My propeller was vibrating rather strongly when motor sailing in non-flat waters. Such vibration was only felt during certain parts of the up and down motion with the waves. In Martinique, the boat

Hi Scott, I made a quick sketch with all information required. Regards, Arno

Hello, To all Amel 54 owners: I am going to change the 2 Bamar electric furlers . They are from 2006 but still working well. If someone is interested for spare parts or to fix a broken furler,

Hello! I know some of yo use a speedi sleeve on the bow-thruster shaft. I'm planing the same but I'm a novice so need some help, what dimension did you use? any specific things I need to

Hi Ian, that sounds exactly what mine was doing. As I said in my last the fault was a corroded electrical connection near the motor. I had a similar problem years ago and all the experts were going

Thanks a lot Arno! My version of the parts doc “(981-0280 (issue 4)” lacks that info. Cheers! Thomas

Hi Danny. No I do not expect it to stay exactly on the rhumb lines for obvious reasons. The issue is that at the moment you press Engage Pilot it does a hard turn to port and drives you that way for

It is actually in the Onan document (Parts Manual) on page 87, here is a screenprint of the diagram and associated numbers. Regards, Arno Luijten SV Luna, A54-121

All autopilots work by utilizing a deviation from the current course over ground to the set course so it’s not surprising that it always does a (should be slight) turn to port as they need that

Hi Ian, I am puzzled. Do you expect the auto helm to keep you precisely on the rhumb line at all times or deliver you accurately to the way point. I would have thought the slight deviation which

I ask local shop to make a tool and after 5 minutes steering wheel was off. Easy an fast. It took much more time to have tool made b6 local shop. Cost was 10€. Diameter of inner wheel is 90mm and

I had that same problem with my autopilot course computer. Lee at Raymarine had me Do a compass deviation correction while he was on the phone. I did it over and over again , and he kept saying that

When I choose “Navigate” to a waypoint, the pilot steers the boat until it gets a 0.05 nm to 0.10 nm XTE to port every time. Then it course corrects by heading to starboard until it gets back on

Hi Scott, Thanks for the compliment. It depends on your particular situation if a reinforcement would make sense. The main point would be if you have a connection in the foil at a low point, say in

Great work, Arno. Thomas (Garulfo) inspected my foil a few months ago and said it looked fine, but do you suggest A54 owners with the 35mm foil do this as a preventative measure? Do you have the

I suspect my squealing or squeaky hatch is actually the counter weight system for the hatch. Has everyone serviced that on a 55 or similar boat yet? The hatch squeals a lot when raising and lowering

Hi Bill, Thanks for your additional remarks. In my case they kept the wider slot to insert the sail on the original foil and replaced only the part just below. I'm aware that Amel has this repair set

Hi Paolo, We have been using this setup for 18 years without any problem I like it a lot as it is in cleaner air and is very strong. My gennaker is 1 1/2 oz material and we can fly it in 25 knots

Hi all, The oil pan drain pipe on our Onan MDKBN spec D generator has developed a tiny leak between the oil pan and the elbow fitting. Looking at the parts catalog, I can only see a plug for that

Arno. Great solutions thank you. As with many things it’s not if but when, so when our foil goes I’ll be looking back to your photos. But also wanted to report: no foil issues yet: and no battens.