Bill, You are correct, however some of the recommendations in this thread were much higher than I gave which was 1/2 cup to a gallon of water for 1 hour, then use a wet vac to suck it out...then add 8

I know bleach (sodium hypochlorite) is a great cleaning agent, but in the concentrations being talked about it is actually quite corrosive to copper. It would be best to avoid its frequent use in the

Hello Mark & Jennifer and full props to the Great State of Texas! We too just closed on our Amel JOY #388 formerly (Bamboozle). We envy you as we cannot move aboard for a handful of months yet. We're

Oh, Jazz. Not much of an Amel except the hull. CW Bill Rouse Admiral, Texas Navy Commander Emeritus Amel School www.amelschool.com 720 Winnie St Galveston Island, TX 77550 +1(832) 380-4970

Besides being very careful in what's get down to the bilge, more or less do ass Bill describeds, in addition to that we have a ladies sock as a filter collecting remaining solids that might go down

Miles, I believe you purchased “Jazz”. As I recall it does not have the same lifelines & stanchions as Amel , no motorized Genoa furler, or the motorized main and outhaul furler, it has new

Joerg, I am not surehow the 55 is configured but I have a couple of tips. I remove thefloat switch. I put about 2 cups of bleach into the bilge and fill it to thetop. I let it sit for most of

Joerg, The following is a copy of the text only of a page in my Amel School book: I believe that it is important to clean it regularly, probably every 2 months, and to limit what you allow to get in

Ah yes I wasn't thinking straight. Thanks Bill! So I think I'll do as per my old boat and add a second removable forestay. Attachments Positioned as high up the mast as possible and as far fwd on

Have a great first meal on board. We just got to Italy after 2 years in Greece. The med is a great cultural place to cruise. The wind and wind direction is usually pretty fickle, but the Amel is great

Congratulations Miles, and welcome to the family! Where are you now? Kent Robertson S/V Kristy SM 243 karkauai at yahoo dot com USA cell: 828-234-6819

I am new to Amels and would like to understand best practices how to keep the bilge clean. On the A55 it seems very difficult to really scrub the bilge - for one, all the hoses need to come out, in

Congratulations and welcome to the family! I am at St Michaels until Oct then headed S to Bahamas, T&C, Cuba, Grand Cayman, and back up to St Michaels by June 1. Where are you now? If you get up to

Amazing boats owned by some fantastic people! Welcome! Agree with John Clark re get to know Bill Rouse and his amazing book and introduction service. Worth any penny. Enjoy and welcome Porter and

Ditto on all accounts! Welcome to you guys! Porter and Helen S/V IBIS 54-152

Miles, Welcome aboard. Best, CW Bill Rouse Admiral, Texas Navy Commander Emeritus Amel School http://amelschool.com 720 Winnie St Galveston Island, TX 77550 +1(832) 380-4970 On Sat, Aug 26, 2017 at

Hello there I've posted a few times already but this week we are now aboard our new (to us) 1985 maramu 46 She is not a SM but is super to us 😉. Our last long distance cruising boat was 30ft

Hi Mark and Jennifer, Congratulations onyour purchase! You will not be disappointedin the Amel. As others have said andmore will tell you in the coming days, try to stay as Amel as possible.

Thanks Mohammad! First we don't intend to modify anything so we don't need to worry about the keeper of All Things Amel (Bill Rouse) haunting me in my dreams :). Our current (shorter term) plans are

Congratulations Mark & Jennifer!!! Welcome to the family! What are your plans? Sincerely, Alexandre SM2K #289 NIKIMAT IGY Simpson Bay Marina, St Maarten,