Hi James, You may want to consider a 3 position high capacity rotary switch. This is what we did when we added an inverter. Our inverter had an internal transfer switch which we did not use.

The black rubber thing you removed is the chafing shoulder where the short pole rides on the main mast rigging. My guess is that sometime during the life of your Amel and while sailing with this pole,

Hard to say without inspecting the pump. Often a lip seal makes a groove in the shaft after some times. Then it is time to change for a new shaft also. However when the surface of the shaft at the lip

Have to agree with Mark and the others. Having cruised for a while now, during sleep your sailing brain seems to segregate normal noises (waves, wind, shrimp, rain, thunder, etc) from noises you

A small crack emerged from under the black cover on the inner down wind pole. I drilled out the cover's retaining rivets and saw the full damage. Visiting the local welder to discuss options. Glad I

Mohammed, photos? ~~~⛵️~~~Matt

Learn to sleep with a pillow over your head and hope your wife still loves you

Hi Stephan, We too were concerned about this but as Bill and Mark rightly say it just goes away as an irritant after a short time on board. Peter Peter Forbes 0044 7836 209730 ppsforbes@... Carango

Hello Stefan; After the first season aboard Kokomo about 5 years ago, we started looking for a solution for the “banging” you refer to. After a few iterations of trying different solutions, we

Hi Stefan, In the past, wehave effectively used swimming noodles. Put a rope through about three of themand attach each end of the rope to the furthest aft cleats on the toe-rail(level with the

Andrew, You will not find 24 volts in your Euros. Later model Amels have 24 volts, beginning with the Super Maramu. --

Stefan, I know that this is hard to believe, but the number one cure is time. Over a period of months, this will become less of a distraction to you and you will become more accustomed to it. There

Thanks Eric. Your description reflects that the fuse and capacitor are each in series on the load, with the fuse and capacitor parallel to one another. I assume that wiring the fuse and capacitor

I notice it in harbour, not at anchor so much, but if I run the fan all night it helps drown it out. Nick Amelia AML 54-019

Hi Gents, WE have an SM, so we have the same problem perhaps worse. We use large clothes pegs and attach a blanket overboard across the transom .. its a bit of a faffff but it reduces the wave

Hmmm If it’s really bad we move up front. Tried a couple of other things, but nothing that really works. Ian Ocean Hobo SN96

I have another question for the group. Two years ago in Trinidad I replaced the bearings and seals on the raw water pump on my Volvo D3 as it was dripping sea water. Not ideal since the 12v

Hello to all, today a less technical issue. Do somebody got a (temporarily) solution against the banging (and often really annyoing) waves under the stern/ owners bed of the AMEL 53/ 54/ 55 - when on

Thanks James and everyone else. I am home in the UK for the winter. October was gorgeous in Greece. The sea was warm enough to swim and the air pleasantly warm in the day and almost chilly at night.

Nick, Ahh, so it has finally cooled off in Greece. But what a nice October we had this year eh? As you have already suspected I am sure that the difference in the flow of the oil is just the