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Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Wood trim around Vee berth windows
I’ll try it Craig.
Kent S/V Kristy SM243 Kent, As I recall you've got a FEIN Multitool - there's some flat saw blades for it and a "window cutter" that could just do the trick. Craig |
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Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Shimming the Onan Genset Tray
Gary, Interesting, because I believe the Onan on SM #387 tilted slightly inboard. At least any spilled fluid would move inboard. This makes me wonder if maybe the pan might be slightly concave causing spills origination "inboard" to move inboard, and outboard spills to move outboard. Where did you mount the level? Best, CW Bill Rouse
Admiral, Texas Navy Commander Emeritus Amel School http://www.amelschool.com 720 Winnie St Galveston Island, TX 77550 +1(832) 380-4970 On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 9:47 AM, amelliahona <no_reply@...> wrote:
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Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Wood trim around Vee berth windows
Kent,
As I recall you've got a FEIN Multitool - there's some flat saw blades for it and a "window cutter" that could just do the trick. Craig
---In amelyachtowners@..., <karkauai@...> wrote : Thanks Craig. I’ve been trying that with little success so far. I’ll keep plugging away. Kent Robertson S/V Kristy SM243 |
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Re: Sonic Speed transducer repair/replacement - how?
Olivier Beaute
Hello Jose, there has been two kinds of Sonic Speed sensors used by AMEL. The first ones (until around 1995) were glassed in the hull/keel stub and impossible to replace without digging and re-glassing. The second type called "en ligne" which means "lined up", is installed in a GRP tube glassed in the hull/keel stub, including two O-rings. You have the second type. I called POCHON (the electronics supplier for AMEL for more than 30years) today and they have a pair available. You may get in touch with Stephane at stephane at pochon dot com. Olivier |
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Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Wood trim around Vee berth windows
Thanks Craig. I’ve been trying that with little success so far. I’ll keep plugging away.
Kent Robertson S/V Kristy SM243 |
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Shimming the Onan Genset Tray
amelliahona <no_reply@...>
Hi All: I don't know about you but one of the things that I believe Amel got wrong was the level of the shelf that the Onan Genset sits on. It slants outboard and all the Amel SMs that I have visited share this same issue. Thus any oil/fuel/water leaks or drainage flows outboard and usually aft where it pools and causes corrosion and a gooey mess. Working by myself, using lifting airbags, shims and 2x4 levers and blocking I was able to raise the genset about 5 inches with only removing the exhaust hose. I then removed the outboard rubber shock mounts, install 3/4 inch HDPE (high density polyethylene) shims on the lower part of the out board shock mounts, and lower the 900 lb genset back down. It was a big job and took me the better part of 3 days. This gives me level 1/4 bubble of drainage inboard. Olivier Beaute, Bill Rouse or anyone else with knowledge on this; is there a reason the genset doesn't sit level or lean slightly inboard for drainage? Was this just an oversight by Amel? By mostly leveling the genset is there anything from the engineering standpoint that I haven't considered that would be a problem? If the boat should broach or roll, would the rubber shock/vibration mounts be strong enough to prevent the genset from breaking free of it's mounts? Sincerely, Gary S. Silver s/v Liahona Amel SM 2000 #335 Island Marine Yard, Puerto Del Rey Marina, Fajardo, Pureto Rico |
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Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Re: Gulf Stream
Ric Gottschalk <ric@...>
Miles, I owe you a navigators secret decoder ring. Ric Bali Hai SN24 Annapolis
From: amelyachtowners@... [mailto:amelyachtowners@...]
Hi Ric,
http;//fermi.jhuapl.edu/avhrr/gs/averages works if you take the period off the end! Thank you. I had not known about this one. The single satellite pass picture gives a truly graphic overview and I think more detail than the ones I have been using (such as Passage Weather). In about two weeks I will let you know if it added useful information.
http;//fermi.jhuapl.edu/avhrr/gs/averages
Regards,
Miles s/y Ladybug, sm216 Le Marin, Martinique
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Re: Gulf Stream
Miles
Hi Ric,
http;//fermi.jhuapl.edu/avhrr/gs/averages works if you take the period off the end! Thank you. I had not known about this one. The single satellite pass picture gives a truly graphic overview and I think more detail than the ones I have been using (such as Passage Weather). In about two weeks I will let you know if it added useful information.
http;//fermi.jhuapl.edu/avhrr/gs/averages
Regards,
Miles s/y Ladybug, sm216 Le Marin, Martinique |
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Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Wood trim around Vee berth windows
Hi Kent,
Ours are simply held up by the screws going up through the frame, not by any fasteners coming down. Doubt yours are different. If you've got all the screws out and it doesn't fall free, maybe it's some adhesive from the vinyl "piping" trim and you could free it with a putty knife all around. I definitely wouldn't try to re-varnish them in place as, if it's like ours, there's UV damage such that you'll want to sand the inner side of the top edges and, perhaps, re-stain the wood where it's sun-bleached to get a good color match. Easy job if it's removed. Craig, SN68 Sangaris
---In amelyachtowners@..., <karkauai@...> wrote : Hi Danny, It doesn’t seem likely that Amel would build something that couldn’t be disassembled. Kent S/V Kristy SM 243 |
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Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Kent
I couldn’t do it with my iPhone from the site itself. If you reply to an email notification, you can insert a photo as you would in any other email.
Kent S/V Kristy Hi Kent, How do you include photos in the text on this site? Fair Winds Eric Kimberlite Amel Super Maramu #376 |
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Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Wood trim around Vee berth windows
Hi Danny, It doesn’t seem likely that Amel would build something that couldn’t be disassembled.
Kent S/V Kristy SM 243 |
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Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Re: LEWMAR AA500C Anchor rode counter and windlass control
Alex, whom mine died it was the sensor that detects the magnet, replaced that and voila working again.
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Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] LEWMAR AA500C Anchor rode counter and windlass control
it‘s the ine sold by quick (svb.de about 320 €) and it fit but we had to enlarge the hole in the cockpit (Lewmar was 3 little holes - Quick is one big hole - sensor did fit after a bit of fiddeling - was not a difficult job.
fair winds Robin Amel 54 Carré d‘As |
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Kent
sailormon <kimberlite@...>
Hi Kent, How do you include photos in the text on this site? Fair Winds Eric Kimberlite Amel Super Maramu #376
From: amelyachtowners@... [mailto:amelyachtowners@...]
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2018 6:40 PM To: amelyachtowners@... Subject: Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Wood trim around Vee berth windows [1 Attachment]
[Attachment(s) from Kent Robertson included below] Here’s a pic of the wood panel in question: Kent Robertson S/V Kristy SM243 |
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Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Wood trim around Vee berth windows
Danny and Yvonne SIMMS
Hi Kent. Why don't you varnish them in place. Regards Danny SM 299 Ocean pearl On 24 May 2018 at 10:36 "karkauai@... [amelyachtowners]" <amelyachtowners@...> wrote: |
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Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Re: Sonic Speed transducer repair/replacement - how?
Jose,
I have not done this job, but I believe all the SMs have straight sensors. Let me know. Best, CW Bill Rouse Admiral, Texas Navy Commander Emeritus Amel School www.amelschool.com 720 Winnie St Galveston Island, TX 77550 +1(832) 380-4970
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Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Wood trim around Vee berth windows
Here’s a pic of the wood panel in question:
Kent Robertson S/V Kristy SM243 |
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Wood trim around Vee berth windows
Here I am...again!
I’m going to wait on the cabintop hatches until I can get some help. Regluing the headliner seems like more than I want to tackle. Sooo, I’m on to my next project. I want to remove and revarnish (I think it originally had a clear spar urethane, anyone know for sure?) all the wood trim around the hatches and port lites. It has held up well for nearly 20 years, but now the sun has taken it’s toll. Jeez, nothing’s ever as easy as it seems it should be, is it? Or is it just me? I guess it’d be easier if I knew how things were put together originally. Started in the Vee berth, removed the small trim above and below the port lite. There are through bolts around the portlite and wood screws that go through the stainless trim outside and into the back (outboard) side of the larger panel around the portlite. I’ve removed them and the panel is still stuck fast around the portlite. Has anyone removed/revarnished these panels? Is there something else besides sealant holding them? As usual, thank you for any insight, suggestions, duhs, or encouragement. Kent SM 243 Kristy St Michaels MD. |
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Re: Sonic Speed transducer repair/replacement - how?
Oliver,
Can you let me know which type of sensor was fitted to my SM200 # 278 ? Jose Ipanema SM 2K #278 Boston MA |
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Re: Sonic Speed transducer repair/replacement - how?
Hi, Trevor,
Too bad I had ordered the transducers without specifying the type. I still need to know which one is in my boat SM 278, which seems to be just about the time the straight sensors were introduced.
Jose |
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