I would expect that we have all at some time forgotten to switch off the anchor wash pump. Not a big deal if you have the original design apart from wasted battery power. However if you have converted

Hi Bob, thanks for the suggestion. I did take it apart but it is clean. What you say is true though. I had that experience on my first boat. If I can find a new Square D I will replace it, which I

Hi Bill, good to hear from you and I hope you are getting ready to depart. I was about to shoot you an email about various mods which I will do shortly. Back to the pressure switch. You are right.

Sounds a good idea Richard. I have been through 4 pressure stats and two accumulators, the latter costing as much as a new pump! Cheers Ian SM 414 Crusader [Non-text portions of this message have

Thanks for his Trevor. I will bear this in mind when I make a replacement. I have a Whale Urchin in the dinghy. Great pump that has lasted 13 years until last week when the diaphragm eventually

There is a grease recommended by the autoprop agent in the us. i am not on the boat but it is a waterproof wheel bearing grease, available from NAPA in a purple tube. or call autoptop and ask they

Jason, Welcome to the Chesapeake. I echo Pat's comments. For us the northern part of the Bay is somewhat limited by depth. We kept Aletes at Georgetown for 6 years about 1 hour up the

Jason, I live on the Sassafras River, about seven miles from the C&D. My boat a SM is on a mooring four miles up the river from the bay ,across from Ordinary Point. The Sassafras has several

I know there are a few AMEL owners in the Chesapeake. I am looking for short 3 day weekend cruise ideas in the Northern Ches Bay(North of Baltimore). Good places to anchor, tie up, etc... Are there

I want to lube my autoprop. The instructions call for "good quality waterproof grease". I know not all greases are compatible and I'm trying to avoid a potential problem by using the correct

Ian and Bob, After reading and contributing to this thread I also noticed a slight change in the pressure switch operation. I removed the Square D switch which is about 2 years old and found all

Hello Peter, We are in Sicily and I have been fiddling with things to install AIS so our SSB is out of use for a few days. I will Email you again after it is all working next week. I might add that we

Hi Craig No, the pipes are in PVC or somilar, just the connection between the tank and the hose is by thin copper. We have also changed that, using a lot of irritation and bad words. It was a really

Here is your reply: The space for the name is: width: 41" height: 7.5" The space where hailing port is width: 33" height: 9.25" I also attached a link so that you can have a visual reference

Hi Bob,   I won't be able to provide any measurements until September when we go back down to the boat.  When I send the other photo you might be able to estimate the measurement by comparing the

Ian, Last year I had a similar challenge to get the pressure up to the cut off point. Adjusting the switch as suggest is necessary, BUT I found that after a storage period there was a build up of rust

Because letters can be different sizes I am looking for the horizontal measurement of the space available in inches for the first line (name) and second line (hailing port). Centimeters will work

Thanks Craig, Very timely article. I think Id like to be able to go to depths of 25-35 ft to allow retrieval of a fouled anchor. I'll do some more research and let you know what I come up

Somehow I don't think that solution would have ever occurred to me, Danny...Glad you took pictures so the rest of us will know what to do in a similar situation (~; Then again, I might heave to and

Hi Colin, I have uploaded a photo to the site. Ocean Pearl clearing the holding tank. Cheers Danny  ________________________________ To: amelyachtowners@... Sent: Wednesday, 31 July