The grooves on the WOB with steel sleeve on Kali Mera seem much deeper than I've seen. I wonder there was a seal-size mismatch? How many engine hours since the last seal change? Was there enough

Hi Derick, To add to Bill's reply, no, the WOB does not stay static relative to the seals. The seals are fixed in the outer housing and the WOB, which is fixed to the shaft, turns with the shaft,

Hello Tadeja and Herbert, I had such a problem on Eleuthera. The fix is simple and relatively inexpensive. Sandblast the keel area ensuring you get to real metal... no rust at all left. Then epoxy

Herbert, I used International 2-part epoxy paint/primer...about 3 or 4 coats. It is very important to do this in dry weather and to not leave the steel exposed longer than a few minutes...get the

Thanks Bill ! we will do this this winter, revewing everything, together with scraping down all the old antifouling. Any recommendation for the material? Tadeja and Herbert KALI MERA, SN120

Herbert, Looking at that photo, I am thinking that the steel wear bushing has been in place for 2 or 3 sets of seals. A single seal will wear a single groove in the wear bushing...the old bushing you

Herbert, Read this written by Joel Potter: https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/amelyachtowners/conversations/messages/2990 It is not urgent that you do this, but if I were you, I would do it on your

I know that some very experienced people have suggested changing the prop shaft wear bushings to stainless, or using a stainless sleeve, and/or some other method. There are probably 6 unproven

dear group, When we hauled out to change the shaft-seals I found out (after cleaning the bottom) that there are many small (and some bigger) rust-stains on the

Pat requested more detail on the Amel lost in the Pacific because of a broken anchor chain. The following was posted by Alan Leslie on the Amel Facebook page: "Update on Amiable SM Amiable was

This summer we had water in the drive-oil (milky) so we hauled and changed the sealings. We found out that there was a steel wearing ring and not the brass ring from Amel. When the seals have been

Eric, That is really cool, but could you give us a little more detail as to where you bought it...who the USA distributor is, etc.? Bill BeBe 387

Derick, The prop shaft seals will wear a groove in the wear bushing...that is the reason for its existence. Bill BeBe 387

Mark, The Facebook page is owned by Dimitris Krasopoulos (Amel 54 Alma Libre Too) and is at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/amelyachtowners/ Bill BeBe 387

Pat, Whoever you spoke to at Lofrans is wrong, very wrong. Did you download the Anchor Chain, Galvanized dimensions and calibration.pdf. Please read it and you will see that 10mm chain is made from

OK, I feel really foolish asking this question, but I need to ask it. What part of the bronze wearing-out bearing wears out? Does the wearing-out bearing rotate with the shaft, so that the outer

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What is the link to the Amel Community page on Face Book? Mark SM#275

Kent, You probably saw the boat that was holed sitting next to the Chandlery at Peakes. There is an article in Offshore this month about Ivan and one mans loss, but it really doesn’t do justice

Bill, Thanks for sending gypsy photo. I always thought my chain looked small. My gypsy is stamped 3/8 DIN 766 . Just spoke to Lofran ,the 3/8 is very misleading, the DIN766 means its a 5/16 proof