Hello, no I did not strip the masts, booms and spreaders to bare aluminum. Just carefully treated the corroded area and then re-paint all. Care full prep is required when painting aluminum, don't skip

Jerek, Many years ago I did just that, sanded the corroded spots , primed them then lightly sanded (320 grit) the mast and repainted with Awlgrip . I can't imagine the work in order to sand all the

Jean Pierre Hello, thank you. Did you strip the entire paint to aluminium or just repaired corroded areas and left the good paint on place? I think of repair corroded spots, thereafter sanding the

Hi there I thought it would be interesting to note that on the mid 80s Maramus with morse 401 commander rack and pinion steering system each rack has a grease nipple so this sounds like a good idea

Paul, I recently had an intermittent one way bow thruster issue and it was being caused by the switch under the joystick beginning to fail. On the SM it is pretty easy to lift the black bow thruster

Hello Alan, I’d love to see the quote. In the meantime, I’ll look him up and ask for a quote. Cheers Jean-Pierre Germain jp.germain45@...

Hi JP, In 2014 we had all the standing rigging on Elyse replaced by Phil Ash at Gulf Harbour Rigging. He is probably one of the best if not THE best rigger in New Zealand. He has re-rigged a number

Hi Mark, Could you send me that trouble shooting guide to A 54 bowthruster - I have never really understood properly how it functions with the relays? Peter Forbes The Old Rectory

Hi Gang, We are planning to replace our rigging before proceeding W from NZ in the new season. I have found a very competent rigger but he wishes to have a full rigging plan in order to get the proper

There is an online Panama Cruising guide...

Mark, That’s a useful document as it looks like it tells me exactly how to troubleshoot my problem. However, before I got a chance to use it properly the problem disappeared which, fortunate as

In the owner manual ZF recommends oil change and filter change after 300 hours or each year. -- Gerhard Mueller Amel Sharki #60 Currently Kalamata, Greece

Hello Arthur; I believe annually and we replace at 200 hour engine oil changes all together. This makes sense to us, although not sure if it is as recommended by ZF. Happy Sailing;

How often does the filter need to be changed? How many hours?? Fair Winds to all. arthur Sundqvist SM435. VISTA

Hello I bought 7 years ago a Santorin, i did drop the 2 mast down and treated the corroded area and repaint both mast. Now after those years and a cruise around the world the 2 masts still look very

Is it possible to order plastic sail protection that rans along the mast where sail is entering the mast? Missing pictures of my mast foot pads --

Hello to Everyone After searching for almost 1,5 years I found my AMEL SM. Last week I became proud owner of AMEL SM 201. I am going through some repair work at the moment and look for advice

Hello fellows. I would like to ask advice from the group regarding Preferred marinas near Panama City where others have berthed their boats. I have heard Vista Mar is good, and Balboa possibly.

Does anyone have a procedure to tune the rig on the A55? As is to be expected, my rig has stretched a bit after 4 seasons and I have tightened the lowers and the backstay on the main mast a few turns

Hi Liz, I have seen the photographs of this installation and it looks great. Our SM looks identical to yours so I am sure the fridge that you fitted would also fit our SM. Do you know the model number