com/> I would strongly recommend it. He is a CCA Blue water medal recipient and has circumnavigated Fiona 3 times. My friend Eric Forsyth has over 200,000 miles on his home built boat and at the age of 74 is heading out again for another circumnavigation. ( he is extremely fit) For those of you who are looking for a ride of a lifetime drop him a note. Many legs need crew. He will be leaving New York in May and headed for the Antarctic with stops along the way for crew changes. Then up the west coast of Chile to Panama and home. Fair Winds, Eric Amel Super Maramu #376 Kimberlite
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Re: Puerto Williams
asm283 <no_reply@...>
Hi Eric
Good to hear from you. WE are in New Zealand, waiting for the cyclone season to end and getb back up to the islands. If you want to know where the vents are on your boat close the valve and overflow your tank. Thats the way I found them on Block Island. Talk to you soon. Vito --- In amelyachtowners@yahoogroups.com, eric <kimberlite@...> wrote: Williams? fair winds,
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Puerto Williams
eric freedman
I just came across this for everyone's info.
Fair Winds, Eric Amel Super Maramu #376 Kimberlite Puerto Williams : Profile Clearance Yachts entering the Beagle Channel area should contact the Chilean Navy on VHF Channel 16. Puerto Williams is a naval base, but yachts are welcomed there. Cruising boats are usually told to proceed directly into the small western basin, close to the airport, where there is a concrete dock. Shallow-drafted boats may come on its inside, or tie up alongside the Micalvi, a former supply ship, now used as a yacht club by the locals. Officials will visit the boat here, after which the captain must go to the port captain's office to complete formalities. It is essential that those for whom this is the first port of entry into Chile insist on being given the compulsory customs certificate. Those who leave without it will have serious problems when clearing out of Chile. From September 2004, all the foreign yachts entering Pto. Williams had to pay a new tax. From Monday to Friday between 08:00 and 18:00 o'clock, and Saturday from 06:00 to 13:00 the Authorities charged US$ 40 every time a yacht entered or left this port coming from or going to a foreign country. In overtime, they charged US$60. At the end of October this tax was reduced. The fees which now apply are as follows: Yacht up to 25 tons: each time a yacht enters or leaves the country it must pay: US$2.60 (Monday to Friday 0700 - 1900 and Saturday 0700 - 1300). Outside of these hours, the charge will be 50% more i.e. US$3.90 (weekdays 1900 - 0700 AM and from Saturday 1300 to Monday 0700). Yacht from 25 to 1000 tons: each time a yacht enters or leaves a port or a marina it must pay US$40. In overtime 50% more (60 US$). Please note: A yacht less than 25 tons of TRG must pay this tax only when it enters or leaves the country. A yacht more than 25 tons of TRG must pay each time it enters or leaves a port of Chile, even when it sails in Chilean waters without leaving the country. Lighthouse and beacon fees are : US $ 2.88 per year or US$ 0.88 per TRG for all the trip. Capitania de Puerto Tel:+56 61 621090, Fax:+56 61 621090, VHF Channel 16 cpwilliams@directemar.cl Docking Puerto Williams, Chile's most southern city, is the usual jumping off point for Antarctica. It is situated on Navarino Island in the Beagle Channel. The most pleasant, and safest, berths are at the Club Naval de Yates Micalvi. It is based in a small inlet at the western end of the harbour. There is an anchorage in Seno Lauta, with good holding, but exposed to both easterly and westerly winds. It is free, but requires permission from the Port Captain. Yacht Clubs Club Naval de Yates Micalvi Puerto Williams, Chile There is 3.5 meters on the outside of the'Micalvi', and 2 or less alongside the portside. Water, electricity and hot showers are available. The bridge and forward sections of the ship have been turned into a very popular bar, for both passing crews and locals alike. There is a warm welcome here for everyone.
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Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Re: Puerto Williams
eric freedman
Thanks
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Eric Amel Super Maramu #376 Kimberlite
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From: amelyachtowners@yahoogroups.com [mailto:amelyachtowners@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of markmpitt Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2006 9:51 PM To: amelyachtowners@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Amel Yacht Owners] Re: Puerto Williams Eric: Aweb search yields this: Club de Yates Micalvi (tel. 61/621020) Regards, Mark Pitt, ASM S/V Sabbatical III (#419) --- In amelyachtowners@yahoogroups.com, eric <kimberlite@...> wrote: Williams? fair winds, Yahoo! Groups Links
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Re: Puerto Williams
Mark Pitt
--- In amelyachtowners@yahoogroups.com, eric <kimberlite@...> wrote:
Williams? fair winds,Eric: Club de Yates Micalvi (tel. 61/621020) Regards, Mark Pitt S/V Sabbatical III (ASM#419)
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Re: Puerto Williams
Mark Pitt
Eric:
Aweb search yields this: Club de Yates Micalvi (tel. 61/621020) Regards, Mark Pitt, ASM S/V Sabbatical III (#419) --- In amelyachtowners@yahoogroups.com, eric <kimberlite@...> wrote: Williams? fair winds,
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Puerto Williams
eric freedman
Does anyone know of a way to contact the "yacht club" in Puerto Williams?
fair winds, eric
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Re: i still can't find the vents for the holding tank
amelliahona <no_reply@...>
The vents for the holding tanks on my SM (Hull # 335) are part of the
deck fitting for the holding tanks. If you look at the aft portion of the deck fitting you will see that is composed of a black plastic spacer and the metal threaded cap. Look at the aft side of the plastic spacer and you will see two holes drilled horizontally that face aft. This is the vent. The vent is at the top of the tank (literally). If you remove the cap labeled "WC" you will see that there is a standpipe welded to the inside of the metal cap assembly. This standpipe ends near the bottom of the holding tank. Thus when doing a pump out and suction is applied at the holding tank deck fitting it draws the black water from the bottom of the tank while air enters at the top of the tank through the vent openings. The vent opening also acts as an over- flow for the holding tanks. If you overfill your holding tanks the black water will come out of the vents and run down the deck. Don't ask me how I know this. Regards, Gary Silver Amel SM 2000 Hull #335 --- In amelyachtowners@yahoogroups.com, "eric freedman" <kimberlite@...> wrote:
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i still can't find the vents for the holding tank
eric freedman
--- In amelyachtowners@yahoogroups.com, eric <kimberlite@...> wrote:
though the upper part of the hull near the tank and will probably have ametal shield covering the outlet.Service. used cars online search now
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Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Dessalator Water Maker Issues & New Photos
eric freedman
Gary,
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Thanks for the info. Where is your boat now? We are in St Martin. Fair Winds, Eric
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From: amelyachtowners@yahoogroups.com [mailto:amelyachtowners@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of amelliahona Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2006 12:24 AM To: amelyachtowners@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Dessalator Water Maker Issues & New Photos --- In amelyachtowners@yahoogroups.com, eric <kimberlite@...> wrote: 24 Feb 2006Eric: I purchased 3/8 inch quick connect fittings at Home Depot (white plastic, push together fitting that are good to 100 psi) and cut the blue 10 mm product water line. There is virtually no pressure on this line . The sensor for the EC system that I mentioned previously plumbs into a 1/2 in pipe thread fitting. I bought a 1/2 inch PVC pipe "T" fitting, and plumbed it with the quick connects. So the sensor is just immersed in the product water as it flows by. I'll post photos after my next trip. I took 220 volt 50 Hertz Power from the circuit breaker for the water maker. I have noticed that upon startup the EC briefly goes to somewhere above 2000 microsiemens but then within 30 seconds it comes down to about 350. If you run the watermaker below green range pressure the EC is actually higher than if run in the normal operating range. I don't quite understand that but it is consistent. I inquired of the Wafer Fire and Ice people that I bought my membranes from and they tell me that this is normal. They call it TDS creep. Evidently when the system is shut down the high TDS on the sea water side draws the product water back across the membrane by osmotic pressure. This then concentrates the solulte in the product water side as more and more water is drawn back across the membranes. The longer the system sits idle the more TDS creep there is. So the initial minute or two of product water will be high in TDS (EC). Perhaps that is why the Dessalator system had a timer. I have spent hours corresponding with Dessalator and they will not provide me with schematics or a logic diagram for the system. I plan to take detail digital photos of the circuit boards next month when I get on the boat and reverse engineer the electronics. It doesn't appear to be that complicated. Dessalator says that they do have spare logic circuit boards for sale and will install one if I ship my system to them but they at the same time make no guarantees that the system will behave as advertised even with a new board installed. This is about the goofiest company policy that I have ever run across. Regards, Gary Gary, Yahoo! Groups Links
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Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Dessalator Water Maker Issues & New Photos
amelliahona <no_reply@...>
--- In amelyachtowners@yahoogroups.com, eric <kimberlite@...> wrote:
24 Feb 2006Eric: I purchased 3/8 inch quick connect fittings at Home Depot (white plastic, push together fitting that are good to 100 psi) and cut the blue 10 mm product water line. There is virtually no pressure on this line . The sensor for the EC system that I mentioned previously plumbs into a 1/2 in pipe thread fitting. I bought a 1/2 inch PVC pipe "T" fitting, and plumbed it with the quick connects. So the sensor is just immersed in the product water as it flows by. I'll post photos after my next trip. I took 220 volt 50 Hertz Power from the circuit breaker for the water maker. I have noticed that upon startup the EC briefly goes to somewhere above 2000 microsiemens but then within 30 seconds it comes down to about 350. If you run the watermaker below green range pressure the EC is actually higher than if run in the normal operating range. I don't quite understand that but it is consistent. I inquired of the Wafer Fire and Ice people that I bought my membranes from and they tell me that this is normal. They call it TDS creep. Evidently when the system is shut down the high TDS on the sea water side draws the product water back across the membrane by osmotic pressure. This then concentrates the solulte in the product water side as more and more water is drawn back across the membranes. The longer the system sits idle the more TDS creep there is. So the initial minute or two of product water will be high in TDS (EC). Perhaps that is why the Dessalator system had a timer. I have spent hours corresponding with Dessalator and they will not provide me with schematics or a logic diagram for the system. I plan to take detail digital photos of the circuit boards next month when I get on the boat and reverse engineer the electronics. It doesn't appear to be that complicated. Dessalator says that they do have spare logic circuit boards for sale and will install one if I ship my system to them but they at the same time make no guarantees that the system will behave as advertised even with a new board installed. This is about the goofiest company policy that I have ever run across. Regards, Gary Gary,
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Follow up to 28 volt replacement lamp
amelforme
AMEL Owners Group:
Further to my last posting regarding the 28 volt replacement lamp for the foredeck light and the mizzen mounted cockpit light, G. E. makes both a spot lamp (clear, non-fluted lens, more like a driving lamp on high beam) which is #4505 and a fluted/diffused lens type (spreads the light out more than a spot lamp) which is #4593. Additionally, WAGNER makes (more likely sells a lamp from another manufacturer) a 28 volt fluted lamp that is, confusingly, a #4505 in their catalog. I use the spot type on the main mast (more light to the actual deck area) and the diffused lamp for the cockpit. Seems to work well. Hope this helps. All the best, Joel F. Potter, AMEL 54 - HOLLIS, Hull #14
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Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Dessalator Water Maker Issues & New Photos
eric freedman
Gary,
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How did you hook the salinity sensor into the watermaker output? Fair Winds, Eric Amel Super Maramu #376 Kimberlite
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From: amelyachtowners@yahoogroups.com [mailto:amelyachtowners@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of amelliahona Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 6:20 PM To: amelyachtowners@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Amel Yacht Owners] Dessalator Water Maker Issues & New Photos 15 Feb 2006 Hi all: I just completed installation of new FilmTec SW30-2540 membranes ($177.00 each from Air, Water, and Ice, Inc.) in my water maker. Not a difficult job one accomplished. Hardest part was getting the end caps off. I have detailed the process in some Photos that I just uploaded. My end caps were all ok, the O-rings were all ok, there was some moderate corrosion of the stainless interconnect thimble, and a defect in the brine seal of one of the membranes. However, I believe the failure mode was the membrane material themselves. Output is good, my new Omega EC monitor (220 volt wired to the desalinator breaker) is working great. The Dessalator salinity sensor does not work at all despite testing it three ways from Sunday with various scenarios. I am still trying to get some answers from Rod Boreham and Dessalator. I have spent a couple of hours on the phone with Rod and a couple of calls to Dessalator plus about 20 emails back and forth. I will let you all know more when I know more. In the mean time, I would not run my Dessalator watermaker without backup continuous monitoring of the TDS (Total Dissolved Solids) or EC (Electrical Conductivity). Until we know more there is just no guarantee that the Dessalator sensor will divert bad quality water during an operational cycle, thus filling your fresh water tank with salt water. Regards, Gary Silver, s/v Liahona SM 2000 Hull # 335 Yahoo! Groups Links
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Fuel filter question
PFM53 <pfm53@...>
Hi all
I know many of you have added Racor fuel filter systems to your Super Maramus, and I am wondering which models you have found to be a good fit for the Amel. Our SM is a 95, with the Perkins engine. Thanks for any input you may have. Jerry PFM (#133)
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