With a winch handle locked into the manual furling socket and a line around it to the base of the mast to prevent it from turning. Alan Elyse SM437

As suspected and expected - did Bills's step by step, literally in 5 mins crisis is over! Thanks you all. Now another thing, the gear seem to be weak / maybe finished (from before the episode), and

Many thanks to all for the feedback on this. I can now happily leave the scraping until we get back to Grenada. Cheers, Paul S/Y Ya Fohi - Amel 54 #98 - Grenada

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SM 316 with 8 100Ah battery ... JLM Le 30/10/2020 à 06:42, eric freedman a écrit :

Hi Jean Luc, What model Amel do you have? Fair Winds, Eric Sm 376 Kimberite

On CottonBay I messured in the past the bow thruster curent : https://amelyachtowners.groups.io/g/main/photo/84720/1?p=Created,,,20,2,0,0 Jean Luc CottonBay

Our SM#160 bow thruster draws about 485 Amps when it is running. The exact power calculation is complicated because the voltage is not steady at 24 volts, but drops quickly, and significantly, under

Agree - but this mainly apply to no normal furl / unfurl under normal circumstances. this must be the reason that in 10 years never had this issue before...

Thanks again Bill (and Matt) - your way seem to be the one as well as your observation re the problem description, the one thing I am very confident about, is that if your way doesn't work and you

The trick I have found is to make sure there is plenty of outhaul tension. It needs to be tightly rolled in and out, always keeping the outhaul as tight as possible. Keeping a really good eye on it

We furled too loosely and jammed once. We got ours loose the same way. Back and forth, tighten the furler, tighten the outhaul, loosen a bit, then repeat... a lot. ~~~⛵️~~~Matt

The bow thruster is If I recall correctly is 10 HP. 10 hp x 746 watts is 7460 watts without any loss .I would add at east 10% for that, 8200 watts/24=342 amps. That would be dismissing and loss in

Chris, We shouldn't get into a discussion of what is right or wrong, but rather work to help you. Maybe the math is French math or Texan math, but it will draw as much as around 500 amps.

It s forbidden to violat W=VxA, :-) so you have to make a deal with 7000 and/or 510. I guess 24 is right. Possible you can see W on the motor ? Philippe Belloir +33 781 709 791

Hi- maybe someone can help me understand... The Super Maramu 2k Manual shows that the bow thruster draws 7000W and 510A at 24V. Is this correct? If so, how does the math work out? W=VxA is violated

Thank You Bill, Ian and Courtney, Tried all already, except of releasing the gear and try manually - will give it a go tomorrow morning and will update.

You have a problem that probably includes the sail twisted backwards on the foil. The guy might be a good electrician, but keep him off the boat. Drop the motor and gearbox about 30mm by loosening

Start by furling as tightly as possible then streach the out haul loosen and repeat

Do as Bill says and use the winch handle, but on my previous boat (not AMEL) the furling main jammed a few times - usually when rolled too loosely. I found it helped to pull downwards hard on the