Our boat has a little placard next to the shifter which reads "Sous voiles, moteur arrêté. NE JAMAIS LAISSER LE LEVIER EMBRAYE dans la POSITION QUI NE STOPPE PAS franchement l'hélice." (crazy

I don't know which gearbox your Amel has. But my Sharki has the Hurth HBW20 gearbox and the placard says, quite strongly, to NEVER have the shift in forward when sailing and the engine is stopped! --

Dear Amelians, I am heading for Bermuda and then Marinique.. I just noticed that the propeller shaft was turning when I was sailing and the throttle handle was flat forward as Amel said to dol. I

Hi Amel 54 friends, my main mast furler did block due to corrosion inside, after 8 years of operation. The rubber sealing ring above was broken, and there has been no drain hole in the lower part.

Hi Bill, I would like to buy one for our VP D3-110i-C. Do you know if they also make one for the Onan 11kW genset? I think that one is (even) more subject to corrosion. Regards, Arno Luijten SV

Jeffery, Great! HDI will use it to make a mold, then make an investment cast stainless steel elbow for the D3. For those of you that don't know what we are discussing, many marine engines including

Hello All, Like Danny, I will be in Opua. Good trades and far better cruising grounds in the Bay of Islands. Whangerei requires at least 2 hours just to leave the river. Cheers Jean-Pierre

Hi. In 11 years and 50,000 miles of using Amel supplied seals I have never had a failure, and the springs have never been rusty on removal. Regards Danny SM 299 Ocean Pearl

Hi Scott. You will get the best rates for haul outs and hard stand in Whangarei. There is competition there. Good trades too. But I do almost all mine in Opua as it is only a day sail south of me,

Hi Craig, have received the seals loosely in the envelope. 1.4301 / V2A / 304 is not seawater resistant. Only 1.4571 / V4A / 316 with 2% molybdenum (is pure austenitic) is seawater resistant and

I got it. I replied mine. I'll bring it back with me and send it to you monday Sent from my Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7.

Yes Best, CW Bill Rouse Amel Yacht Owners School - www.AmelYachtOwnersSchool.com 720 Winnie St Galveston Island, TX 77550 +1(832) 380-4970

Coming across the Atlantic we had the same problem. I decided it was a problem with something blocking the tank. I took off the Hose leading to the tank and put it into the bell of the ships horn.

Coming across the Atlantic we had the same problem. I decided it was a problem with something blocking the tank. I took off the Hose leading to the tank and put it into the bell of the ships horn.

Bill, are you looking for the exhaust elbow coming off the turbo? Sent from my Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7.

Hi Arnold, I assume when you say the springs of the Amel supplied lip seals were magnetic you (or your mechanic) concluded they were not Stainless Steel and therefore you replaced them with O-rings.

Hello Andrew, Great to hear from you! I am going to re-post an update I sent to Bob earlier today. Maybe we should make a group for this. I am having a machine shop use CNC to make a large, low

Hello, I'm Arnold with the SM 203 Zephyr, In March 2019, in Nice, I changed the seals with Amel OEM. After 150 hours of engine and 1600 NM, I was able to detect a water ingress in the C-Drive. Of

I will also throw in my 2 cents. One of the major reasons we elected to buy an Amel, was that the boat concept, its design and systems had been tested for decades, in conditions that we expected to

Hello Bill, I am new to my AMEL 54. I have seen a couple of videos on changing the seals out, but do you have the how to you like, and is it available. I'm splashing in one month. I remember all the