Thanks Duane, I’ll do that and report what I find. Kent S/V Kristy SM 243

Duane, Based on a recent conversation, I think that you are going to be buying a new VHF. Almost all new VHFs come with a foghorn option that sounds through an external speaker. The easiest place to

Kent, I've been working on my windlass recently. The motor wires directly to the negative battery terminal. The switching happens on the positive side. If your guy was touching the lifeline and the

She’s back in the water. Kent Robertson S/V Kristy karkauai@... USA cell: 828-234-6819

Thanks Bill. I’ll do that tomorrow and let you know what I find. By “earth” do you mean battery negative or bonding? Or both?Voltage or Resistance or both? I assume he was touching the

Has anyone fitted a foghorn on the main mast? I don't see too many boats with one, but we were in fog for 8 hours earlier this year, and an automatic horn driven by the vhf would have been great. If

I assume KRISTY is still on the hard. Maybe you should measure the voltage between the rail and earth, and the windlass case and earth. Let me know...I have several ideas. And, the guy must have

Thanks Steve. I just ran new wires to the port nav light last year. I’ll look there first. Thinking out loud here: So that means there was a fault in the windlass energizing the case (? Dust from

Most welcome Paul, Well that is a long story in itself. In short no: while the insurance totally agreed I was at zero fault, they wanted me to accept 50% responsibility as it was “not worth” for

Hello Willem, Yes it is possible. Back then, I took pictures (which you saw at the bottom of the 1st link) and show them on the forum and people were unanimous (in my case) the spines were fine. In

Could I ask how peoples emergency tiller cap is attached to the boat? Mine cap has a stainless eyebolt protruding from its top but it’s not attached by this to anything. I presume it is supposed to

Hey Kent, Had a similar problem on Aloha a few years ago. It was a part of the nav light wire which had brittle insulation and exposed wire was making contact with inside of rail. It would give you a

Hello Amelians, I just heard from the yard where I am having work done on Kristy. One of the guys in the yard guy a shock while operating the windlass by the switch on the windlass and at the same

Courtney, Dean, Ok, this is resolved; the wires go the foot of the mast and are used for optional spreader lights. Thanks all for your contributions Thomas GARULFO A54-122 Curaçao

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Thank you, Bill Kinney, for that information. It is very helpful. i will give a follow up once I have completed the installation. Paul C. Maracuya,

Bill can I forward your email to another Amel owner who recently replaced his bow roller. He has an older SM. John

Good afternoon Alexandre, Thank you so much for your advice and explanation. I noticed that in your case the bearings in the foot were worn out. But is it also possible that the problem can be

Hi, In the USA you can only use the tricolor while sailing. It is not used while motoring or motor sailing. Fair Winds Eric Kimberlite Amel Super Maramu #376

Hi Thomas yes we have both switches and need both on for our propane to work. I do not know if it is because we have both Butane and Propane but that is how Trippin works. Cheers Courtney