Bonjour vitranquile, Nous avons un Mango 1985 et, se le moteur du grande voile c'est la meme, le fabricant est le meme du guindeau, c'est-dire LOFRANS. Nou avons eu le meme probleme dans l'anne 2001:

Bonjours a tous. Suite probleme enroulement grand-voile SM 1998 je suis a la recherche du fabriquant du reducteur monté avec le moteur sur le grand mat. merci de si vous avez des infos. mon mail:

Thanks for the answer, Eric. Since writing, the manufacturer finally contacted me. That model has not been manufactured since 2002, and they don't have any replacement keyboards. My solution will be

I have a 1993 Santorin and had problems with my Espar about a year and a half ago which included fumes. The black tar insulation was not a problem and I saw no evidence of it breaking down or causing

Hello Richard and Joe Thanks for your input re my smelly and noxious heater system. Because I don't have a heater manual I don't know whether I'm supposed to run the fan which is mounted on the same

Hi all, Does anybody know the specification for the LeRoy Somer motor for the SANTORIN mast and outhaul motor for 12 V. I only found it for SM for 24 V. I had a lot of problems with reefing this

Better to run your main engine, because the genset is less likely to be able to operate when the boat is heeled.  Main engines have deep sumps so that you can keep oil flowing while heeled, while

Eric, Thanks - all good advice. She does seem to be underpropped and I will probably go for a 20x15, given that 19x14 seemed to work adequately, and Amel say that 20x16 is the official spec for the

Hi Richard et al, I will try to keep the forum up to the standards, if any fellow Amel owner has the time to help... It will be welcome! Thanks for making it happen ! Regards Jose Luis

Hello Richard,      I am sorry to hear that you are selling your Amel.  Xaneriva  now renamed  Lionheart is still in the water and providing me with much pleasure .  I am planing to be in the

Hello Bill, Well first having the exhaust outlet beneath the waves should not be an issue - a restriction yes but not a significant one. Next your engine manuals will give you the manufacturers

Ahoy all you long passage makers: I have never been sure the best course of action for the following 2 scenarios when I need to charge the batteries (I have 175amp engine alternator, a 100amp 240v

My fresh water pump just died and the accumulator does not function well, The pump under the double manifold ( I have a second spare pump) can be only purchased in Europe at roughly 800-900 american

I have to say I agree with Ocean Pearl. We cruised for two years, including two trans-Atlantic crossings without incident on our previous boat, but STUFF can and will happen, especially when you

I had installed 2 solar panels on our 1998 SM#227. The inox construction for the panels were built in a way to carry the dinghy for short distances. We were happy with this solution. Nevertheless, at

Hi all, just a comment about floor latches. I have also been in big seas and big winds with no roll overs or knock downs. While I acknowledge the vast experience of many of you compared to me we sail

I have a portable diesel fuel 'polishing' and filtering system available for sale that's designed for our 24 vdc. Check out my ebay auction....just search on "diesel fuel polishing system". Several

Giovanni, No, thank you. Success of this group is the result of all the great owners aboard contributing really good information. I've 99.999% of the time stayed in the background! Best

John, Thanks for the kind words. We've enjoyed our two Amels over the years, first a Sharki and now a Super Maramu, and getting this forum started. As a bit of history, on May 23, 2001 Amel sent an

We had a similar problem on our santorin, getting noxious fumes when the heater was on. I found that it was not the heater causing the problem, but that the internal coating of the box containing the