Rick, Sailrite told me there is shortage of headliners but they have similar products. If the headliner is not sagging, that PVC takes paint quite well and it does not crack. -- John Bernard "JB"

Hey folks anyone know a source for the vinyl beige headliner material AMEL used to use? Maud says AMEL no longer carries it. Thanks!! Rick Stanley S/V Althea Rock Hall, MD

Thanks for the information. Ron Hynes 954.319.0944

The specs for the struts are: A1A1N40-250-608/400N316L Stainless Steel Meaning astroke of 250 mm with 608 mm overall 400 NMresistance The stroke is 8mm The Diameter ofthe cylinder is 19

Not an Amel story but I had a close call many years ago. My wife and I were running a charter yacht in the West indies. We had just had a full day to windward sailing from St Barts. I can not

It is recommended to leave the circuit breaker off until you are about to drop anchor. A friend was delivering a 60/70' motor yacht from San Francisco to Seattle, as you may know beating against the

Bill, please mention that the internal diameter of the seal is still the same - 45mm. It was just the issue of the external diameter 60->58.

I always open the circuit breaker when sailing i.o. to avoid unwanted windlass movement. Imagine it dropps the hook when sailing with 8 knots in waters not deeper then the chains length or even in

Let me add a note that will happen to any SM, 54, 55, or 50 owners, sooner or later. The windlass Control box is a black plastic box that has 2 solenoids inside the box, 1 for UP, and 1 for DOWN. The

Thanks very much everyone. Based on Thomas’ suggestion, I‘ve now programmed an event for my 60A charger which switches it to float at 80% state of charge. The voltage of the batteries at 80%

Wow, quite a reaction. Yes, indeed, the anchor winches on my 55 are made by Quick. They are excellent winches in my experience, having hauled various mooring anchors, rocks and other stuff in many

I may very well have misinterpreted this message string, so pardon my comments if wrong, but: Quick is the maker of the chain counter and helm anchor control device, the hoisting hardware is Lewmar.

To many gadgets, no simplicity!

An Amel 55 with Quick wind lass unbelievable. Check again it should be Lewmar -- Best Regards Dimitris Krasopoulos dkrasopoulos@... Dubai Mob: +971 564602575 Greek Mob:+306944302318

Good lesson for the rest of us. Thanks much! Disclaimer The information contained in this communication from the sender is confidential. It is intended solely for use by the

A cautionary tale. Yesterday, one of my two Quick anchor winches came on without my pressing a button! I was sailing and the port winch started pulling the port anchor in - i.e. the motor was

Thank you Scott, Very informative and of big use to us that are thinking about converting to Lithium. Enjoy the Pacific! -- Carina SV Ultimo Amel 54 No 165

I connected directly to the 24 volt system. I left the existing kitchen lighting in place and connected the new LED lights to that source using the existing circuit breaker for protection. I was

Thanks Paul and Joel. I will try the halyard first, then Paul's suggestions if not joy. We are fine, Joel. I did take a nasty spill on a bicycle in the Cape Cod Dunes a week ago. Broken nose,

Mark, Did you plug the lite string into an A/C outlet using the transformer /plug provided, or did you wire it directly to the 24v system? Thanks, Pat