We did a in out swap with the same rated Gen set at half the price from Bata marine. You can find them on the net it was an exact bolt in exhaust cool and wire harness plugged in. Fair Winds Smooth

Hello Mike, Personally I would keep it as it is, just add grease, never seen or your favorite lubricant. I believe that if you do that maintenance on a regular basis, like Kent, you won't have problem

Tm with you on this Eric, I approached the Watermaker with fear and trembling. How to care for it, how to clean it how to pickle it. When to pickle it. How long could you leave it before you should

Hi Mike, having been through the same experience I did through bolt. It cant make any difference to the strength. As I said in an earlier post this bolt carries more load than the others being

Mike, If you think think you have enough threads left in the metal plate, the best thing to do is to use it, and the best way to avoid future problems is to make sure the windlass is well bedded down

Hi, Olivier did the survey also for us in Gocek turkey. I agree with every word that was written by Mohammed. Olivier knows the Amel better than any other as he warked there for more than 20 years.

I'm not familiar with the Echotec but I installed a Spectra in my engine compartment and discovered that I had to relocate the feed pump or it would overheat. Other than that I found no other

Just about complete with the reinstallation of the windlass. Question on the last bolt that finishes into the glassed in plate at the hawse pipe. To avoid future difficulty extracting and to be

I have an Echotec 500 in my Santorin. Control panel on engine room wall in back cabin. Engine driven HP pump beside aft end of engine. Membranes suspended from roof of engine room opposite engine.

Hi folks, has anyone of the Maramu (not SM) owners here installed an echotec watermaker ? Would be interested to learn where you put all the different components. Curently I am pondering the following

Alan, When I leave the boat at a marina and am away for a month or more I pay the dockmaster to run my watermaker. I added a switch to the fresh water pump in the engine room , so that the only time

Hi Eric, That's fine if you are near the boat, or can guarantee that you always have enough fresh water and do what Bill on Bebe did with a solenoid valve and a timer to flush the system regularly,

Eric, Our friends from Colorado did that route in late 2014, on their new boat they had just picked up in France a few months earlier (not an Amel). Arrived in Easter and landed but did not complete

Has anyone sailed out that way from Panama ? Fair Winds Eric Kimberlite Amel Super Maramu #376

I believe there are 2 discussions about pickling one is for the winter, and one is general pickling. After the sodium meta=whatever ate up my end caps- I stopped pickling it, I just run fresh

And here : Dow Answer Center Dow Answer Center Sodium metabisulfite (SMBS) is commonly used for removal of free chlorine and as a biostatic. Other chemical reducing agents

Interestingly Dow Chemical, the manufacturer of the FILMTEC membranes talks of sodium meta bisulphite, not sulphate. If you want to have the word from the horses mouth about everything to do with

HI Steve; I want to add my endorsement of Olivier. We did fly him to Turkey for the survey of our Amel 54. He was extremely professional and knowlegeable. Olivier spent 3 days during his survey and

Hi I had Steve Rowles for my Santorin. Joe Rowles Internationally accredited marine surveyor operating throughout the Eastern Mediterranean Joe Rowles

I used Fergus Prescott who specializes in Amels. He is British but resides in Turkey. Did a great job in my opinion and was very reasonably priced. If you would like, personal message me and I'd be