Miles, On my previous boat (not an Amel) I got rid of the plastic shroud covers because they collected and held rainwater. All the wire underneath the plastic had rust marks on it. I have moved my

Hi there Apparently Amel call these stainless sections ‘boomerangs’ for obvious shape based reasons. I had crevice corrosion in all 6 shrouds on the main mast - where they passed through these

Duane, Buy an AdjustablePin Wrench. I’m not sure this would fit but it gives you the idea of what toshop for:

Duane During coming winter I have to service my Autoprop as well. Would appreciate if you later post some pictures and eventual problems Paul on SY Kerpa SM 259

Hi Duane, I had mine made by a local engineer years ago. Photos attached. The pins are some hard material, not mild steel. Regards Danny SM 299 Ocean pearl

Duane Regarding the “pin holes”: Diameter: 5 mm Depth: 4 mm Distance between holes ( center): 23.5 mm The cover is curved (like a dome). 12 mm high Sorry no info on Tab Screw I took pictures that

I'm preparing to replace the bearings in my Autoprop. I've got the H6 LH (left hand) Tab Screw model. You need a "Peg Spanner" to get the round outer covers off, and another "Peg Spanner" to get the

Olaf, I got the same "shock" this past winter when my lock failed. The lock on my boat was not the original lock but was a very common door lock used throughout France. I ended up getting this one:

I will take tomorrow the details and will try to get one in Germany where we order ouer where we order our stuff for the carpentry Best Elja SM 222 Balu Von meinem iPhone gesendet Am 22.07.2019 um

Ouch, that much now. We took ours to a locksmith that managed to renovate it, thats about 10 years ago. It is still going strong. Maybe that is a solution for

Hello Olaf, Did you try rebuilding your? Here is what I did: http://www.nikimat.com/companion_way_broken_lock.html Hope that helps and good luck! Alexandre

Hi AMELians, Does anyone know where to buy the companionway locker for a SM2K or a similar one? The original one from AMEL France should cost EUR 575.00 pls taxes and fees :-o Hope to get a

It seems it very much depends on where you are. In the South Pacific we have found C-Map to be very good. Navionics is very good in SOME places but definitely not all. In the Yasawa islands, Fiji,

Hi Joerg, I use C-map on my board PC and Navionics on my B&G plotter. I agree with your findings. For this reason I bought another navigating app on my PC that allows me to copy (within this app) the

Here is a source for the contactor: https://www.eibmarkt.com/cgi-bin/eibmarkt.storefront/5d3498c9007021c62746ac1e04020600/Product/View/NS0742502 I believe the originalwas rated 25A – I may be

The full description of the original contactor is LC1-D25008-M7. It is discontinued. I have ordered a used one on ebay, so I could eventually do a like for like swap, but I have been unable to find

I forgot to mention that the alignment looks spot on, there is no side wear on the belts. Just the bottom teeth coming off. A damned mess in the engine room of course but no harm done. Nick Amelia in

So further to this I ordered a pair of Optibelt super xe-power pro XPB 1320 belts. I chose the toothed ones as the alternator pulley is quite small diameter. Anyhow after a few hours running the teeth

I am sure that you all know this about Vector Charts: There is a huge amount of information embedded in these chart files. Some chart plotting programs allow you to select what will be displayed. If

Hi I have 2 spades, S140, the still unused and bubble wrapped spare from Ian and Judy plus the one I use daily. 2 years ago I anchored on Ios in F10 for a couple of days and It held while boats