While i was in Martinique this winter at the Amel Service center, a Amel 54 was having all the air conditioning ducts replace due to a bad batch from the manufacturer. Excuse my poor

Hi Ian, I definitely do not get any odour form the bilge sump.So this can not be the reason. Furthermore the 54 flushes the toilets generally with sweetwater. So no possible reason as well.

Hallo Alexandre, many thanks for the link. Now its all clear. Am 06.08.2013 um 15:54 schrieb Alexandre Uster von Baar <uster@...>:

Hi Martin, well I can honestly say that after almost 50,000 nms of sailing the SM, I really have not experienced other than the occasional bad odour from the grey water engine compartment bilge,

Kent, I was not referring to the A/C gas, but to possible odor "gases" coming from the sea water, which stands still in the hoses, when not using. But Bill and the others came up with a much more

Hi Bill, dear Amel friends, yes I have to provide you more details: - the odor is coming MAINLY from the air coming out of the blower vent, when I turn the A/C on - I have not yet checked the

Don't you think its because the aft cabin a/c unit is mounted in the aft head ? the a/c intake is right next to the bowl !!!! Unless the head is not used or is scrupulously clean, any odour from the

On NIkimat SM2K #289, I also have a little smell in the aft cabin coming from the Air Conditionning. I do not have it on the salon nor forward cabin. I think Kent is right, that is comes from the

Hi we've been using a demand pressure pump for years on both our Amels. They work great. Regards Richard Piller Cell 603 767 5330

Hi Kent It appears you are right on. Chlorine is not a good thing to leave in the bilge/engine room. To many metals that the gases will attack. Best to flush before leaving or put simple green in the

Actually, when I do use chlorine, I put some chlorine water in all the sinks as Bill does to keep the pipes from smelling as well.  But I don't leave it in there for long.  I had to replace that

Hi, Mike, I just read about Javel Tabs after seeing your post.  I think I'd be careful about leaving that in your bilge for very long.  Although it is hypochlorous acid (HOCl), it will react with

What kind of smell is it, Martin?  There should be no leakage of sea water with the gas system or air flow.  If there was a connection between the gas and sea water, the gas would escape and there

Mike, What size chlorine tablet and how often do you use them? I have thought about buying some chlorine tabs, but did not know the size needed. We clean the bilge about every 6 weeks and before we

Hi Martin,   Concur with Bill's comments but would also start my investigation in the bilge sump.  When leaving the boat for even a couple of days we take the precaution of flushing the systems

Martin, You probably need to add detail...for instance is the odor coming from the air coming out of the blower vent when you turn the A/C on, or from the area where the A/C is located? Have you

Hi Ian, I am not on the boat till next week so can't answer your question at the moment. We now only have the separate expansion tank which sits outboard of the Onan. The pump is noisier than the

Hi everybody, Whenever we leave our boat for a couple of days, the A/C creates nasty odours. I assume, that this is because the cooling water hoses are not gas tight. The A/C smell in the owners

Hi Ian, Thanks for the information. Forward looking sonar is high on my new equipment list. But mainly for obvious reasons like navigation among coral reefs and entering shallow anchorages that you

Hello Ian, I can't wait to try!!! This sounds so exciting! I was wondering how to retreive their anchor shorthanded! I have only received my boat 5 months ago, but I am amazed of what I have been