Arno, I apologize, I omitted giving you credit for the 54 wiring photo. Thanks! Best, Bill Rouse 720 Winnie St. Galveston, Texas 77550 832-380-4970 My Calendar Yacht School

Hi Davi, always good to,love the boat you have. Regards Danny SM 299 Ocean Pearl

Hi Dean, Are you sure the schema in the handbook is correct? Mine is not. The batteries are shown in two different pages, both of them are incorrect. One is the one that shows both the 12 v and the

I bought a Beta marine 60 six years ago and it has been the best purchase I have made for the boat. It has been totally reliable and easy to work on. Two options I had were I had the remote oil filter

I think the 55 is a great Amel. Of course, I feel the SM and 54 are great Amels. Neither of these 3 Amels are for everyone. And compared side-by-side there are significant differences as there are in

Another important point to note is that Solar regulators should preferably be connected to the ‘panel side’ of the battery isolator switches. (For the same reasons). However, this means that

Hi, I’ve owned a 55 for 3 years now. I disagree with just about everything that Davi says about the 55. I wont put up a post trashing the Sm. Let me say just one thing. The 55 is a terrific

Thanks for promulgating that warning Bill, a timely reminder to all. What you describe is exactly how my 54 #154 is configured. It is also documented as such in the circuit schematics in the

All, I have always recommended, if an Electrical Emergency happens aboard your Amel, the Main Battery Switches should be immediately turned OFF (opened). I have also urged owners to discuss this

I am not sure, and I believe you believe the same. With thousands of miles ahead of you and 3+ year old battery bank, I would consider changing the entire house bank, especially since getting 3-4

Hi Bill, About the running backstay, that is exactly my setup. When not in use the stay is routed via a snapshackle with a short piece of string attached to the scepter next to the cap-shroud stay.

It seems there are different belt configurations out there. A mechanic in St. Martin assumed that the three aggregats combined put to much stress on the belt. I also heard that AMEL originally had

Greetings all, Whilst trouble-shooting an unserviceable ONAN (failure to crank), I checked out the health of the 105Ah 800CCA AGM start battery (good), and house-bank (12x105Ah AGMs). Start and

Davi, Really sorry to hear about your engine woes and the disruption to your Med. cruising. Has your mechanic verified that the compression is up to spec. on all cylinders after the rebuild? I

Theo, do you know which model your D3 110 is? Is it model "H" or different? Best, Bill Rouse 720 Winnie St. Galveston, Texas 77550 832-380-4970 My Calendar Yacht School

Hi Davi, I just purchased a Beta 85 which should be delivered next week. I'm installing the CS version of the control panel today, and it looks like it will fit perfectly. I'm happy to share

On my Amel 50 with the Volvo D3-110 engine, the second alternator (Mastervolt 24V 110A, part number 48224110) is on a separate belt as the seawater pump. This is the way the engine came in a

Keen observation on most of the issues noted by Davi. I moved from a SM2000 to a 55 four years ago. While it took me sometime to get used to the change and I missed the SM2000, (who doesn’t

You win the "Head Lottery!" Best, Bill Rouse 720 Winnie St. Galveston, Texas 77550 832-380-4970 My Calendar Yacht School

Turns out I have a bad motor, a bad switch, and a bad connection between wire from switch to wire from motor. No wonder it doesn’t work! ;-)> Kent Robertson S/V Kristy karkauai@... USA cell: