Great information. Thanks a lot John and Anne I will check the capacitors and fuses and buy some spares to keep. My own experience paying people to work on my previous Beneteau 361 told me that

I agree with Anne and John, SM319 message : DO NOT FORGET that you must us the thermal protection fuse it is very important (a bi-metatl can failed). Normaly the old is ok (new cost

Electric fan heaters have, or should have, a thermal cutout/fuse to disconnect the power if the element is over heating. This is in addition to the thermostat. I have a free standing fan heater

Hello everyone, Yahoo has and continues to roll out a lot of enhancements that'll give us even more flexibility and capability. Already you may have noticed that that Photo section storage increased

Gary and Mary Silver, I concure with your summary and wish to add the windscoop I am installing at anchrages and only need little rigging.    

I forgot to give you the value of the temperature regulation of the bi-metal, I have calculate it but results are on my boat .. and I go on it only in December, sorrry... Other important point : if

Hi! I am purchasing a 1970 Euros. It needs a lot of work. The result should be well worth it, however. If there is anything you can tell me about the Euros, anything to look for, your experience

Hi, when trying to change the head stay or the bolt you need to do the following; 1- back off on the back stays at the Mizzen 2- back off on the back stay for the main mast that is in the cockpit 3-

Ian, I used a small steel pin to drive if it will not come out easy. Remove the counter (2 small screws) and the wires keeping a note of the colored connections. Now with a 2 pair of channel locks

Hello, I am trying to replace the forestay 3/4" SS bolt with a new one and can not get the forestay loose enough to remove the old bolt. I have unwound the lower toggle about 2 inches and applied a

Hello: I have an Amel Super Maramu 2000 (hull # 335) and have been cruising it for the last 7 years in the Caribbean with one season along the mid-north coast of the USA as far north as Baltimore

What kind (make, model, # of burners) of propane stove did Amel install as standard equipment in the 1970's?

Merci beaucoup monsieru Mertz. 1) I agree that the thermostat is probably not the culprate and am planning to check the heating element and the cables leading to it. 2) Good point about the

1 If the main break had tripped it is NOT a problem with the thermostat, look before changing it the heating resistance or if you have an insulation pb. 2 It had the same problem on the 3

I've always been somewhat annoyed by yards leaving the area under the lifting straps unwashed and then, on launching, putting the straps on my fresh bottom paint (yes, sometimes they use plastic to

<edmundsteele@...> wrote: was little chance of damage when it happened to me on route between Galapagos and Marquesas. Had the seal replaced several thousand miles later in Raiatea and no visible

Ian, I tried to drive the sensor out with a ball point pen plastic body as a "drift" and a large rubber mallet. I beat the shit out of the thing and it wouldn't budge. In the course of beating on it

David's point of using aluminum rivets to avoid corrosion with the aluminum extrusion is certainly sensible. Another factor arguing for aluminum is that Amel may well have engineered the assembly so

Ian, before you replace the counter check the distance between the chain and the tip of the sensor. it should be about 1/2" 12 mm. Set the new one the same. to get out the old one; take off the

Ed. You will also find that if you have the boat in the Carib or anyplace that grows a lot of hard marine things like coral those growths will eat the seals. We have been told that if we put lanolin