Hi Mark, You mistakenly addressed your reply to me - it was Richard M who made the comment about not liking radar. I rather like both AIS and Radar, but always turn off the AIS transmit when coastal

Hi Graig, I can see howyou see that but I was addressing it you. I was asking you not to take thereally bad advice from Richard M. Agreed onrunning dark and silent off Somalia J With

Ah Ha! Sorry have to do the "I was right dance"....just a little! ;) Graham, your question is exactly what the forum is for. Amel does things a little different and we have all had those banging

Hi Richard, I guess that's why the make chocolate and vanilla Cheers, Craig ---In amelyachtowners@..., <middleton@...> wrote : Hi Craig, I’ve kept my boat simple. No radar at all. My only

Thank you to everyone who answered this and for the wiring diagram.  I cannot believe how stupid I have been!  For some reason for which I can't account, I was convinced that the "AR" circuit

Can someone please remind me of the dimensions of the 3 shaft seals that go on the Wear Out Bearing? I am not on the boat, but want to order spares to take back with me. Bob Gallivant Amel 54 #31

Graham, I believe that it is not possible to answer your question because Amel made changes to all model boats during each model's production years, and because no person in this group actually knows

Yes, there was a breaker on the wall above the head installed by Amel in my 1989 Maramu, mine had an outlet installed with it on the same mounting plate if I remember correctly. The back of the

Rule 5 says : Every vessel shall at all times maintain a proper look out by sight and hearing ..... How can you do that if you're not at least in the cockpit, or better, at the helm ? Dangerous not to

Not just BAD advice in practice, but illegal as well. The ColRegs require you to use "all available means" to avoid collision. If you are on a boat and are involved in any kind of incident and the

Craig, Below is reallybad advice. Please don’t sail this way. It is irresponsible. On Cream Puffwe run radar at night (even in a full moon) and have a Class A AIS thatoverlays onto our

Jeff, Exactly. And, who better to make this point. You are the only member of the Amel Owners Group that is also a lifelong commercial fisherman owning more than one boat, and experienced a loss. I

Hi Craig, I’ve kept my boat simple. No radar at all. My only chartplotter is Navionics on my iPad. Navionics cannot display the AIS. Instead the AIS displays on Vespers own app. So it isn’t

Thank you Roque and Nick. Much appreciated. Sent from my iPhone X

C&G, I've got the B&G NAIS400 (2 years old) and it does, indeed, like the newer 500 model, have its own GPS, as you note the Vesper does. The GPS antenna is a "mushroom" dome which I've mounted on the

Nick is right! Mizzen Backstay: 7 mm and 15025mm Em dom, 9 de dez de 2018 às 05:34, Nick Newington ngtnewington@... [amelyachtowners] <amelyachtowners@...> escreveu:

Hi Dean, I just checked, the mizzen backstay is 7mm 1X19. Not sure on the length but about 15m. The expense is not an extra metre or two of wire but the fittings especially the two insulators. I just

Dean, you are referring to the mizzen backstay I assume? if so it is not 10mm, more like 7mm. I will check my records Nick

Hi According to Owner Manual: Diameter: 10mm lengh. Total. 19645 mm Rgds Roque Attika A54 # 117 Paraty Em sáb, 8 de dez de 2018 às 23:36, trifin@... [amelyachtowners] <amelyachtowners@...>