Would it be a good idea for all SN owners to start any post or photo title with 'Santorin' followed by an easily searchable sub title - steering/engine/mast etc. I find I am trawling through lots of

Hi Volker So my santorin Nga Waka is a year younger launched in 1991 but it had sailed to nz from the med.....and it sat unused in Panama for a couple of years and on arrival in nz I did a couple of

Volker, A bit more. Championship gearboxes are available and relatively not expensive. Their motors are a straightforward rebuild by a good motor electrics specialist. There are a number of parts on

Criag, Dave, My Santorin (96) did not have deck lights or a steaming light fitted when it was built. So I have a single port/starboard unit clamped on the front of the pulpit. The wires are cable

Hi Dave on Liesse, Frankly, your mast head lights seem an excellent (original AMEL) choice all by themselves, but if you want deck level lights too the wires of our AMEL installed lights (SN68) were

Hi all, Regarding running lights, our early SN actually has no deck level running lights, mast tricolor only. I have ordered the lights recommended by Ken, the 3nm LED, and I appreciate the

The water pump is moved to the rear of the fuel pump. It can be driven off the shaft through the fuel pump. It is a bit of work. You can see the photos I put on your thread. Michael Nebo sm251

Hello Volker, For their present generation of boats, Amel uses Facnor curlers. But as mentioned repeatedly, your unit is rugged and well designed. But like everything else on a boat, it requires some

Volker, We own a Maramu that has the original electric furling systems for the main and Genoa, all of which were functional when we bought the boat. These have proven to be quite reliable and are

Hi Dan, Just a word of caution about the iron backing plate. If you can't remove it completely, you may want to passivate what's left with phosphoric acid to prevent it from swelling up and distorting

Vibration is a result of either poor alignment or the Vetus Coupling rubber donuts were in need of replacement. In either case, because of the vibration, the Vetus coupling rubber donuts will

Hi Volker, I totally agree with Ian's comments. That your genoa furler works well (unlike your main & outhaul) is great. My only recommendation would be to do some preventive maintenance on it and

Hi Ian, thanks for your thoughts! So far all works....I am only concerned about the age of the gearbox/motor. I already changed the main furler motors & gearboxes as they were non function... Forced

Hi Michael, I was looking at ways of mounting the water pump elsewhere because it makes a lot of sense. How did you do that? The large frame alternator has been fitted on the port side of the engine

Volker Does the electric curled work at the moment. If 'Yes', then do not change it. Use it for a while before deciding. The original Genoa is pretty big - 150% and weighs a fair bit. It can be

Hello Santorin or Maramu Owners, I own a Santorin (SN 27) from 1990 which I am planning to overhaul. I bought the boat about a year ago, however due to Covid I was so far not able to do anything with

We used poly flex mounts, these were set up via poly flex as they can be made to order for specific weights. I moved the water pump to a nice location away from the alternator. Remote mounted the

We have had a nightmare fitting the Beta 85T to our 1993 Super Maramu. The fitter that we employed took the Perkins out and it was only when it was put next to the Beta that he he realised that they

Hello a few more tips, I did this job last year. The backing plate on SM#387 was iron and very corroded from moisture that had run down inside the stanchion. I had to break and grind enough of the

With bestregards, Mark Skipper Sailing Vessel- Cream Puff - SM2K - #275 Currentlycruising - Tahiti, French Polynesia www.creampuff.us From:main@AmelYachtOwners.groups.io