I'll be happy to take pictures of my holding tank. Actually amel designed and built, but you can do this locally. Very ingenious and clever. Electronics wise I'm Using B&G stuff (came with the boat).

I agree an inpection is neccessary for the engine anyway Best Regards Dimitris Krasopoulos Mob:+306944302318 2015-03-21 20:56 GMT+02:00 Germain Jean-Pierre jgermain@... [amelyachtowners]

Mystery solved. These are replacement bulbs for the 24v electrical panel. Ten points each for those that guessed correctly. (now I need to figure out why the green light for fresh water pump on

I have owned a Mango for the last 10 years, one of the important element in the top swivel are the horns ("cornes") which keep the top portion of the swivel from turning. Serge , Opera based in

We did almost the same. But we replaced with a water cooled compressor using the fresh water tank. And changed the insulation to a more effective one also added insulation under the box. We reduced

Dear Warren and Zetta, Congratulations on your Sharki. An excellent reply by John , I agree with all his points. We bought our Maramu #75 , three years ago and have been busy upgrading her for

The suggestion has been made that I contct the dealer in Florida and so I will do that

Hello Warren and Zetta, We have an SM and she’s in refit in Turkey as we speak… Black water tank: in my opinion, this is now almost mandatory for many cruising areas of the world. For instance,

Alan, I measured the diameter of SM387 @ 52mm. Bill Rouse BeBe Amel 53 #387 sent from my tablet On Mar 22, 2015 1:35 AM, "svcharisma@... [amelyachtowners]" <amelyachtowners@...> wrote:

Warren and Zetta, I've replied to some of your questions below...... So many questions not sure where to start. Our intentions on where to sail from Malaysia are developing everyday as we speak to

I am going to be in the us this summer and was hoping to crawl around on a Amel. I have heard great things about them and would like to see one first hand. My husband I are looking to purchase a

Merci Jean-Pierre, ah j'ai hâte à l'été :) BTW congratulations for your SM, I may have some questions for your experience with the refit in Turkey. Enjoy the nice weather ! We are receiving an

Thanks John, Jenny and Aras for your replies. So many questions not sure where to start. Our intentions on where to sail from Malaysia are developing everyday as we speak to others that are here.

I am wondering if I can replace the genoa furler top swivel on my Mango with a SM replacement. I assume it is just a matter of the foil being the same diameter. My Mango foil is 55 mm diameter.

Hello Khalid, Being a Montrealer myself, an errent Canadian, I feel your pain. It was nice and sunny in Majorca today! Meanwhile, my old SM is completing its refit in Turkey and we’ll begin a round

Thank you Jean-Pierre, I am giving myself about a year, maybe a little bit more, to find a decent Amel for my budget, but it is hard to find any in this part of the world. Which is not surprising

Hello Dimitris, I think you give me more credit than I deserve. :-) I agree spare parts should be easy to source as these engines are based on the commercial truck engines of the VAG group. My

This is totally wrong. My VW engine with 1500 Hours has no problems so far. All the main spare parts are available without any problem as they are parts that are also used in the VW/Audi cars. There

Hello Khalil, Welcome aboard. I too registered and posted questions (mostly dumb) before buying my own Amel. Like you, I’ve been sailing a different boat before buying

Hello Gang, I know zip, nada, nothing about the performance of VW engines. But a mate changed his engine to VW and after 1 year of disaster after disaster, he reengined again to a Beta! He does not