Dean, I have no direct knowledge about most of the following. All of my knowledge comes from reviewing Bamar manuals and working with the Bamar furler with several Amel School clients, but I will

Graham, Could you kindly also send me a copy of the drawing? Thank you, James Alton Lokiyawl2 at aol.com SV Sueno, Maramu #220 Currently cruising the East coast of Sardinia Sent from Samsung

Hello, Yes I have the drawing and can send it to you. I am not quite sure what you mean regarding the mainsail gearbox, are you referring to the manual or the one mounted on the electric motor? I

Hi All, Our Bamar 1.01 staysail furling motor is very noisy. I've read previous threads, and one thing which was suggested was to re-grease the gearing mechanism. This part of the furler is not

Thanks much everyone for the advice! I will get a wet vac! As regards the bleach, maybe clean off the hoses with it using a bucket and then use it sparingly on the bilge itself?

Bill K., I wish my copper still looked like new. Here is what I pulled out after discovering on my first passage as a new owner that the aft holding tank emptied into the access area below the shower

Bill, I hear you, but anything over 50ppm free chorine is not recommended even for relatively short term contact with copper. 1/2 cup of bleach in a gallon is about 1,250ppm free chlorine. I don't

Bill, You are correct, however some of the recommendations in this thread were much higher than I gave which was 1/2 cup to a gallon of water for 1 hour, then use a wet vac to suck it out...then add 8

I know bleach (sodium hypochlorite) is a great cleaning agent, but in the concentrations being talked about it is actually quite corrosive to copper. It would be best to avoid its frequent use in the

Hello Mark & Jennifer and full props to the Great State of Texas! We too just closed on our Amel JOY #388 formerly (Bamboozle). We envy you as we cannot move aboard for a handful of months yet. We're

Oh, Jazz. Not much of an Amel except the hull. CW Bill Rouse Admiral, Texas Navy Commander Emeritus Amel School www.amelschool.com 720 Winnie St Galveston Island, TX 77550 +1(832) 380-4970

Besides being very careful in what's get down to the bilge, more or less do ass Bill describeds, in addition to that we have a ladies sock as a filter collecting remaining solids that might go down

Miles, I believe you purchased “Jazz”. As I recall it does not have the same lifelines & stanchions as Amel , no motorized Genoa furler, or the motorized main and outhaul furler, it has new

Joerg, I am not surehow the 55 is configured but I have a couple of tips. I remove thefloat switch. I put about 2 cups of bleach into the bilge and fill it to thetop. I let it sit for most of

Joerg, The following is a copy of the text only of a page in my Amel School book: I believe that it is important to clean it regularly, probably every 2 months, and to limit what you allow to get in

Ah yes I wasn't thinking straight. Thanks Bill! So I think I'll do as per my old boat and add a second removable forestay. Attachments Positioned as high up the mast as possible and as far fwd on

Have a great first meal on board. We just got to Italy after 2 years in Greece. The med is a great cultural place to cruise. The wind and wind direction is usually pretty fickle, but the Amel is great

Congratulations Miles, and welcome to the family! Where are you now? Kent Robertson S/V Kristy SM 243 karkauai at yahoo dot com USA cell: 828-234-6819

I am new to Amels and would like to understand best practices how to keep the bilge clean. On the A55 it seems very difficult to really scrub the bilge - for one, all the hoses need to come out, in

Congratulations and welcome to the family! I am at St Michaels until Oct then headed S to Bahamas, T&C, Cuba, Grand Cayman, and back up to St Michaels by June 1. Where are you now? If you get up to