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Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Re: Modified SM Bow Thruster

From a maintenance point of view the sealed bearings and replacing the gear oil with grease sounds interesting. Given that both the seals and the more viscous grease will increase the friction I am

By James Alton · #34557 ·

Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] lifting dinghy

The Santorin has a shorter halliard running through a block just below the mizzen spreaders. The attachment flange is part of the mizzen mast. I suspect this may have been to raise/support the

By Ian Park · #34558 ·

Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Re: Island Pearl II - 2001 - SM2000 #332 For t

Hi Alan Looks like I jumped the gun a bit. We've now sailed into Maumere on Flores Island and despite another rolly 3 day passage, Lauren was amazingly just fine, not sick at all... and so we will

By Colin - ex SV Island Pearl · #34556 ·

Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Re: Good Service In Marmaris Turkey

Thanks Bill, as my nav software displays VMG, I will play around with apparent wind angles and VMG. I think we have the car in similar position. Regards Ian On

By Ian Shepherd · #34555 ·

Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Modified SM Prop Shaft Seal Bush

Bill you are absolutely right. I checked the Amel diagram and the spring on the outer seal should face the prop and the springs on the other two seals should face into the transmission box.

By Ian Shepherd · #34554 ·

Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Re: Modified SM Bow Thruster

Hello Paul, you could but as you will be taking the thruster out, why not do the simple job of replacing the bearings with new sealed ones? They are not expensive. All you need is a

By Ian Shepherd · #34553 ·

Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Down wind sail configuration

Ian I have decided to desist the temptation of ruining the ballooner! I don't have space to carry an extra sail that I would rarely use. Anyway, I can tell just from the look on my Linda's patient

By Ian Park · #34552 ·

Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] lifting dinghy

Hi Bill, I can answer that one. We do the same with the outboard on the rail but outboard of the rail not inboard, so it only has to clear the attachment clamps, not the whole outboard

By Alan Leslie · #34551 ·

Spare Main Halyard Spec's

On last trip up the mast, noticed some breaks in spare halyard cover; time to replace. Does anyone have the size, length and type of line. I'm in the US for a few weeks and want to get the

By drew.gaffney@... · #34550 ·

Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] lifting dinghy

Danny, Am I following you right? Your lifting line does not go up to the spreaders? How do you lift the boom high enough to get the outboard over the rail? Bill Kinney SM160, Harmonie Bar Harbor,

By greatketch@... · #34549 ·

Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Re: NZ cat one surveys

Hi Bill, They do require emergency water. I satisfy that with eight 5 litre plastic bottles stowed under the galley floor. And they are reasonable in my experience. If its a shonky boat and or a

By Danny and Yvonne SIMMS · #34548 ·

Re: NZ cat one surveys

Danny, Thanks for that! There were a few more things when I was perusing the Cat 1 requirements (things like at least two independent freshwater tanks) but it sounds like the inspectors have enough

By greatketch@... · #34547 ·

Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] lifting dinghy

Hi Kent, there is a t cleat on the mizzen mast at about boom height. we attach a block to that and run the line over that and down to the main sheet winch and is what you call a fair lead I think.

By Danny and Yvonne SIMMS · #34546 ·

NZ cat one surveys

Hi all, There was a query a few days back about the NZ cat one departure surveys for off shore yachts and how Amel yachts fared in this inspection. I have been having trouble connecting with the

By Danny and Yvonne SIMMS · #34545 ·

Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] lifting dinghy

Hi Kent, Yes on my boat (380) there is a block exactly where you say from which I can run the lift out to the cheek block on the mizzen boom. I just used it this afternoon to swing my Tohatsu off

By Steve Morrison <steve_morrison@...> · #34544 ·

Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] lifting dinghy

Thanks, Danny. When you lift the outboard, where is the block attached that leads to the winch? I've been taking a line over the cheek block at the end of the boom and directly to the port mizzen

By Kent Robertson · #34543 ·

Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Block at the mizzenmast spreader to lift dinghy motor

Hi Kent, this is a test, Ive been having trouble replying to forum messages. Danny

By Danny and Yvonne SIMMS · #34542 ·

Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Re: maramu mail roller furler swivel

---------- Original Message ---------- From: Danny and Yvonne SIMMS <simms@...> To: amelyachtowners@... Date: 06 August 2017 at 08:31 Subject: Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Re: maramu mail roller furler

By Danny and Yvonne SIMMS · #34541 ·

lifting dinghy

Hi Kent. To lift the outboard we run a line over the block fastened to the end of the mizzen boom and lead it back over a block to the main sheet winch. To lift the dinghy onto the aft cabin for

By Danny and Yvonne SIMMS · #34540 ·

Block at the mizzenmast spreader to lift dinghy motor

Hi all. I'm going to add a block at the mizzenmast spreaders to lift the outboard and to put the dinghy on the aft cabintop for passages. Can someone tell me where the block is attached? And how

By Kent Robertson · #34539 ·

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