Karen, I've got a two JB Weld patches on engine pipes that are now "manufacturer discontinued" . The patches are, I can't remember exactly, about 15 years old and seem to be as good as new. If your

Does anyone have an exhaust elbow for an Onan 6.5kW MDKD generator exhaust elbow? Onan considers it an "obsolete part" and the price they want for it is mind-numbing... This is for the older, smaller

Our dodger was, indeed, well bedded to the deck. I'm sure everyone's is - it's the "AMEL Way". What I did was to VERY carefully, using a fish filleting knife, insert it under the dodger to cut the

There shouldn't be a foam luff on the mail, as Danny says, it wouldn't fit inside the mast, there's barel;y enough room for the plain sail when it's wound into the mast. The shape issue with the main

Generally you don;t have a foam luff in a gennaker. These sails are designed to be used reaching and downwind in light conditions. The foam luff is only required in a headsail that you intend to

My incidences Genoa does not have a foam luff. It’s not a thing of beauty when furled but it’s good enough even for upwind work. You can’t point as well in increased seas anyways, even in a

Amel contacted me, they now can supply the full up down mechanism for the bow thruster including motor and wiring, with the 20cm jack screw installed. It is 1258 euros plus 20% VAT. Eamonn

Hi Thomas, if amel used thecsame system as the sm the wire on the forestay is slathered with grease before it is inserted into the foil. This is to lubricate the wire/foil conection as the sail is

Hi Thomas, I use this hooks for placing/locking the anchor „rope“ - to relieve the windlass. The first loop is on the big towing cleat, the other end (with a thimble + shackle) on the chain -

I had the forward unit give me fits with tripping the main breaker and it turned out (eventually) to be bad corrosion on the lower connection on the heater coil. Once I clipped and sealed the heater

Hi Barry, Yes, the genoa should have a foam luff. As i said before sailmakers seem to resist puttig them in but you cannot have good sail shape partially furled without. The same applies to any luff

Thank you Eric for the clarification… very interesting. Craig, can you please, if you remenber, tell us how difficult was the dodger removal/lift up and how did you proceed? Thank you to Atlan and

Hi all, Recently our genoa furler tube started to leak a bit of grease at the connection with the furler motor. Does anyone know how it should be topped up and with what type of grease? Any more

Hi all, On the Amel 54 there is a pair of of downward facing hooks on the bow roller: (Pic from Amel user guide, emphasis mine) Do you know what they are for? How do you use them? Best, Thomas GARULFO

The Climma utilizes an electric heating element, a number of other brands utilize a heat pump or reverse cycle system that requires the A/C raw water pump to run when in the heating mode. If you have

Hi Danny, I do have foam luffs in my main sail but can’t see any in the original supplied Genoa. Is it good to also have foam luffs in the Genoa? Best Barry and Penny “S/V Lady Penelope

Paul, I am having a genakker ( code zero) made by Incidence in La Rochelle at the moment - I will know shortly if it had foam luff. Peter Forbes Carango AMEL 54 #035 0044 (0)7836 209730

My tach on my Perkins showed similiar behavior and I traced it back to a corroded connector on the alternator that goes back to the tach. Check the sensor voltage on the back of the tach when the

I will be asking the question to the designers of the incidence sails installed on the Post 2011 Amel’s if any were installed with a foam luff or why foam luffs were not installed on the Genoa

It could be your 12 volt alternator....the tach gets its signal from the Alternator. Sounds like the alternator is NOT exciting. Probable cause is a faulty relay or loose wire to the relay. --