Miles The ballooner setup is quite unique to AMEL boats. The sail is similar to a cruising chute, the same dimensions as the genoa, but goes up a second luff groove on the genoa furled. It is hoisted

You might find this post on my blog useful if you are interested in the mechanics of the downwind rig on an Amel... https://wordpress.com/post/fetchinketch.net/1182 Bill Kinney SM160,

Hi Ryan, Try boatlamps.co.uk… their site has piccies of every LED fixture known. Good luck. Jean-Pierre Germain, SY Eleuthera, SM 007

Thanks greatketch! Could anyone point me to info about how to set up this downwind ballooned rig? Does it fly on a removable forestay? In a dyneema luff rope ? Something else ? I've never heard of a

Hi all, I'm in the process of converting all the interior lights on my SM to LED. It was easy to find BA15d LED bulbs for the wall lights, so that's taken care of (though I did break one since the

Bill, Thanks for the detailed explanation. My only remaining question is if under "W", the autopilot is trying to optimize VMG to an Apparent Wind Angle AWA of zero, or is it trying to optimize to a

It definitely works in W(ind) mode. What it is doing is finding the wind angle that will make the boat reach an imaginary waypoint directly to windward, as fast as possible. The VMG it is optimizing

Yes I was using the spare halyard to dry the spinnaker, they do come down quickly, very glad it did not go overboard as we were motoring at the time.

some clues (thanks to servicing masts on Maramu 1982) concerning halyard stuck inside the mast halyards are running Inside mast independently from cables (electric, signal); cables are run through pvc

Owen, I like the Sharki too: She is giving to me a “save” feeling, much more than the other boats I had before. Sailing became more fun and less work, even if you are going alone! For small crew

I am referring to the horizontal placed solenoid connected to the red manual stop lever. Regards, Willem

Chris, My ballooner halliard does not run inside the mast. I do have a spare halliard that does just that. My ballooner halliard runs externally through a block at the top of the mast with both ends

Dave I think the best bet is to make an enquiry to AMEL. Other than that see if a rigging company can make a copy of your current pole - the end fittings must be fairly standard. As to the frame: I

Hi. You should have 12bolt in the excitation circuit. Sorry can't help with the halyard issue but I'm sure someone will have been there before Regards Danny Sent from my Vodafone Smart On 16 Aug

Thanks Danny, When I checked the excitation to the 12v alternator I only had 7volts, perhaps not enough to start the alternator? I need to reconnect the cable back to the alternator and test it

Hi Joel, I hope this helps. Cheers, Haldun A54 #164 ---- 'Joel Potter' jfpottercys@... [amelyachtowners] şunu yazdı ---- > > > Hello everyone. Could some owners of Amel 54’s with the

Thanks John for your comprehensive reply !! We occasionally get condensation from the salon freezer in the aft central floor locker. I've found the problem, it's the hose from the fresh water pump at

It was keeping a constant angle to the wind. To do that it has to continually change the heading of the boat to keep the wind to heading angle constant. This mode is great for passage making as the

When you use vmg the boats progress is optimised based on progress directly into the wind and the course would change with changes in wind direction. However you can have vmg to a waypoint which is

Bill Kinney, I'm with Craig on this: I understand how VMG optimization works on Wind Navigation. I fail to see, however, how it might work on mere "W". What would it optimize to, if it does not now