Bill, I talked with Antal in Italy directly and they had the exact replacement car with the bales on both ends. It sounded like it was a custom configuration just for Amel, but they had a supply in

Bill, There are VHF splitters and there are VHF splitters. Not all of them are good. Bill Rouse BeBe Amel 53 #387 Sent from my tablet +1832-380-4970 USA Voice Mail

Mike, Can’t help you with specifics, I have not had to go there (yet!)… but your problem inspired me to look closely at my own boat to see what I can see... The cabinetry our our boat runs out to

On Harmonie we have separate antennae for the VHF and AIS, but on my old ketch I used a splitter to share. I was skeptical of the splitter, having heard people say bad things about them. After

Due to a car failure we are replacing the Antal jib car. To slide the old car off and new car on we had to remove the forward termination block. This was secured by a 3 inch or so eye bolt. Unscrewing

Thanks for the information Bill, Just added to my list of spare parts to get when I go to Martinique (mid 2017). Sincerely, Alexandre SM2K #289 NIKIMAT Harbor View Marina, Tortola,

The high-quality German made 24VDC Gas Solenoid Valve (Burkert Gas Valve Type 6013 G1/4 3.0 024/DC Item Number 125 301) is a wonderfully made and a long-lasting valve that Henri Amel spec'd on the

Our VHF and AIS share the VHF antenna on the main mast by means of an antenna splitter....it works very well. Cheers Alan Elyse SM237 sur les plancher des vaches

As someone who speaks little or no French, one of the things that I love about my SM is her Frenchness. I will ocassionally refer to “babord” and “tribord”, and enjoy perusing the Code Marin

I am (very much) an amateur when it comes to boats and must admit that I am baffled by our use , in French, of the “marocain” word (also spelled “maroquin”) to designate a triatic stay. My

Thomas, On Peregrinus, the 4-ft antenna atop the mizzen mast is for the AIS. Our installers said it would be better to install it away from the VHF antenna which is on the main. AIS transmits on the

extracts from the french enciclopedia 'nouveau Larousse illustré' edited 1900 : maroquin (unknown origin) nautical term, stay used to support several hoists for cargo handling (Gui servant plusieurs

from sotek.it you can get the gearboxe originals Bonfiglioli for about 80 euros a piece including VAT - they ship world-wide. the motors I have not been able to source yet. Best regards Robin ASM

I bought two new gearboxes in the UK this year from APTPowerdrive. They are Bobfiglio MVF44701P63 and cost £139 each including tax. They are bare aluminium bodies. You have to angle grind the fins

Duane, Certainly for testing, there is no harm in using the starting battery. There is an internal fuse in newer Mastervolt converters, on the 24V supply side. I assume there is also one somewhere in

I put an antenna on my mizzen for my AIS as I didn't want to share it with the VHF. It also gives me a backup should my VHF aerial cease to function. Do you have AIS on board? Ian Ocean Hobo SN96

Jean Boucharlat, I do not believe that any SM came with a VHF-type antenna on the mizzen, but I have seen a number of these mizzen mast antennas on SMs because the owner added AIS. Just a side remark.

I am an amateur linguist (of English, which of course has countless words of French origin due to the fact that the rulers of Normandy conquered England in 1066). I assume that the triatic stay is

« Marocain » in French nauticalese is « triatic stay » Jean Boucharlat Formerly SM 232

Bill, I did check them separately, at the terminals, they both have power to the supply side but nothing on the load side. The converters are load sensitive, but the SSB will not power up so the