Hi Steven, We are still waiting for delivery of our 47kg Mantus anchor, but the research I did on the working load of the 1200W Lofrans winch provided proof that the winch will handle raising the

Hello, I am on the market for Amel. Have seen Mango and Super Maramu. At first I was very much into Mango but after inspecting Super Maramu I am more into SM now. I would very much appreciate any

Many thanks Alan Cheers

I use a wire brush Cheers Alan Elyse SM437

Hi Stephen, We have the 47kg Mantus and the windlass handles it just fine. We did install the Mantus Anchor Mate so that it sits properly when raised. We also use their swivel, snubber, headlamps and

Hi all & Bill, I recommend that this kind of conversation and personal opinion of a fellow Amel owner Is kept out of this forum. This is obviously a matter between the two persons and are better kept

Hi Joel, Disagreeing is good for communications. However, what I wrote is a true anecdote to which you were obviously not a party. `Cheers, Jean-Pierre Germain, SY Eleuthera, NZ

Hello Bill et al, These latches were installed by Amel at the yard during the build. (Sometimes... Amel did some customisation to get a sale) The first owner was a Luxemburger (Jean-Pierre Friedrich)

Hello Ross, Many thanks for your reply about fitting a 105 Mantus anchor! I would be very grateful if you would advise me if you, or other Amel owners you know, increased chain size or windlass size

JP, Ken, et al None of the other hundred or more SMs that I have been aboard had PERKO latches. Perco is a Florida company. If anyone is interested in the latches shown in the photos that were added

Hi Gang, Our friends Ken and Zeville on SM2K Aquarius sent us this. Their floor boards were built like this at the factory Cheers Jean-Pierre Germain, SY Eleuthera Begin forwarded message:

Hi All, We are on the hard and I wish to clean the grounding plate on the Skegness. How do you proceed? What product do you use? Kind regards, Jean-Pierre Germain, SY Eleuthera, SM007, NZ

As I understand it, series vs parallel is a trade off. In series, in full light, there is reduced impedance because of the higher transmission voltages to the MPPT ostensibly close to the batteries.

I'm servicing my furlers and wonder what kind of lubricants I should have in the main furler? see pictures, when disassembly it was a grayish syrup like liquid Paul on SY Kerpa SM#259

The Amel installation includes a Victron 150/35 MPPT controller. I have observed that shading is definitely an issue. As the sun makes its way around, there are always times when the mizzen boom,

Here are some photos of the two lock-downs on our floor boards. Aquarius SM2K #262 Currently in Thailand

Hi gang, The new owner of SM444 can possibly give you some info. IIRC, the PO of 444 had locks on his floor panels Jean-Pierre Germain SY Eleuthera SM 007 NZ

I'd also like to hear how SM owners have installed lock-downs on the floor lockers. Thanks Kent and Iris SM 243 Kristy Leaving Georgetown Exumas for T&C, then Martinique in the next 24 hours.

Paul, We have 3 x 250 W solar panels on an arch with Schottky diodes, whether its better with or without I don't know since we installed them from new. We also rarely run the generator except when

Hello again, Many thanks for all your valuable comments! One additional question for those people who have upgraded to the 47kg (105 lb) Mantus option on their SM. Does your windlass cope OK with the