Trevor My Santorin is no 96. It didn't have struts, just the short rope with the decorative back splice that sits behind the slot on the forward edge of the hatch. Maintenance and replacement costs

Mark and Trevor, Alex posted information on the Super Maramu...Trevor's Santorin takes a different size strut. Best, Bill X-BeBe

Porter, I am really very surprised that Dave Huffman, the broker, the Volvo mechanics, and Nigel Calder never asked if the propellor was clean. The number one cause of the symptoms you mentioned is an

Trevor, The engine roomstruts to help lift the hatch were original to this model boat. However, Alexandreposted a source for replacements in the USA on this forum. Perhaps these wouldwork for

Hello all, I'm away from the boat, but headed back to her soon. I want to install a couple of struts to hold the engine room deck hatch open. I currently have to tie it off - not the biggest of

Porter, I’m not surewhy you would trust the opinion of a group member rather than your own instinctsand opinions of the expert mechanics? You seem convinced the boat has an issueand I seriously

Porter, In general I have observed black smoke from a number of different marine diesels due to the engine being overloaded. The cause can be marine growth, too large of a prop etc. There could

Antonio, I have posted 2 pictures of my fuel line setup. It would seem you do not need the "T" off your Racor at all. Just keep your original water separator as is and simply insert the Racor in the

Hi Porter, I always thought black smoke was indicative of an injector issue, ie too much fuel being dumped into the cylinders, not a "lower end" issue that a long block change out would address.

Gentlemen (and any ladies), Once again I need your sage advice. The situation exists as follows: I’ve found what appears to be a great boat, for what I think a reasonable price with a quite

I bought one on Amazon . Slightly larger than original. $6.00 SUNS IL4E-240E-G-U6 LED 1/2" Green Indicator Light Raised 240V Wire Ideal Sold by: SUNS International, LLC Ben Driver S/V La Bella

No need for surgery of the existing lamp. These are industry standard panel indicator lamps to fit a 12mm hole. They are easily available in a wide range of voltages and colors (if green shouldn't be

I cut the light socket open with a very fine blade ( a jewelers saw). I then removed the led and the resistor. I put 2 new LED’s in parallel for more light and soldered the resistor back in place.

For the 220V panel, does anyone have a source for the green "AC Power Available" light? Maud says Amel doesn't have them anymore. The best solution, a Blue Sea AC Amp/Volt meter ala Bill R/Bebe, is

+1 That would be sweet!

Hi all. So it's looking pretty good for us to finally become real Amel owners. The 1986 Maramu we're looking at needs the cutlass bearing replaced. This is not a job I've undertaken before.

Gary, My engineering opinion is that going with the 3/8 thickness will be just fine. It's 96% of the thickness of the original, and it is not like 3/8" material was available in France and rejected

Hi Gary, I replaced my windows in St Martin last year with a tinted acrylic and they are much better than clear on a sunny day and nite time vision is not an issue. However, after requesting 10mm

Gary, We used 10mm Plexiglass brand because it supposedly scratches less. We picked a gray tint. We tried to pick a tint darkness about the same as a 54 or 55. Yes, visibility is slightly changed, but

A Dropbox link would be very helpful. Thank you! ---In amelyachtowners@..., <dave_benjamin@...> wrote : For some time we've kept some Amel manuals on the Island Planet Sails website for people to