John, Congratulations on pulling the trigger! Brava is just a few boats down the dock to seaward, and I return on the 30th to Le Marin. Let me know if you need anything at all. I will be leaving Le

Just a note to thank all who have responded regarding my burnt out motor. I will try and make contact tomorrow to have a motor sent to me in St Maarten and take it from there, as to why it burnt out I

Hello, our dream is almost over and we have to think about selling our boat which we really, really love. We bought it from an owner who took very much care of the boat and sold it to us because we

Hello I replaced the motor for the linear actuator – the model we have is ACLE105 – I got this direct from SNT the original manufacturer. Amel did not have one. Their details are :

Hi Patrick. I believe Amel France is closed until January 2nd. Regards Danny SM 299 Ocean pearl

One more thing. Jean COLLIN, manager at Amel Caribbean in Martinique might have that part. His mobile phone is 596 (0) 696 419 045. Bill Rouse BeBe Amel 53 #387 Sent from my tablet +1832-380-4970

Two things that may help. First, you may find that the owner manager of lil' Budget Marine, named Guy (pronounced gi), may help you...he orders a lot if things directly from France and is a

This message from CARAMELLE #385 2003 model. Am presently anchored in the Lagoon st Martin have discovered that my thruster is not working, in that it will not move down. Took the cover off the

We had this problem when we bought Elyse. We replaced the line with 12mm Vectran and have had no problems since. The Andersen line tender jaws work much better with 12mm than 10mm Cheers Alan Elyse

Hi John, Congratulations on your Amel. You will find this forum a great source for answers to questions you don’t even know you have yet. Hope to see you down the road someday soon.

Good afternoon, Organization is very important on a boat. So from the original interior brochure, I made various layouts to help remembering where things are located. With time I will add more.

Hi Ian; After doing some research and asking some friends that know the area,we will most likely be leaving Kokomoin Leros on the Hard for the next 4-5 months. We have had good reports so far.We

Hello Ian & Judy, we spent 3 winters in Agios Nikolaos in Crete now. Some friends are in Leros. Leros has two locations. One is the marina near main town which is located a little off the city. So you

Hi All, We are thinking of leaving Pen Azen ashore in Leros for the winter of 2017-18. Has anyone experience of that marina? Have a great sail in 2017, Ian and Judy, Pen Azen, SM 302, Hyeres

After having the same problem with both 10 and 12 m Dynema line of high quality, we bought a 12 m Vectran line from Liros Germany with a cover which is supposed to have high friction, It improved the

Thanks bill for the explanation and the photo. Definitely helpful. It is nice to know how AMEL originally did it. Simple and effective. Respectfully; Mohammad and Aty AMEL 54 #099 B&B Kokomo

Mohammad, I rigged the outhaul line just as Amel had done it. I cut it to size with a hot line cutter. I used the outhaul winch to tighten the line. The stern end is secured first with a single

Thanks bill and Kent. The 10mm dynema that was used by the French rigger stripped its cover the last time it slipped going from Samos to kos a few days ago, downwind force 7. So the current line is no

Hi Mohammed. I had the same problem several years ago. On advice from someone on this forum I sprayed the line with a contact cement. It worked great, and by the time the cement was gone, the line

Hi Vlad, I replaced the old 25 l/hr unit with a Duo 100; makes more sense than a 60 l/hr in my opinion. Both work very well and provide fabulous quality water. Jean-Pierre Germain Eleuthera,