Paul, Depending on the amount of use, that element will last 5-10 years before you have to do it again. It is fairly easy to do. On a Super Maramu you can do it with the water heater in place and

Thanks for all the replies. I think this go around I’m going to just do the element and gasket. We shall see if that was the correct decision down the road (or channel). Paul Stascavage SM #466 -

in the rear of the boat, both reeling on my AMEL54lost a couple of screws, or even worse - broke - and half of it still is in the hole.As a result I get water into the upper compartments of the owner

Dear Amel Collective, Firstly I have been lurking ion the background soaking up as much information as I can from the group as it is my intention to buy a Sharki or Maramu within the next couple of

HelloPaul; Our water heaterstarted popping breakers a few month ago. Instead of justchanging the element, we decided to change the entire water heater. Wefigured there is electrical wiring, the

My Isotemp heater draws around 3.5 amps AC when you turn it on, which after doing the math seems like a 750 watt element Steve Aloha SM 72 St Maarten

Paul, I last changed it with a 750, but do not know if that was the original size. Be sure you also get a new gasket. I don't think it normally comes with a gasket. CW Bill Rouse Admiral, Texas

Hello All, I am away from the boat and need to order a new heating element kit for our Isotemp Hot Water Heater. There are three options available from this

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Ron, There is another tool that I made for cleaning lines. Have a rigger make it for you. Use 1 meter of 6mm rigging wire. Have one end blunted and welded so that it will not unravel. At the other end

Bill, thank you very much for all your help but the early Amels were early in the evolutionary path. Hull #29 has a 90 degree elbow on the bottom of the sea chest that attaches to a 75mm hose that is

Hi Bob, I have sent you an email please confirm. regards steve

Excellent and very helpful advice everyone. Very much appreciated. This week a prop switch-out back to the original and a retest. Servicing of the auto-prop for sure. We will see what happens! Thank

Eric I'll email you some photos when I get caught up on other stuff in a few days. Many thanks. James

Bill I couldn’t speak publicly about the abuse she suffered. Some that have been on the boat before andsince you were, had trouble believing she was the same boat. My standard is that everything

Good day to all. I have a Bamar boom brake or preventer that unfortunately was taken apart and cannot figure out how to thread the line though the three pulleys inside, so I cannot make it work. I

Sorry for the misspellings it is late over here. I have posted some more photos with the above title. Note the one photo of the black wire that is daisy chained to all the negative stuff on the

I have posted some more photos with the above tiltl. Note the one photo of the black wire that is daisy chained to all the negative stuff on the engine. This was the problem on Kimberlire. If you

FYI: Here is the link to the rudder zincs I use. I stepped up the size and they are great. http://www.boatzincs.com/rudder-sizes.html R-5 discs fit perfectly, just need to bore the center a tad.

If I remember correctly, Amel is the only source for the plastic H6 prop caps. I am not even sure they are available anymore. I buy the zinc (H6) anodes from boatzincs.com