My SM is 11 yrs old now and after two years of trying to get her in ship-shape, I'm finding it's still costing me a lot more than I anticipated.  I keep thinking that I'll have most of the major

You have a double nut on your stuffing box. If you tighten it you break lose the inner lock nut tighten the outer nut either with a special large jaw adj wrench from some place like Defender or West

I am seriously interested in purchasing an Amel. The SM cost is above my current budget but I am not discarding it, I am considering Maramu, Santorin and even Mango. Would that be possible to get

Thganks Eric, yes the same. regards Danny

When we respond to a posting, it would be really great if we could all delete the original messages. Just highlight everything below your reply and hit your "delete" key. After a few replies these

hi, i call it a sail drive--it is probably the same unit you have on your boat. The engine is mounted facing aft and after the transmision ther is a gearbox that sends the power down a shaft to the

Thank you Mike, that sounds like a not easy job, but I'll try. Ornella Santorin (ketch) 122 Earendil in Ancona (Italy) ----Messaggio originale---- Da: yachtakwaaba@... Data: 11/11/2010

Eric, We replaced our genoa and main sheets with spectra or dyneema (can't remember which) about five years ago using a smaller diameter because the originals, especially the main sheet, were on the

Eric, I replaced my genoa sheet in Crete a year ago with a new ( I think called dyneema ) sheet by Liros or Marlow. Very soft off load and rock hard under load, this

Hi Eric, has your boat had the Amel drive replaced with a sail drive or was it built with a sail drive in place? Regards Danny and Yvonne Ocean Pearl SM299 Danny and

I think the U-drive may have something to do with the shaft generator being eliminated. Our Maramu has a simple straight shaft so fitting a shaft generator was simple enough. I'm not sure if it would

Eric, Thanks for the response. I checked the PSS website and they offer exactly what we'd need - http://www.shaftseal.com/en/products/37 I prefer the traditional stuffing box but the PSS works fine

I used the spartan box on my Tartan 37 and used west marines dripless packing. I put about 20,000 miles on it and never a drip or a problem. eric

We are here in St Martin, We need to replace our genoa sheet. Amel says it is 16 mm 42 meters long and polyester. What rope have you used to replace this sheet. There are many styles pf polyester

Eric, Thanks for the tip. I looked at the Buck catalogue and one other vendor. They were both only offered in 2.5 inch. I'll check out the Spartan. They are a good company. I have seen some of their

we have a saildrive unit on our super maramu, however if you are referring to a prop shaft stuffing box, Spartan Marine makes the worlds finest stuffing box in all sizes 2 and 2 1/2 inches and many

You should be able to buy a stuffing box with anything from 2" to 2.5" hose. I just repowered my boat with the yanmar, new shaft, prop. and I installed a PSS dripless stuffing box. I can't remember

The boat is in Mexico and I'm in the states doing some shopping. Before I left I noted that our stuffing box is attached to the log with 2 inch (51mm) hose. When I went to buy a new stuffing box today

________________________________ To: amelyachtowners@... Sent: Mon, November 15, 2010 12:57:55 AM Subject: Re: [Amel] Re: Wind Generator on an AMEL 54   Hi Danny & Yvonne,    What

I have only just got my psa working after replacing the alt. about a month ago.But so far, while there has got to be some speed lose,I have not seen more than perhaps a tenth or two not nearly a 1/2