Many years ago I bought the Renault rubber gasket that sits at the bottom of the companionway vertical door to keep water out. About 8 years ago I replaced it. I am aware that it is no longer

We once had the windlass kick on all by itself shortly after anchoring. Replacing those rubber switch covers or "boots" proactively is the key. If you can't source the boots, an inexpensive push

On the 55, there are two separate feeds for the anchor winches: one controlled from the dashboard in the cockpit, which has separate switches for the port and starboard winches. The other is

Greetings! We were underway last year from Chesapeake Bay to Antigua. When at 2:30 AM LT the windlass turned on and wanted to let chain out. Our anchor pin was in so it prevented the anchor to drop

Perfect. I'll send you a private email with the details. Bill

Hi Bill I can help and want to let it make for me as well. We’re now sailing along the Brittany coast and will be ack in La Rochelle on Thursday. Regards Laurens A54 - 92 Fun@Sea

Hopefully, there is a 54 owner in La Rochelle who can help me with a project. It involves allowing someone from SOFAMARIN to make some measurements in your engine room. I am attempting to have them

Rick, Regrettably fabrics, vinyl, and wallpaper styles, colors, and designs change annually. I know that Amel has not had any since before the end of the SM production because some of the last SMs has

Rick, Sailrite told me there is shortage of headliners but they have similar products. If the headliner is not sagging, that PVC takes paint quite well and it does not crack. -- John Bernard "JB"

Hey folks anyone know a source for the vinyl beige headliner material AMEL used to use? Maud says AMEL no longer carries it. Thanks!! Rick Stanley S/V Althea Rock Hall, MD

Thanks for the information. Ron Hynes 954.319.0944

The specs for the struts are: A1A1N40-250-608/400N316L Stainless Steel Meaning astroke of 250 mm with 608 mm overall 400 NMresistance The stroke is 8mm The Diameter ofthe cylinder is 19

Not an Amel story but I had a close call many years ago. My wife and I were running a charter yacht in the West indies. We had just had a full day to windward sailing from St Barts. I can not

It is recommended to leave the circuit breaker off until you are about to drop anchor. A friend was delivering a 60/70' motor yacht from San Francisco to Seattle, as you may know beating against the

Bill, please mention that the internal diameter of the seal is still the same - 45mm. It was just the issue of the external diameter 60->58.

I always open the circuit breaker when sailing i.o. to avoid unwanted windlass movement. Imagine it dropps the hook when sailing with 8 knots in waters not deeper then the chains length or even in

Let me add a note that will happen to any SM, 54, 55, or 50 owners, sooner or later. The windlass Control box is a black plastic box that has 2 solenoids inside the box, 1 for UP, and 1 for DOWN. The

Thanks very much everyone. Based on Thomas’ suggestion, I‘ve now programmed an event for my 60A charger which switches it to float at 80% state of charge. The voltage of the batteries at 80%

Wow, quite a reaction. Yes, indeed, the anchor winches on my 55 are made by Quick. They are excellent winches in my experience, having hauled various mooring anchors, rocks and other stuff in many

I may very well have misinterpreted this message string, so pardon my comments if wrong, but: Quick is the maker of the chain counter and helm anchor control device, the hoisting hardware is Lewmar.