Hello Mark, I got your private e-mail too. The grease originally put in the manual furler (mainsail or mizzen) is silicone grease, rather sticky and water resistant. The furler is rather resistant to

It could also be your heading sensor. Heading is also part of the calculation. --

Don't leave home without it😀 From my book: -- CW Bill

Wolfgang, Is your boat speed working and the boat moving when you are checking this? Speed is a required field in the calculation performed by the Hydra. Normally when an Amel has issues with TWS or

Hi Pat, sorry for the late notice but Laura & I would like to join in if possible Regards Alan &Laura Grayson SM 406 “Ora Pai” Get Outlook for iOS

Hi to the group, My B&G HYDRA 3000 does not display True wind direction =shows 000.If I look through the setup headingsource is 016 - which I think is wrong. Before I try to test I ask the group. B&G

Hi All Grateful for your thoughts: 1. My 2008 A54 #102 has the Furuno GPS Navigator GP-150. It’s recently started sounding an intermittent No GPS alarm and, more frequently, a DOP Error alarm. It

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Bill, I think some of the confusion has actually come from Amel. Alan Grayson of Ora Pai (SM #406) recently rebuilt his Main Furler Assembly with parts from Amel. They sent him a parts list that

Hi Bill, On our vessels we have several locations where there are lip seals in the horizontal position in exposed areas like what Mark found and the furling gearboxes. If the seal is slightly below

I regret that we can't make it. We will be in Europe. Have a great time! Vladimir and Marina S/V Life is Good SM 345

I was able to reserve a table for ten at Mangia's Italian Grill ,81 Main St. across from the show , for 6:30 pm on Friday ,Oct. 11 . Those attending are: Matt & Cindy ,Speed of Light A50 Scott & ?

Hi Eric, FWIW, on my Santorin in 2008 I paid €4706 plus €145 for shipping to Italy. ACMO said they did not have to collect tax if I used a US credit card. Craig

On my Amel 54 the seal is exactly the same as the one behind the prop at the C-drive - of these Imalways have spares and when I needed it a week ago, lucky me found out... fair winds Robin Carré

Hi Pat You’re absolutely right. It’s not a good Idea. I tried have done it also with flex bungee cables. In some place it works well. Not much shock on the cables. Sometimes I had it too loose

Hi Nick, I’m not implying you mast is dancing on the deck in rough seas but as you rightfully say there is flexibility in the stays, the hull itself and what have you not. As both the deck under

Mark, There has been some information out here that the seal is VA45mmX60mmX7mm Seal OR 45mmX58mmX7mm. The middle dimension is the shaft size. I know for a fact that Amel 54 #69 had a 58mm shaft. One

Hello Jose I am going to remove the raw water pump and replace the impeller that way, it may take longer but I expect it to be easier. I’ll let you know if it does work out easier Regards Paul -

Paul hello You are correct; it is almost impossible take out the impeller without remove the oil filter first. I change the impeller and after take out the oil filter is ± easy change the impeller

Just a friendly reminder to my fellow Amel owners to do a regular check on the shaft seal that sits over the main furler cylinder. It's the one circled in RED in the picture below: I would advise