Hi Eric. Is that a typo or is it a saying Im not familiar with. Regards Danny

Hey Alan, Good for you! Other than a long beard, the batteries are ok, the water tank should have water. We are doing a maintenance cycle and will be on G17 tomorrow AM. JP

With all due respect, Amel didn't "design" the gear train, they only specified it. Both the Leroy Somer and Bongifoli(?) units are standard production industrial motor gearbox units used in factories

Can’t Hoit !!

Hi All, Some years ago we were en route from SW Ireland to the Azores. Conditions were not great, with a fairly big sea running and very misty. We were about 600 miles from our destination and

Hi Eric, that impact would have sunk a lesser boat. I have no idea if it is sensible but I run my forward looking sonar at sea, not expecting to see a whale ahead but that the sonar may warn a whale

Wonderful. Best, CW Bill Rouse Amel Owners Yacht School +1 832-380-4970 | brouse@... 720 Winnie, Galveston Island, Texas 77550 www.AmelOwnersYachtSchool.com Yacht School Calendar:

While Sailing West of Africa towards the Caribbean we were surfing down the waves in the Trade Winds using our gennaker one day we averaged 10 knots. At first, I did not see it, But I hit a whale in

When I pulled the outhaul motor and gearbox off of Talia back in Feb (before I pitched myself from the mizzen mast), the shaft was sheared before the first shaft step behind the keyway. You can see

I suspect (but can not prove!) the reason of the change (we have the long poles) was simply to allow the securing the forward end of the pole to the pin on the stanchion without reworking the whole

Hella and Herman Welcome and enjoy Kolibri! Roque Attika A54 117 Paraty- Brazil Em qui., 13 de mai. de 2021 às 11:48, Courtney Gorman via groups.io <Itsfun1@...> escreveu:

Congratulations enjoy the adventure 👍🏻😁

I think "stress corrosion cracking" is a red herring here. While carbon steel certainly can corrode rapidly in salt water, the chemistry just is not the same as with stainless alloys that stress

Welcome to a wonderful group of Amel owners and congratulations! Mark and Jennifer Garver S/V It’s Good SM #105

Hello all, after looking at Super Maramu’s for years we have signed the contract on our Amel Super Maramu ‘Kolibri’. The great help and advise from Bill Rouse has been (and still is) of great

Most electric motors use mild steel shafts (I doubt the electric motors on the AMEL have nickel or nickel-vanadium shafts due to cost). The shafts are designed for an infinite life in a controlled

Hi Mike, mine sheared when I was unfurling the sail. Still confused about how this was possible. I replaced the gearbox and motor with the Bongifoly. See if it works for as long. Amel used these

Good morning, We have a 9 foot Caribe dinghy with fiberglass single bottom. Stored on top of the aft cabin while underway and towed in calm waters. While at the marina it sits also on top of the aft

Hi Eric, we use a 3D Tender 270 Hypalon Ultra Light (39kg). It fits perfect on the aft cabin top fully inflated, and we are very happy with the decision. During passages the dinghi on the aft cabine

Ian do you have the 15 or 17 inch tubes and do you mean the 290...i think they only made a 260 and a 290?