Scott, This is really good info. Should I ever find myself in a similar situation I’ll be sure to follow your advice. Cheers, Paul S/Y Ya Fohi - Amel 54 #98 - Grenada

Scott, Glad to hearyou found your issues. Putting a watersensor on the tube is a GREAT idea! With bestregards, Mark Skipper Sailing Vessel- Cream Puff - SM2K -

Hi all, We just completed a 2900nm passage from Hawaii to French Polynesia with pretty rough upwind/up current conditions for the first 10 days or so. Just a bit longer than the Atlantic crossing but

I wanted to add to the information available for the bow thrusters for Amel 54’s. Mine wasn’t going up or down, and when it was down, it wasn’t going to starboard. If you are having difficulty

Dan, According to Alban in Martinique, when new packing is installed, you will likely have to tighten in 30-60 days. Bill

That is what I received from Amel last month as well. I cut to length with diagonal cuts. Installed each piece offset about 120 degrees. Carefully pounding each piece down around the shaft. Based on

Eric, I spoke to Amel. Yes, it has always come precut, but with some people recently retiring, some bits of previous and undocumented experience was lost. The new people did not have the correct

Hi Paul, Here is how I did it: For the shaft packing I used 70cm of PTFE Flax shaft packing 5/16” which have to cut into three pieces. Cut the corners at an angle for a better sealing. I

My belief, from many years in both aerospace and industrial electrical engineering, is that one should only put one terminal under a fastener (screw or bolt or nut). When there are more than one, it

Did you speak with Amel and ask why the packing did not come in precut? For the last 18 years mine was always precut. Fair Winds, Eric SM 376 Kimberite

Hello Paul, It’s an easy task; arm yourself with a very sharp knife. Remove all the old packing. (I use a dental pick) Wrap the new material around the rudder shaft and cut diagonally at about 1 mm

The exact metric size packing that Amel ships can be the very devil to source in the US, but the closest inch size works fine. If I recall Amel supplies 8mm packing, and 5/16 inch packing is within 1%

You can buy stuffing box packing from any decent chandler, it's not Amel specific. We did ours 7 years ago and it hasn't leaked since. Agree with Danny, used the shaft as a template, cut diagonally

C=pi*diameter Measure the diameter Length of packing= (3.14159265359* diameter) Let me know the answer. 😃 Best, CW Bill Rouse Amel Owners Yacht School +1 832-380-4970 | brouse@... 720 Winnie,

Eric, Bill, Danny, and Jarek, Thank you for your replies. I guess I’m going to have to cut the rings myself. If anyone has any additional advice, I would greatly appreciate it. All the best, Paul

Hi, I purchased for my SM also 1 x 70cm from SAV AMEL. This is perfectly normal as the stuffing material is supplied in 1 single length that will have to be re-cut into 3 pieces. Regards Jarek

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Hi Karen, I wrap the length around the rudder shaft and cut it on the diagonal. An alternative is to find a tube the same diameter and use that for your cutting template. I would not use a straight

One long piece spiraled around the shaft will most certainly NOT work. If Amel is not cutting it to length for you, it kind of defeats the purpose of buying from them! It needs to be accurately cut

I always received 3 individual pieces cut at a diagonal to the correct length. Fair Winds. Eric SM 376 Kimberlite