Welcome John; It took us 4 years to select the “right boat”for us. You will find over time that there are design considerations in Amelsthat you will only come to know and appreciate after

Welcome, John. Congratulations! You for sure will have lot of fun. Will arrive in St Lucia beginning of February. Martin AMEL 54 #149 CHIARA Von meinem iPad gesendet Am 28.12.2016 um 08:04 schrieb

Greetings fellowAmel owners, I am today pleasedto be able to introduce myself as the new owner of “Vent de Soleil,” SM 37 and would like to thank all of you forallowing me to troll your forum

Dear Amel Owners, Just sharing the reply I received from Trojan regarding the charging of my new batteries. I received 8 (+ 1) Deep cycle, flooded, Trojan 27 TMH batteries 115 Ah The Data Sheet

Merry Christmas Jean-Pierre, I don’t have an oil pressure gage on mine, but thinking on adding one since I have a tendency to micro-control… 1500 RPM is normal for 50 Herzt (would be 1600 rpm

Merry Xmas to all, Quick question: MDKAL (695 hours) operates at 1500 rpm for 50 HZ. My oil pressure reads 25-30 psi at this rpm. What is the rpm of your units and what oil Pressure do you

Thanks for the comments JP

In 2014 on the way to Tahiti we developed a leak that filled the compartment outside the aft head. At the time we couldn't work out where the water was coming from for a while, tightening the nylon

I don't think so Eric. There's a step-down in the shaft that isn't accessible if I remember correctly. I'm not on the boat, so I don't have that part number either. Kent

Kent, That’s great. However do get the packing. We once got laid down by a huge wave from the stern. When we got the boat dried out. I went back to my cabin and found the carpet wet. The wave had

Hi Kent and Eric, We changed the packing in July. Been dry almost always. One difficulty I have is the modified rudder bellcrank needed to accommodate the hyd AP DRIVE. Means I must place the boat in

Thanks Eric. I took your advice a few years ago and had an aluminum wrench made. So you'd leave it alone until the nut is nearly bottomed out? At this rate it'll outlive me. The boat is 17 years

Hi Kent, As long as the nylon nut is not bottomed out you can just tighten the nut an 1/8th of a turn and all is well with the world. If the nut is almost bottomed out I would replace the

Hi JP, and Merry Christmas one and all. I've had Kristy 8 + years and only developed a small leak last year. I tightened the nut a bit and have had no further leaks in the last year. I have never

Hello Steve, Thanks for the info. We did quite a few miles from Majorca to 4 days out of Lanzarote… about 2000 + I reckon… I will include the big Nut in my 6 month maintenance. Merry Xmas too.

Hi JP, Congratulations on a successful passage, and Merry Christmas. Our rudder post tends to develop a small leak about once a year, and about an eighth of a turn on the nut will stop it. We have

Merry Christmas Gang, We arrived in Guadeloupe from Lanzarote. 7 days of slow slogging then 11 days of good progress. Total 18 days 20 hours. Our beauty held up fine and we only have a rail

Thank you Danny, Wishing you and the Amel community the same. Sincerely, Alexandre --------------------------------------------

Thanks everyone for the replies, as always. Mohammad and Aty AMEL 54 #099 B&B Kokomo

Found the issue. While installing a new water heater, I had accidentally tripped the main breaker on the generator.