On my Onan, the zinc are on the heat exchanger. I don’t have any on my engine (Volvo) Sincerely, Alexandre SM2K #289 NIKIMAT Harbor View Marina, Tortola,

Hi Bill, How did you attach zink to the raw water manifold? I do not see zinks on the Yanmar or Onan. Vladimir SM#345

There are reasons not to use PVC for through hull connections, although it is certainly easy to fabricate, cheap and impervious to corrosion. It is much more brittle than stainless, or bronze or the

Remember that these Vetus couplings are designed for conventional drive shaft installations where the propeller is pushing the shaft forward (or pulling it back in reverse gear). That is why they

Good morning Vladimir, When you purchase the boat, were you able to excel 2300 rpm? I have the Volvo TMD 22 P (rated at 78 HP at 4500 rpm), moving I am not able to exceed 2400 rpm. If I am fully

Don't forget about the zincs in the engine and generator... they are there for the same reason: the zinc on the rudder is NOT going to protect anything inside the engine room. The bonding serves

Eric, I installed an Echotec Watermaker on our Santorin and used the Sea Water inlet of the aft toilet, just installed a T at the seacock. I also installed a magnetic booster pump next to the

Colin & Lauren, I guess we have you to thank for ordering one and getting the production gears slowly moving so an official Amel bumper was ready to ship overnight to us when we wanted it in

Eric, Thanks for your email. It is interesting. I have my boat for one year. The engine has more than 4,000 hours. I don't know if bearings were replaced before. I greased prop bearings 2 times.

From what I have heard from numerous owners, I think Dave is the best Amel surveyor this side of the Atlantic. Bill Rouse BeBe Amel 53 #387 Sent from my tablet +1832-380-4970 USA Voice Mail On Jan 9,

Thank you so much paul. It seems like he's the man for the job!

Thanks Bill I have been through all those pictures at https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/amelyachtowners/photos/albums/324976668 Will provide an update after changing out the capacitors

Porter, If Oliver is unavailable, I would highly recommend David Huffman from the Tampa area. He surveyed my boat when it was in Trinidad last November. I was exceptionally satisfied with David. He

there is an owner of an amel santorin on the fb sitie named olaf that made small platform Looks really well made. We intend to do something similar and in the event that we need something there in

Porter, If Oliver is unavailable, I would highly recommend David Huffman from the Tampa area. He surveyed my boat when it was in Trinidad last November. I was exceptionally satisfied with David. He

Colin, Look at these photos, especially the capacitor on yhe pump. https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/amelyachtowners/search/photos?p=climma#zax/albums_324976668 Bill Rouse BeBe Amel 53 #387 Sent

Hi Bill Despite that capacitor on the pump looking to be in good condition, I replaced it anyway but that unfortunately did not get the pump started. Colin Streeter Island Pearl II, Amel 53

Colin, You have not stated the condition of the start/run capacitor on the water pump itself. That would be my first thing to check. Let me know. Bill Rouse BeBe Amel 53 #387 Sent from my

Ben and Kent Thanks, I have checked and replaced that small fuse in the box behind the generator before. That did not solve my problem at the time. By the way that is a pretty dangerous box. The small

Dom, Have you cleaned the AutoProp. If not, clean it and report back. This thread may be confusing to some because it has Yanmar 100hp Turbo posts along with Yanmar 75 non-turbo. The top RPM