I think the key point here is that the foil/furler won't turn when the engagement pin is pulled. That, in my opinion excludes the gearbox & motor. Before doing anyrhing else, go up the mast and look

You may have a combination of problems. It is very disconcerting that the motor stalls as it has a great deal of torque. I would first separate the foil from the gearbox. This is accomplished by

We put our genoa on last night and the furler turned only two revolutions and stopped. I pulled up the pin to roll it in by hand and could only turn it a bit more and no further. It was very difficult

Thank you, Olivier, Yes, it is exactly 14 years ago today since you commissioned Pen Azen for us in La Rochelle. Since then we have sailed some 58,000 miles with two Atlantic crossings and a 7

Good morning Judy and Ian, I can imagine you had wonderful sailing journeys since we last met (!). A good grease for the genoa foil is silicone grease, because it's thick and sticky (though melting

Thanks, Ian...It seems to be fine now. I would have called him a few days ago, if I had the number...I was certainly at that point. We will be here for another week. Bill BeBe 387 On Mon, Jun 30, 2014

Hi Bill and Judy, If you are still in Montenegro and need anything else for your outboard you could try Alan Smith in Tivat, an English mechanic, tel. 00382 69 291239. He revived our 2hp 2stroke

Greg, Thanks for your email. It was difficult because of a series of connected and disconnected problems. The following were the issues causing and/or contributing to the loss of power: Fuel line

Bill, Did you fix the outboard problem? The fuel tank vent would have been my first choice, as someone pointed out. Was that it? Considering all of the other stuff you've done, I'd suspect the

Bonjour, Olivier, I , too, am delighted to read your contributions to this site. When you re grease the forestay what grease do you use ? Ian and Judy, Pen Azen, SM 302, Corfu To:

Dear Mark: I finally got the turbo tospin freely by using a wireless drill and a socket wrench on the nut holding the fanassembly together with the engine shut down of course. I ran the engine twice

Hi Wolfgang Something like this once happened while Atica was on the hard (and I was 5200 miles away!). Of course the usual suspects were all checked, but no avail. It turned out it was an alarm

Good morning, Thank you very much for the message, Alarm is running on my boat. I just returned to germany and can't imagine what kind of alarm is working. Saltwaterinlet is closed, everything is

I did a search of the previous postings and found that Wolfgang Weber owns Amel 54 #162 S/Y Elise from La Rochelle. Unfortunately, I do not have his email address. Possibly someone has his contact

Thanks Colin, that is a great offer, much appreciated. We will keep in touch. Kind regards Danny On Saturday, 28 June 2014 11:14 PM, "Colin Streeter colin.d.streeter@... [amelyachtowners]"

Roque Any success? If not, I am sure that the port administrator knows who the owner is, but he/she probably does not work weekends. Stephanie DiBelardino

Let`s not miss the point: Regardless the choice of words, someone took the time to write just to help a strange. If it was my boat,I would be very grateful. So, thank you for the

I was always the odd man out, finally I am a member of a click, I wishsomeone had told me earlier. Do we have a special handshake ?

I do not know the owners of S/V Elise, but I am pretty sure referring to us all as 'clicky' doesn't really endear anyone to help you. Andrew