Scott, I also had an uncomfortable spot right in the middle of the seat @ the nav station; it almost looked something was trying to poke thru the leather. Last year December, when AMELIT went on

Hi Mark, I didn't coat them with anything. As to longevity, I only have two or three years up so far but I have no reason to expect them to fail prematurely. Regards Danny SM 299 Ocean Pearl

Hi Mike, Thanks. Good idea. But, I already have the plugs. With best regards, Mark Skipper Sailing Vessel - Cream Puff - SM2K - #275 Currently cruising - Tahiti, French

Thanks Danny. I have a dremel tool bit I think will work well toclean the holes. Just to clarify, you didn’t coat the plugs with anything? Andthey have lasted well? I do believethere is more

Thanks Eric. Yes my plugs do fit. I like the caulk idea but I already have the plugs and Ithink using them might be less labor intensive. With best regards, Mark Skipper Sailing

Hi Scott, If you pull the cover from the bottom seat section you will see that the plastic frame is all broken. I tried filling the inside of the plastic seat base with dense foam from a can after

Not sure how all of you keep your engine room smelling fresh! We have a bucket for pre-washing dishes which we physically walk outside to dump overboard and it still smells a bit in the engine room

Hi all, Has anyone repaired or replaced their A54 nav station seat? The back support portion on ours now reclines back 120degrees relative to the seat portion. The culprit is that the back/seat are

Thank you Bill, we will be interested let us know when the replacement will be available! Ciao Licia e Pietro Bolero SM#364 Inviato da iPad

Hi Mark, I replaced mine with the plugs from Amel. Very happy with the result. I cleaned out the holes and tapped the new plugs in with a rubber hammer. Takes a while digging the old and crumbling

Hi Mark, Amel sent me plugs years ago. They looked like the original ones that came with my new boat, but they did not fit. Do your plugs fit the hole? Olivier suggested something like life caulk

Kent, As it stands now, the manifold is planned to be produced in the SM 2000 configuration. I am also planning that it be shipped with 2 plugs. The next step is a trial installation. An A-54 owner

I'm interested. I have three outputs on the manifold, Yanmar, Onan, and AC. The heads each have separate through hulls. Kent SM 243 , Kristy -- Kent & Iris KRISTY SM243

Dear Martin and Anke, thank you for telling me your story since we last said goodbye in the Beagle waters. We still stay until 2011 and after 16 years, with big sadness, we returned to Buenos

Hi Mark. As an alternative to consider, here’s a different approach. After thoroughly cleaning out the old material I filled the hole with white silicone. It tends to shrink while curing so I left a

Hi Pat, Great, I'm going to give it a try. It's going to have to wait, though, we've decided to cancel our sailing plans until the Covid rules stabilize... the BVI approach finally did it for me.

Hi Bill and all Ameliens, Thanks so much for this very special support and initiative, to improve and maintain our beloved boats. Thanks for offer, Yes please, i´m interested too. Merry Christmas to

I am getting ready to tackle a project I have been puttingoff for a while. I need to replace the screw cover plugs in the genoa track. Iwould like to get this right the first time and not have to redo

Kent, I did , I used 4" flex duct used to vent dryers. It provide a fair amount of warm air to the helm. Say Hi ! to Iris . Happy Holidays, Pat SM Shenanigans

Arno, That will be my next project. For some unknown reason, my experience is that the 54 primary manifold, even though technically the same as the SM, seems to fail before the SM. I think it has