We solved this problem by putting in a plumbing valve in the drain from the shower, moving the copper T connector further aft and rerouting the anchor drain to there. The picture is better than my

Stephen I agree we have several times had conditions when water slushing around in the forward head. I think the idea with the spraycan sounds good. Asume it,s just normal PU Foam on spray can, have

And another cat skinning technique I used on my old boat, but haven't done on Harmonie--yet! https://fetchinketch.net/2015/10/29/fixing-the-hole-in-the-boat/ Bill Kinney SM160 Harmonie Boston,

Thank you toall who chimed in on this. I managed to repair the furling today (between rainshowers) and used aluminum rivets. This is all I have aboard. I have a tap anddie set but not 8 no suitable

Craig, Certainly structurally speaking monel and stainless are good choices for this application. With Monel being a lot higher on the galvanic scale than aluminum, I was wondering if anyone that

I use a small nerf ball that I stuff around the chain in the hawsepipe. It stops all but a little water from getting in. Get a few extras as they deteriorate in the sun after a year or so. Kent

Hi Danny, Then again, it may be that the Captain purposely used softer Aluminum rivets as a safety so they would sheer before anything else broke. Kind of like a sheer pin on an (older) outboard motor

Sorry, I did not sign my comments. Aletes is still with me (and my co-owenr, Mike). And yes, our bow thruster seals are pretty leaky in heavy seas. Tom Peacock Aletes, SM #240 Rock Hall, MD

In the "more than one way to skin a cat" department, we cut off a 2-3" piece of a Swimming Noodle, slit it down the side so it goes around the chain and stuff it into the hawse hole. The pink noodles

It may not be a real big deal, but in very rough conditions with tons of green water over the deck, we have overflowed the shower pan. It sounds like the check valve would not be a good solution, but

Hi. If you use rivers monel are the best. Inert. That is no corrosion and very strong, Ali are far too soft and sheer easily. Regards Danny DM ,299 Ocean Pearl

The chain locker, air conditioning condensate, and the head sink and shower all join to the one hose that has the shut off valve at the saloon side of the water tight bulkhead. If you have water

Hi Joel, I hesitate to even write this, since your knowledge of Amels dwarfs mine. That said,I always thought that the chain locker drained via the white hose all the way to the bilge. I guess I’m

I really doubt you will find a check valve that will allow the shower dump to drain by gravity and yet prevent water from backing up. Yes, water gets into the shower sump. Happens to us under the

Elja No problem with the bow thruster, we have put a pare of dipers there to absorb any moister and they are bone dry Paul SY Kerpa SM#259

We have a piece of foam we use to plug the chain hawse hole. Wejust sort of stuff it in. I tend to forget about it when anchoring again and wefind it later somewhere on the deck. It is not pretty but

Hi Dan, There has beensome talk of AC capacitors on this forum that control the fan speed. It may bethat you have a bad high speed fan capacitor. Fairly easy to check and cheap toreplace.

Hi all, catching up on recent posts. I did not see if there was resolution to this one. Our rear AC unit had also started to trip the breaker. Some times it was on the 220v breaker, it also tripped

Hi Paul, You are not the only one, and you have diagnosed it correctly. We have started closing the chain locker valve if we are sailing hard on a starboard tack, but intend to install a one way valve

Yep, this can happen if you have a lot of water on deck. The SM 53 came from Amel with a rubber flapper assembly that would line up with the chain and keep a good percentage of the water from coming