Hi Michael and welcome, Your plan sounds very good. You asked for some feedback so I'm throwing my hat in the ring.... For long term live-aboard sailing knowing how to maintain and fix stuff

Hello and welcome Michael We havejust gone through the same process as you plan, the only difference we havemade “costal” sailing since we were young; Webought an Amel SM just a month ago.

Michael, I am like Mark; just soaking up the information on this Blog like a sponge. Your input to Mark was first class and continues to maintain the high standard that so many other Amel owners

Hello also to everybody in the Amel group. My wife and I have recently purchased an Amel Sharki 1980. We also have very little sailing experience and will learn on the boat. Fortunately it is in

Michael, Welcome to the Group...glad to have you. Mark just gave you the absolute best advice. Bill BeBe 387

Michael, First and foremost, welcome to the group. You have excellent taste. We researched and looked for a boat for about 4 years before deciding upon Amel. We also spent more than we wanted to

Hi Colin, We live here. My wifes family are good friends with a John Streeter in the UK whose family had a prominent jewellery business in London last century. Hence the Streeter connection with

When i asked Amel to install one on Amanin, they (Pochon) told me that it will interfere with the gyroscopic sensors of the autopilots, and declined. Haldun SV AMANIN A54 no 164 Marmaris --------

Haha – I guess the wrong type of visitors – sounded too good to be true – my wife wonders if would upset dogs also Andrew

Andrew, We were docked next to a Russian owned Amel with ultrasonic hull protection. The beeping sound was very annoying and the hull was covered in barnacles and growth. Other than the above, it may

I was wondering if anyone had any experience with ultrasonic antifouling systems, sounds like there has been some positive experiences with it although it needs a continuous power supply which could

Hi Jeff, Thanks for your input. I will check out the heat exchanger and if possible have it tested. My engine is from 2002 and I had about 1200 hrs on it when the leaking problem started. I'll let

Hi John Thanks for this most helpful added information. Are you Australian and Port Douglass based or just sailing through? Regards Colin, Island Pearl II, SM#332 -- Colin Streeter 0411 016 445

Colin, A Buaer Junior II will cost you about $6500 in Australia plus. Bauer also make a cheaper Poseidon brand for about $900 less. The difference is Junior II has cartridges but the Poseidon has

Thanks Jeffrey, Trevor, Kent, Don, Bill & Eric, I will have a look at the heat exchanger. I'll order the O rings and gaskets beforehand and replace them. I'll let you know what the source of the

Alan Much appreciated. Do you ever use it and if so, is it worth losing the locker space? Also keen to see your pics on the solar wiring and how you integrated both solar and wind input to you

We have an old 100 Dolphin and a new Promariner 30A. We turn on the 100 and it generally puts out 80 then turn on the 30 and the current goes up to 109 and then starts to drop. When it gets below 30

It probably the water heater. Fair Winds Eric