I own a 1984 Marmau pre in mast roller furling and pre genoa electric roller furling with all halyards exposed for inspection.  This yacht has gone around the planet twice the latest being documented

Hi Kent, The Jockey Poles most definitely should not be parallel to the water. If you look closely at the stubby cylindrical socket with the retaining pin that's welded onto the mast and into which

I encountered a similar problem with my Raymarine/ Autohelm autopilot. I believe I had the first model 400 course compute installed in Kimberlite. Prior to they installed the model 300 course

Hi Kent: We have always called this support the "boomerang". I have never paid much attention to this angle before but I have a photo that I will post that is taken from dead ahead of my boat and I

Kent, Regarding the shroud support ring that the short pole goes through in the rigging, the center of this ring is about 77" from the top of the rail. The rigging has not been removed on

Where is the movement on the rudder shaft? Does the shaft move inside of the fiberglass rudder? All the best, Joel F. Potter Joel F. Potter - Cruising Yacht Specialist, LLC Amel's Sole Associate

For deep downwind we often drop the main and just let the twins do their thing. We carry a roll of self adhesive insignia cloth so we can create sacrificial patches in the event we notice chafe in any

Hi, again, Amel brothers and sisters. New ? about the downwind rig. After replacing my standing rigging I replaced the supports on the shrouds that support the jockey poles. When they seem to fit

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Autohelm has or had agents in Oz and NZ. I had a problem with mine getting messages on the control head saying something like No Power so far as I can remember. The problem was the build up of carbon

Hi Bill We had problems with our 1992 unit 4 years ago and decided to send the control box to the manufacturer in england for service. It came back with an all clear and a note saying, that even

Thanks Joel (and everyone else who gave great advise and comments).   I've heard that it's hard to beat Yanmar for service in even the most out of the way places.   I'm still considering all the

Hi Bill, From reading what they wrote it sounds as if only the corepack and 'maybe' the control head was replaced - however the old linear actuator works with the new X30 core - at least that is how

Jim- My wife and I purchased SM2K hull number 422 this Spring from Joel Potter. He's Amel's sole sanctioned representative in the America's, so we felt like the fact that he's tied to Chantiers Amel

Maurice & Heather, Your problem sounds to me like you have a failing clutch in the drive unit. When these Raymarine clutches begin to fail they will let go after working file for hours. As the

WOW 654 BHP what sort of fuel consumption will you get and i guess hull speed just went out the window fitting it could be a problem though :-( regards David [Non-text portions of this message have

I talked with TADiesels and was told that parts are becoming an issue.   They said they have a Cummins engine that they sell and recommend for this application.   Has anyone used a Cummins 4B3.3-M

We had a similar problem with a different brand (Australian made) autopilot. At first I attributed the problem solely to the autopilot or perhaps the gyrocompass. We eventually discovered that the

Hi Maurice & Heather. Do you have a remote control? If so, disconnect it completely from the unit itself. Worked for me, a few years ago, although it was a BG autopilot. If not, you could take

We have started having a problem with the original Autohelm ST7000 autopilot fitted to our 1991 Santorin. When sailing along it will just stop working without any warning until such time as it veers