After 15 years the main bonding in the lowest point in the black water box faille. Then your Amel bonding system is NOT operating and the Autoprop is attacked ! his colour change

Amelia AML 54-019 2006 has 10mm lowers and 8mm intermediaries. This is annoying as when I bought the boat in 2017, I had all new standing rigging made. Food for thought..... Nick

Hi Ken, everyone to their own. I didnt think once every 17 years too arduous to remove two screws in the stauncheon base. Regards Danny SM 299 Ocean Pearl

Removing the end-stop and the stanchion each time you need to replace the sliders or the springs is a bit much. I think that removing the un-needed part of the track was the right decision. Now, I

Thanks Bill, Dan, OK, Perigee has a copper bridging bar for each pair, running between the threaded studs of each battery in a pair. But point taken, there may be the need to use cables to bridge

Regarding the thread on using the copper connecting bars versus cables to connect battery pairs: I had only one copper bar, connecting one of the pairs along the front of the box (BeBe has 12

I do not think the copper bars will work on all of the pairs...I just do not remember. Maybe Dan Carlson (CC'd) can answer this. They might, but you need to be prepared with jumper wires. Best, Bill

Hi Bill, .> copper bars will not work Whoa – this is a trap for the unwary! Why is this? We have the copper bridging bars, for use with the threaded studs with nut. Naturally enough, if we add

Hi David & Leanne, I want to say Hi and to put in a comment about your batteries. Frist, I agree with Bill that you should replace the lot. Second, I suggest a different replacement. If you

Dave, That sounds like a really good plan. Best, Bill Rouse 720 Winnie St. Galveston, Texas 77550 832-380-4970 My Calendar Yacht School

Thanks Danny, Going to order a few of the Eurton brushes and plan to modify if or more accurately when they are needed. Appreciate the advice. Best, Dave Liesse SN 006

Mark, Yes, I thought so to. These DEKA batteries are nothing special...they are ordinary workhorses that should give you a minimum of 3 years. Be careful because they look like Freedom batteries. They

Hi David We had a similar battery problem some years ago in Tahiti on our way to Fiji. I disconnected one bank which reduced our capacity but we were able to manage ok with 4 on the boat and extra

Bill, That is adeal!!! We will probably take her up on that before we head out to the Pacific. On another note– I heard, meaning I do not know for a fact – Batteries are very inexpensive

Thanks Bill. Best regards, Dave. Liesse SN006

David, In Panama, you can contact Melani Beleño <compras.logistica@...> to have DEKA DC31DT lead acid batteries delivered to your boat at a dock In April 2018 Melani wrote one of my clients the

Thanks, Dean. As far as I know, that makes Stella #154 the earliest produced Amel 54 with 12mm lowers and 10mm Intermediates. This is a summary of what I know as of today. I am sure the hull numbers

Hi Mark, Thanks for that. Yes, it’s all in the mix at the moment. Lithium is not in the picture, mainly because of the need to change charging and management equipment & regimes. Also, as you

Bill, For your records I can confirm that A54-154 has the reinforced mast, and the up-sized rigging. best regards, Dean

Hi David, The biggest issue I have with specialty batteries is the fact you are getting ready to sail to areas of the world where a single replacement of a like battery would be a big issue. Should