All, It's confession time and a request for advice/tips. A week ago, for the first time ever I managed to jam the mainsail when furling it (somewhere around the first batten). It was impossible to

Alexander Hi, I had similar and it was from an additional GPS from GARMIN. Best regards Jarek Zemlo S/Y NOA BLUE SM #201

We stored the boat. For longer than intended BT down so as to allow access to change the zincs etc. covid... delays. Boat returns to water. BT working. Delivery skippers sail boat to delivery ship.

Porter, I replaced my Sidepower after the commutator cracked and it started eating brushes ($$$$$$). Note that the Sleipner that Amel installed in my A54 (#69) has been superceded by another model.

Hi Volker, have you factored in the instalation cost of the new engine. This can be as high as the shelf price of the engine. Danny SM 299 Ocean Pearl

Mark. Thank you. Interestingly. The US contingent got back to me. They suggested the part was a heat sensor and sent a photo. The photo they sent was similar to what I have, but suffered in that it

Besides the pollution compliance the main advantage of electronic common rail is that the engine runs better even if under loaded which is quite common with modern sailboats that are often «

Hello, I agree about the more robust system is mechanical injection found on old engines or still made for the non recreational market. Besides the pollution compliance the main advantage is that

I believe one answer could be that Amel is moving to off-the-shelf devices, rather than Amel-engineered devices for many things. The following is a list of such moves that I have noticed: Amel Bow

Very recently I had an opportunity to get familiar with our Sleipner bow thruster. No such part was in the unit. -- Mark Mueller Brass Ring A54

We have a D.3 110 also. Our previous boat had a Yanmar without Turbo our common rail. It was every bit as smooth and quiet as our D3. Never had a sensor issue. Clean fuel is all it needed. To me,

What I meant is that Selden has had for many years a Mainsail hydraulic furling and outhaul in the boom. And now they are selling a synchronised electric system for mainsail furling. I understood it

Hi Alexander, That looks like a proprietary (maybe Garmin?) receptacle for the main electrical supply for a chart plotter. If your chartplotter doesn’t plug into it, then it may be of no use. But

Hi Denis, Aha, so you are saying they are now using a hydraulic furling system for the main. Interesting as it seems the headsail furlers are still electric. I'm not sure if I like that added

Hi Matt, I'm not saying the mechanical injection is not preferable on a boat. But saying common rail was developed just to satisfy emission regulations is not true. It was obviously a added bonus that

Hello, Having purchased our SM last year and due to COVID-restrictions we are getting to know our boat better (and working on our extensive worklist) with every day we have the possibility to be on

Much of the expense is the labor involved, so the 50% component of the motor, isn’t so much. Also, you don’t rebuild everything. Some components will still be original. Are you going to rebuild

The Perkins M50 has run 4300 hours. It start still good on the first click, but creates some oil smoke and he oil consumption is at about 1 liter per 100 hours. A complete rebuilt would cost about 50%

He Matt Thank you. the hotel was a very helpful and very understandable answer! Thanks Elja SM Balu 222 Von meinem iPhone gesendet

Mechanical fuel injection is very reliable. It only needs clean fuel, and the lubricaring qualities of the fuel will keep the system happy for many years. Commonrail fuel injection was developed to