I can give you something preliminary. We are also swapping out our old unit, a Frigoboat with a Danfoss 35 compressor; I though of just preparing, but the bottom of the box is very rusted, and it just

I am in the middle of the refit of my older SM and while I probably should be focused more on the mundane items on my list like replacing hoses, I thought some fun cosmetic work needs to be mixed in.

Alex, We toyed with theidea of a replacement last summer and searched the USA for a compatiblesolution. We were looking mostly at drawer models. However, the best solutionwe could find was a

Thanks Olivier. I am sure Chris is also thankful for the information. Best, Bill Rouse

Good sailing Danny

Dear Amelians, I'm considering to replace the refrigerator in the galley and am therefore looking for a model withe the same size, but hopefully has multiple drawers to store thinghs and is more

Hello Bill and Chris, hull # 167, 174, 202, and 210 have AUTOPROPS, first model with open stainless steel ball bearings. 146 and 156 have MAX-PROPS. 159 has a fixed prop. I think AMEL started with

In addition, I asked Maureen info"at"coastalclimatecontrol.com about the Calpeda Pump capacitor. M75335A - Calpeda capacitor, 10mF Maureen said that it is currently in stock - $25.00 If you have

Eric and all, I just spoke with Maureen at Coastal Climate Control. She gave me this information: M3335H - Seal Kit for Calpeda pump B-CM20E (Climma part #M67270x) –currently in stock

Me too and Carango on hard in Grenada.

Boat on the hard in Curacao and me in UK… :-) JPG

Jean-Pierre, Great sail well done - where are you now? Peter Carango Amel 54#035

Jean, Thanks for the information. BTW, I got my information on the first SM 2000 from Amel. I am absolutely positive that your hull 232 was not built in 2008. Did you accidentally make Satchimi 10

Good morning Eric, Back in 2013 when I had my Calpeda pump overhauled. Coastal Climate told me they had only a few rebuild kit left, so I bought 4. The kits come with instruction on how to do the

Hi everyone, Good run Danny, I did 1800 NM in 10 days flat while crossing the ATL of which 2 days topped 200 nm. :-) Moving right along!! Jean-Pierre Germain, SY Eleuthera SM 007

Steve, I had just told the elderly couple yesterday that I may not be able to take them and their family out for a sunset 50 th Anniversary sail. It was nice to call them and tell them their cruise

Bob , I did bypass the switch on the positive side immediately to eliminate the switch. I could not reach the negative switch , thus suspected my problem may have been on the neg. side at the back of

Glad it turned out to be an easy fix, and you can now get back to some sailing. Steve, Aloha SM72

I actually quite like the "blue" floor boards ! What I don't like is that they cannot be locked down....I am working on that Cheers Alan Elyse SM437

The most common diodes for this application are 1N4004 rates 0.5amp 400 volts Bob Grey Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad