Hi Steven, As a recent buyer I will tell tell you one thing to watch for. Everyone will have their 'first and foremosts' but my recent experience is the bow thruster. Inspect it, know the parts and

Amen Brother!!! With bestregards, Mark Skipper Sailing Vessel- Cream Puff - SM2K - #275 Currentlycruising - Grenada www.creampuff.us From:amelyachtowners@...

Hi everyone, Any weak points to check before purchasing an Amel SM 2000 build in 2003??? Kindly regards, Steven

Bill K and Pat, I would never say that "I think Bill K's point is that he thinks Capt. Henri's original engineering was poorly done and left an unsafe condition with unprotected long wire runs." I

PS. Have done some more googling on the subject and it appears the Distributed systems have each of the feeder circuits fused at a bus near the batteries, in addition to the data-controlled breakers

Hi Thomas; I did not attempt to open our furler motor due to thepoor condition observed and the amount of water that came out of it. We sent itto a mechanic familiar with Amels and the furler motor.

Hi Pat, Yes, that's why I thought Alan's adding the Blue Sea fuses at the batteries sounded wise. Btw, in my house the distribution panel is smack in the middle of the house which reduces the total

Dan, It sounds like you have a pretty good understanding of how to care for the wood in your Amel. Application of the Timbor is quite easy actually. The overspray or drips can be cleaned up with

Hi Mohammad, Thanks for your answer I realise, searching for pictures online, that the 54 has a different electrical furling system than Super Maramu. It is vertical. I guess that reduces the

Hi Thomas; The seal is between the shaft and the end cap. You can see it in your picture. This seal is constantly exposed to the sun and the elements. When the rubber dries out, water gets in. The

Hi Tom, I agree with you. It is the no thrust situation in the Amel with its unique system of mounting that allows these vetus mounts to be used and that the mounts obtained as replacements are

Ok, So the gearbox is fine, we can operate the manual furling without problems. We removed the unit and disconnected it as per Mohammad's instructions. We managed to remove (pop out) the bottom

Hi Tom and Mike, Many thanks for your reactions. I will have a further look on ‘Vetus’ and tomorrow I will phone Amel (Maud Touillet) to get confirmation about the Vetus mounts. Kind

Craig , Your original post seemed to support locating breakers far from the power source , however this post seems to acknowledge the protection offered by locating breakers as close as possible to

Alan, That seems an excellent idea. I remember that in 2001 I totally redid SM Miss Lindy's wiring (don't recall the hull number) after it completely burned out for the third time. All the heavy

Thanks again James. Very helpful information. When we bought BeBe last year, I inspected the underside wood above the chain locker and was satisfied with the condition. Bill said all he did was keep

Willem, I will not be on Aletes for a week or two to verify the Vetus name on the mounts. I do know that these replacement mounts have worked well for two years since replacement. Mike Ondra ALETES

Willem. I too had heard this. But after deeper research felt comfortable with these particular mounts. unfortunately I do not recall exactly the research process I went through. The mounts are

Agree on everyone's comments about the brushes. I am sure this is (widely?) known by many of us but in a sailing situation we have always--100%--had luck--both on our Santorin and our SM--with

Hi Willem, All this is ringing a bell in my head. There have been discussions about this in the past. I believe (69 year old brain) that the Vetus mounts seem undersized because they are measured as