Thomas, I had the same problem. It was caused by the upper bearing in the gearbox being rusted to the point the drive shaft could not rotate. If you remove the motor and the gearbox, and you can't

Greetings! As I've been engrossed in the bowl-of-spaghetti called "wiring" it has been a true learning/labeling/discovering/pondering process. I've pulled a lot of 'deadwood' wiring out, upgraded and

Garulfo, Try The brushes on the motor - just unscrew the little black retainers and clean them and replace - be careful the brushes are spring loaded. You have to remove the motor cover to access the

Hi Thomas; Our furler motor stopped working within a few months ofpurchasing Kokomo. When we wanted to furl the main in a 25 Knot Breeze inTurkey, the furler would not work and we had to disengage

I'd check the brushes in the motor first. That is the issue I've had in the past. It can usually be fixed by gently tapping on the end of the Brush and/ or removing it and cleaning it. Good luck

Hi all, The main furler motor stopped working yesterday. We wanted to unfurl the dail and it wouldn't go. The outhaul is ok. Battery levels are fine (and the engine alternator was still running and

I guess we had a special Super Maramu. Ours came, standard, with 2 Jabsco "Not-So-Quiet-Flush" toilets. CW Bill Rouse Admiral, Texas Navy Commander Emeritus Amel School www.amelschool.com 720 Winnie

Joel, I am waiting for your book. Great advice. It seems to me that most of the people that I know who got in trouble on a passage we're either, sailing to a calendar appointment, departing with

Hello Willem, This is a Vetus Hydraulic Dampened Engine Mount. We purchased these in 2016 from Jamestown Distributors in Bristol, RI, USA for $169 each. Mike Ondra ALETES SM2000 #240 Rock Hall,

Hello Wolfgang; We were in Marina Di Ragusa about 3 weeks ago for one night.We did not see you there, otherwise we would have stopped by to say hello, as wedo with all Amels that we run into. We

Dan, I would bet that a big part of the reason that your plywood still looks good has to do with the previous care that she received. Have you asked Bill for his advice on this matter? My

Hello Wolfgang, I don't know the Reya water system. It is the AMFA two pump water pressure system? There was an old threat

Thanks for the advice James, I agree with you regarding the linseed oil. In the US there are some penetrating products like Wood Life and Thompson's Water Seal, or perhaps deck sealants. But I'm

Hello Dominique, just to clarify. I believe the nut you remove to replace the bonding cable is just securing the bonding strap to the keel bolt. However, the nut securing the keel is below the

Left over from an earlier project I have a small bolt of kevlar fabric... might be the perfect reenforcing fiber for a locker that might have to hold heavy, pointy, things! Just what everybody

Agree, I have had that experience also...either a bad batch or they were distorted because of packaging/ packing... In any event you could see a big gap...and of course, they didn't

Just wait for a weather window with southerly winds and Fly up the coast. If time is an issue, you can stay West of the stream the whole way. Kent SM 243 Kristy .

In my case the wood got wet because of an extra anchor I had stored there on a rubber mat. The tip had worked its way through the mat and holed the surface of the floor. Kent Robertson S/V

I replaced mine after (duh) the rusted chain debacle. Left the fiberglass tabs and laid new material over the tabs (I don't remember the name, but composite material with "sandwich"

We replaced the mounts on our TMD 22 about 18 months ago. I don’t have the exact part number, but here is an email from the group that helped guide us, I’m pretty sure it’s what we used: It took