Hey all, so thanks to Bill's advice to remove the whole panel via the knob (which I really should have noticed but there were clothes packed into the second-most forward cubby), I yanked it and

Hi Ryan, I recently replaced my genoa blocks with new Antal blocks supplied by Euro Marine. The blocks that came with our boats are now out of production. I'm attaching a picture of the blocks I

If you have an older SM I recommend you take a hard look at the Genoa sheet cars. I had one fail in light wind. Bill Kinney had similar failure mode. 20/30 year old gear. I got my new ones from

Hi I bent the water level dipstick with 900 liters in the tank, so near the bottom of the dipstick. (I was running the watermaker, stumbled going down the companionway and grabbed anything.) It is

Hi, I made this piece 2 years ago for a client, it s easy to made. If you need it look for someone with a milling machine and lathe and it can be easly done. you can see the problems he had here

Rig Rite might also have the blocks, They are up in Rhode island. https://rigrite.com/Spars/SparParts/Sheaves.php. Fair Winds Eric Amel Super Maramu #376

HI, When you eventually get the thruster apart,. I would suggest you take the motor to a rebuild shop. . There is an open roller bearing at the bottom of the motor where the tube enters the motor. I

Hi Mike, Thank you very much for the info. We might want to replace our cars soon, but what we're looking for right now are the blocks (pulleys) that are at the aft ends of the tracks. Ryan and

Hi Ryan, We replaced our cars in 2016, exactly as original as custom made for Amel by Antal Italy. US distributor Euro Marine Trading in Newport, RI. Very good to work with. Hope they are still

Hi Ellen, In addition to what you're doing and Bill Rouse's suggestions (sans Amel tool) I was finally successful by using a chain wrench around the motor flange along with a 2' extension pipe for

Hi Ellen, There might be another way, but you will need a lot of time energy and patience. The bow thruster on my SM jammed solid a few years ago in Mexico and it would not move. After

Hi all, As we prepare for the sailing season this spring, we've noticed our genoa sheet blocks are in pretty bad shape. Some of the ball bearings are cracked or crushed. At the very least, I think

I saw your photo with the jack pushing the coupling upward. Am I mistaken that it has moved 6-8mm? This should be a warning to everyone with a bow thruster prior to the Side-Power in A-54's that

Hi everyone! I was hoping somebody could help with a particularly troublesome bow thruster. We bought out Mango 3 years ago and we have been doing short sails while slowly refurbishing her. We have

We have had a genoa furling solenoid fail on that board. We now carry two spares. I concur with Bill, the whole assembly comes out with a long loom, very easy to work on, and of course for testing

Thanks, all! I'll give it a go and report back later. And Bill, THANKS for that tip. It'll make all the difference in the world to getting me up off the couch and into the forecabin to start :)

Paul! I think of losing toes every time I close that thing :) But thinking on it now, it would be far easier and not mess with the access like struts would, if you just took a foot long piece of fat

Thanks, done... https://amelyachtowners.groups.io/g/main Bill

Hi Bill, I'm glad you noted "world tour" rather than circumnavigated as that allows a wider interpretation. Maramu 121 Libertad 2017 Dennis & Virginia Johns SailBlog: s/v Libertad Dennis SailBlog:

Did you drop a note to Alexandre formerly of Nikimat. He had a ton of unused spares. Fair Winds Eric Amel Super Maramu #376