John Completely agree. I am tempted by the lithium ion technology but our 2 year old AGMs rate at 98% on the load tests after 2 years of living on the biat Again never below 80%. We have 1000watts

Hi, My genset fan fell of the overhead in the engine room disconnecting some wires. the fan has 4 wires blue, brown, green/yellow, and black. The green/yellow and the blue are still connected but the

I think I am going to second what Joel just said. Annie has a good quality set of AGM lead-acid batteries. They were installed in 2012 and are still working fine. The previous owners, who purchased

Hi Andrew, no pity...you are on the boat and I am at work ;) As to the alternator questions On the TMD22 there are two alternators...one is 12V for the engine and starter battery, the other is

Ha, I love reading Joel's posts....and to join the choir, Annie SM 37 (1990) also sports the same "cracks" at the bow. Previous owner who purchased her in 2002 reported that the cracks were present

Hi Duane, I am replacing the cars on Annie, currently awaiting shipment from EuroMarine Trading. My original cars and sheaves were a little coarse but opening them up and cleaning them eliminated

I have an invoice from when I replaced the batteries on my Amel 54 and I am sure I replaced them with what Amel recommended at the time. The size was Group 31. There are big but sometimes small hard

That’s exactly what , Gilles from Karin team , Amel specialist , told me about that . Envoyé de mon iPhone

Strange, I wonder why they are installing gel batteries on our new 50? ~~~⛵️~~~Matt

MORE THAN YOU EVER WANTD TO KNOW ABOUT AMEL GEL COAT CRACKS. The reason that the gel coat cracks at the bow and other places is purely cosmetic and is simply caused by the gel coat being too

Gary, Thanks, yes it was the group part I was interested in. It just makes it a bit easier when researching potential replacements. Cheers, Paul S/Y Ya Fohi - Amel 54 #98

When I had a failure of two batteries and ended up replacing the bank Injse grp29 AC Delco lead acids. They served quite well. I am pretty sure that the grp27/29/30/31 are (nearly) identical in size

Hi Paul, Sharon, CourtneyAMEL has changed its advice for the batteries in about 2015. They advice the AGM 12V/110Ah. I have them onboard since years and I am very satisfied. Will change them after

Hi Duane, Mine have gotten stiff in the past, after long passages. They were just caked with salt. I Hi-Def them off well, then put them in warm fresh water and rinsed again...I’ve not taken them

Jarek Fiberglass that is fractured does not break along nice straight lines per your photo. Those look like joints to me. Oliver could probably tell you for sure but I suspect that the parts

I'm wondering if the Antal 120x18 jib blocks on Wanderer need some TLC. If you try to spin the sheave, there is too much friction to permit it to spin. It can be turned with thumb and forefinger

We have it too . When we by the boat in 2015 oliver was the seveier he say it was no problem . I think it is from the anker chain in stromg winds and waves , and when you dont fix the chain with two

Hi Jarek, I second Craigs assessment, our SN has them and i am comfortable that they are cosmetic but haven t ground them out to fully explore. Dave Liesse SN006

I know you should have had AMGs I’m getting ready to replace mine. I have lead acid and am not sure what I’m going to do

Hi, Could someone please advise what is the original battery group for the Amel 54. My batteries are not original and I don’t think they are the correct size. Cheers, Paul S/Y Ya Fohi -