Miles, Perhaps a better question to be asking is whether the valves used by Amel provide good service. A lot of things these days stamped “Marine” are of very poor quality so I am not sure

Why do you believe this valve is non-marine? It looks like bronze to me, but I wasn't able to find anything from googling the letters/numbers visible in the photo. Thanks, Ryan SM 233

Hey John, Were these gearboxes acquired from Amel or from other sources. If from another source, can you forward that info to me. Thanks, Steve Davis Aloha SM72 Panama

Hi there christian Many thanks for your reply So I use a couple of big wrenched. Lock the lowest nut visible on my picture with one and unwind the seacock body with the other? And the lowest nut is

Hi Bill and all, I am relatively new to the group and have been a proud owner of a SM 2000 for about a year now. I'm up to do something similar with my SY Quetzal. I want to install new

Hi Porter; I cannot help much with the Bamar issue as we are still usingthe belt driven units and hoping to get a few more years out ofthem. As far as the bow locker, ours is very dry and no sign

Excellent Ideas. I think I am going to hangout in there during a rainstorm and see what we get. Thank you both! Porter Porter McRoberts S/V Ibis: Amel 54-#152 Ft.

Dear Amelians, Likely 54ians, After the prescribed repeat frustrations with the OEM Bamar “Magic” EJFs, I finally decided to make the switch to new Bamar direct drive EJF 1.0s. They are newly

We have gone the "phased approach" over the last two years. When we bought our boat it was pretty much the original electronics kit from 1996. Everything worked... but I was really used to a much

Hi Ken, I think you may have been addressing that question to me. Unfortunately, I have not yet had a chance to install my new controller. I've been very busy with other things. I better get to it

hi John, As I noted, you do have to grind the fins on the SN, Sounds like the SM mast section is a bit bigger. And, Ian, I had to remove the boom and use a hydraulic bench press to remove the shaft

Did you get yours installed yet? Ken aboard Aquarius Currently in Santa Marta Columbia sailingaquarius.com

Hello Jeff, I might go the same route. Please share your specifics and general price to watch for if you don’t mind. Chuck Joy #388

Good morning Ken, Glad your air conditioning is working great with the new controller! Definitely looks like you needed the help of a good air conditioning person to make everything work! Sincerely,

I have been in Santa Marta for 4 nights, and have not seen a problem. One of the other boats that has been here for a few weeks complained that there cushions turned black and they had to wash

Hello Alexandre, The Micro Air switch/controller is now installed, but used the help of a good electrical/Aircon Guy to help do it. Alone, I would have never got the switch to work. I have not

Thanks for the info John! --------------------------------------------

Alexandre We will be around Antigua at the beginning of February to pick up friends who are visiting. So the earliest we would be able to cruise further north is after that. We were in St Martin 2

I'm getting a sock made for the mizzen ballooner, and need that length. Thanks. Jeff Spirit Amel 54 #14

Hi, we had good experiences with the boatyard of the Marina Rubicon in Lanzarote. We took the boat in November 2016 out of the water to check it. They did the complete engine service -they are Yanmar