I agree...Joel Potter can be reached at Joel Potter <jfpottercys"at"att.net> He owned 2 SMs and 1 54..He specializes in selling Amels. Bill

Your best bet would be to reach out to Joel Potter

I have searched the group but can not find anything that lists what are the main differences between the early SM and the SM 2000 - could somebody please point me to the post if they know it or list

Ryan, As I said, it was from someone else and I have zero experience winterizing...as I tell everyone, I am allergic to cold. Bill

Miles, Where/how do you connect your hand pump to the flow meter and other tubes? Bill, I appreciate the additional instructions, but as with so many winterization instructions for this unit, they

Recently a trusted owner wrote the following: Winterizing: Recommend using -50F degrees non-toxic water system antifreeze. (2 gallons for a D160) With the pressure regulator fully counter-clockwise,

Ryan, I have a small hand pump. I connect the plastic tube to the flow meter and pump it full of pink stuff, and continue pumping until I think the surrounding tubes are full. I also use this on

You have to manually disconnect the small plastic fittings at the flow meter and drain it, as well as the return hose at the panel. There will be water in both the hose and the sight glass if you do

Arnold, Our setup looks identical to yours, and the width between the plates is exactly 4 inches (103 mm), BUT.... it does narrow down where the forestay chainplate is located to 3.375 inches (87

Ryan, The gauges on my 160 lph watermaker are oil filled. Fair Winds, Eric SM376 Kimberlite

Hi Arnold, Thanks for the info. We followed basically those instructions already. Blowing into the blue hose (I assume this is the one marked with blue tape, which is the product water output) did

So here’s a couple of things that we learned about the alternator systems on the Volvo. Our original problem was that the 24 V alternator was not charging until fairly high rpm above 1800.

Hi Amelians, is someone able to give me the measurement of the anchor guide? I have attached the picture. Thank you so much for help, I am now far away and search a solution to build in a SS plate

Hi Amelians, is someone able to give me the measurement of the anchor guide? I have attached the picture. Thank you so much for help, I am now far away and search a solution to build in a SS plate

Hi, DESALATOR SAYS: FREEZING CONDITIONS: If the boat stays in a very cold region, please take a bucket containing 8 litres of warm fresh water mixed with one glycerine litre (you will find it in a

I have to agree completely. On so many issues. The after sales support from Amel is mind bogglingly good. Thierry rocks. He’s bailed us out of so many situations, expeditiously and courteously.

Hello all. I will be installing a Navpod at the helm in the next week and aside from clearance on my traveler (far left of photo) and trying to preserve visibility to 3 or 4 of my raymarine

Hi all, We have the 60L/hr, 24V-only Dessalator. Following the great instructions from past threads on this subject, we've successfully winterized the raw water side with pink antifreeze. But none

Mike, I am not sure if the following applies to the Volvo 12v alternator, but it applies to the Yanmar 12v alternator: There is an unused tachometer output wire on all SM Yanmar 12v alternators. See

Lost output from 12 V alternator. Doing initial trouble shooting trying to understand the function of the short yellow wire which arises from near the voltage regulator and is not connected to