There is THE SUPERIOR surveyour: OLIVIER BEAUTE, But he lives in La Rochelle........ Worth EVERY penny. Martin AMEL 54 CHIARA Nr. 149

Hi Alan, I think Olivier Beaute at Atlanticyachtsurveyors is the go to guy, I know he was in the Carib recently. I couldn t align schedules w him for the recent survey on my Santorin so don t have

Hi Alan, I used a local BVI surveyor - West Indies Surveyor. DO NOT USE HIM or any local man. Best to fly in some one from another location. Ben Driver S/V La Bella Vita SM #347

Hi All, I'm flying down to the BVI next week to look at a super Maramu and hopefully the next step will be a pre purchase survey. I remember some posts about surveyors when I first hooked up to the

On my old boat I had an elbow in a head tank discharge line that would very occasionally get clogged. The magic trick for it was a plumber's snake. Cheap and easy from your local home center.

Alex If you're going to Martinique ask Amel in Marin. They will know or find your answer. Ian Ocean Hobo SN 96

Eric, Thanks for your reply, I was thinking of the same sort of blockage since it was affecting all the taps. It turned out to be just the filter screen on the taps blocked with debris from the tank.

Hi John. We have a 1980 Sharki. Hull #15. The main sail is raised using the original stainless steel halyard and winch on the main mast. It has no furling system and uses the slide method as described

Hi John. We have a 1980 Sharki. Hull #15. The main sail is raised using the original stainless steel halyard and winch on the main mast. It has no furling system and uses the slide method as described

Duane, another thought. I don’t know what pump you have possibly it needs to be primed, or you might have something jammed in the impeller of the pump. However first I would try the air horn. Fair

Duane, One time I had something clogging the fuel line from the main tank to the racor filter . It turned out to be a chunk of silicone caught in the filter inside the fuel tank. I took an air horn

So...we had to pull out the refer (frigoboat) to determine why it wasn't getting cold enough (it was at 45 degrees F at the coldest setting). The foam used for a filter was completely falling apart

John, Having sailed mostly on boats without furling of any kind due in part to my perceived unreliability of many of the non Amel furling systems I was actually looking originally for a pre 1985

Thanks Bill. I will follow your instructions to the letter. All the best. Paul Stascavage SM #466 - s/v Rita Kathryn Saint Lucia RitaKathryn.com

Paul, Depending on the amount of use, that element will last 5-10 years before you have to do it again. It is fairly easy to do. On a Super Maramu you can do it with the water heater in place and

Thanks for all the replies. I think this go around I’m going to just do the element and gasket. We shall see if that was the correct decision down the road (or channel). Paul Stascavage SM #466 -

in the rear of the boat, both reeling on my AMEL54lost a couple of screws, or even worse - broke - and half of it still is in the hole.As a result I get water into the upper compartments of the owner

Dear Amel Collective, Firstly I have been lurking ion the background soaking up as much information as I can from the group as it is my intention to buy a Sharki or Maramu within the next couple of

HelloPaul; Our water heaterstarted popping breakers a few month ago. Instead of justchanging the element, we decided to change the entire water heater. Wefigured there is electrical wiring, the