If the Autoprop can spin the shaft when it is in reverse, that would be a bad thing. If it never spins when in forward, then that would be the correct position, for sure. Anytime a prop back drives

Miles, You have the TMD22 engine with the Hurth 250 transmission and no shaft brake? Bill Kinney

Hi Ian, I have downloaded the manuals for the Super Maramu and shall have a read through them. I do intend to get the ketch version of the Santorin when I find the one. I am indeed a Scotsman like

Hi Ian, I think that the instruction depends on the propeller. The autoprop has the ability to reverse its blades. My boat also has an original plate but mine says to always put the gear in forward

Paul, First andforemost, congratulations on your new Amel. You are going to love it. Anything otherthan DHL or FedEx coming from the USA is most likely to get lost or can take upto 8 weeks to

The local Volvo dealer in Curacao is charging USD 94.00 for an air filter and USD 46.00 for a diesel filter for my DS3-111. Where do you guys stock parts like this and what are the prices that you see

Hi all, I'm running the Flojet 4405-343 pump. It's what I found installed from the former owner. It runs but it gets really hot (can barely touch 5 Sec) Does anyone else have experience with this

Hello group. We will be new SM owners in a couple weeks in the Windward Islands, and will be staying at Le Marin for a while in November, including election day. We are trying to figure out how we

Miles This is an interesting one. Our Santorin has an original plate on it saying not to put transmission in the gear in the direction of travel (in French of course). I believe this is to do with the

Derek, Forgot to ask where you’re based. Noticed the haggis bit and UK. I’m a Scottish exile living now in North Wales. Just brought our Santorin back from 4 years in the Caribbean. You will now

Derek Congratulations on your Santorin. A very fine boat. I don’t believe there was ever a Santorin manual. I had a downloaded version of the SM annual which I found invaluable.. you just ignore the

Thanks all of you, I was sailing with transmission in neutral position which caused slow spin of my propeller shaft. This could damage the clutches inside tranmission. Ahmet INUS - BUSCH

Heinz I believe there is only one rigger on the pacific side. A friend on a 55 would not give him a great review. John. john@... would be good to contact. I hope you guys are well!! Porter Ibis

Hallo all I hope everyone survived the hurricane well. my Quetzal is currently in Shelter Bay Marina in Panama on the dry one. Does anyone know a good Rigger in panama? I would like to have

Same here Miles, On NIKIMAT SM2K #289, equipped with the Auto Prop H6, there was a plate near the throttle installed by Amel saying while sailing, engine stop, push the throttle in forward

On my Sharki I have a sign which is fixed in the cockpit besides the gear lever, saying "under sail engine off never put lever forward" in 3 languages. Besides my boat is from 1986 I think this is an

Hallo all I hopeeveryone survived the hurricane well. my Quetzalis currently in Shelter Bay Marina in Panama on the dry one. Does anyoneknow a good Rigger in panama? I wouldlike to

“The boat should never be sailed with the transmission inFORWARD. If the shaft spins, (and this depends on the details of the fittedpropeller) it will damage the clutches inside the

Derek, I could be mistaken, but I don't think there was a manual for the Santorin. There was a sales brochure that Attilio on Sisila posted and you should be able to google. It has no technical

Hi bill, You know a lot of things and I have learned from you, but this time I will disagree. My boat came from Amel with the Autoprop and with specific instructions to always put the gear