Thanks all for the advice. That helped me pushing back. I had to fight and nail with the yard, they wanted to drill another hole in the hull :-) -- John Bernard "JB" Duler San Francisco Meltem # 19,

Ian, I found two pdf documents you may find useful. In French, but you get the

We have removed our head stay and furler from SM72, and would like to replace the rivets with the stainless screws and backing plates that Amel now uses. Does anyone know if Amel still sells the kit

Hi JB, The decks are painted with Awlgrip. The tan color is Castle Tan (G6006), and the white is egg shell white (H8015). They mixed a fine grit with the tan for non skid. This was a very labor

Steve shared this with me. This gives you everything you need to know. Faux Teak Deck Rennovation ALOHA.pdf

I agree, magnificent decks!! Steve, do you mind sharing what paint you picked (either the brand or color #) for both the brown and the white? Thks JB

Super good looking job! Sent from Mail for Windows 10

We painted the decks on “Aloha” SM72 a little over 4 years ago. In our case, the cracks in the gel coat had allowed a few chunks of of the tan gel coat to chip off. We ended up grinding off all of

Has anyone in the group converted the Dodger windows to Glass? Ideally I would still like the functionality to open the port side. Thanks, Dan Feierabend SM #86

Hi Matti, We live in Seattle, and sail year round. Having the full enclosure is a huge improvement. I had the U shaped contraption connected to the deck mentioned and I removed it. I instead took

Hi Jérémy, welcome in this great owner group. And welcome in the world of Amel. Some owner of us have bought an older ship, that need first a refit. But it's a thankfully job and on the end (...is

Hi Matti, Your Nacho clearly is not familiar with Amels - by all means, fasten the bimini frame to the shrouds and do not clutter it with vertical members going to the deck. Look at the connection of

Hi Ian, That's super! Captain Tolley's (Amazing) Creeping Crack Cure, if you choose to use it, will be like "belts and suspenders" then. Certainly can't hurt. -- Craig - SN68 Sangaris, Tropic Isle

Hi all, I am the excited new owner the Amel Super Maramu #121. Olivier surveyed my boat in La Rochelle earlier this month. I'm the "young man" he refers to at the end of the Zoom meeting last week

We have a bar between the mizzen shrouds worked great for us, gives better headroom as well. Attache some photos, you also find photos on our enclosure if searching in the photo section on Kerpa Paul

Hi Craig, The cracks we have are tiny and really only visible in sunlight, with no creaking noise when you step around them, so I think we would be unlucky if there had been any penetration down to

Hi Alan, Amel Super Maramu 2000 owners manual on page 16 have this: 12 V circuit: One only battery feeds the starters of both main engine and power generator engine. It is situated towards the front

Others will comment I'm sure. If he has not worked on an Amel he would not know that the powers don't move. I'm sure Olivier would have commented had the stage not been as rock solid as they should

Dear Amelians, I have just acquired Borador, my first real sailing vessel.(I have had a Beneteau for 20 years but the feeling is quite, quite different) Following this very informative group I asked

Since all the gray water on Aquarius is piped into the bilge, and then pumped out. For the washing machine, I would say that it's a good thing. Good flow of soapy water to clean out the bilge water