Hi Bill, Absolutly !!! I have to call monday. This is the amel answer to the mail I sent this morning: Good afternoon, You are correct when you say that the steering rack has been discontinued by

Hi Aldo, I have hove-to several times, usually waiting for light to sail into an unfamiliar port. Typically, I use whatever sails I have up for the current conditions. The worst conditions were hove

Congratulations on your new baby, Volker. She will bring you much joy and adventure in a safe and comfortable way. Please post any questions here. It is helpful to everyone as many Amel models have

Hi Amelians I ignore if the subject matter has been discussed before, but I would love to hear from the many of you that have heaved to your Amels. Some of the questions that come to mind ( am sure

Antonio To contact Amel SAV, email SAV"at"Amel.fr Best, CW Bill Rouse Amel Owners Yacht School - www.AmelOwnersYachtSchool.com 720 Winnie St Galveston Island, TX 77550 +1(832) 380-4970

Antonio, I am sure there are owners who would like know your solution that you worked out with the technician. Please describe. Best, CW Bill Rouse Amel Owners Yacht School -

Dear Amel, I read about the problem occoursed to a ultraflex sistem on an Amel Super Maramu and Just last year I was interested to change my cables and rack. My sistem works fine but it is 24 Years

Hi guys, I follow with great interested this discussion about ultraflex. I am in Rome and my boat is two hour to ultraflex headquarter, I call today ultraflex and I have the personal phone of his

I posted SM 16 Tamango 2 worn rack photo. This was 29 years old and 50,000 miles. You can see the rack is completely worn out. The album can be viewed here:

Wolfgang, We will be making the same trip; Bermuda-Azores-Portugal ... (opr maybe England this time) ... about the first or second week of May 2020. I have had good luck with several wonderful crew

I have a photo of Hanspeter's old steering rack which I will post for him in Photos. His was 29 years old and about 50,000 miles. Best, CW Bill Rouse Amel Owners Yacht School -

Congratulations! You should post your comments and questions to main@amelyachtowners.groups.io You should sign with your name and Santorin hull number. Best, CW Bill Rouse Amel Owners Yacht School -

Again its Hp The problem was coming up suddenly. 20 nm befor going between moonoisland Trinidad, the steering had a problem . I turned the wheel with force and used the bow trouster to sail between

Yes this is HP from Tamango 2 I got the chance to order the last piece of Steering material, racks and pinion from SAV. I told that to Bill and SAV will look for new mybe new sources. But; my

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

Hi Bill, I may have missed the answer to this question but is this rack/cables also for the 54? Regards, Arno SVLuna, A54-121

James , That seems like a good idea , I will begin to fix it off center. I was wondering if the rack could be rehabbed ,is the rack cast metal or could metal be welded and teeth fashioned . Pat SM

Bill, That is interesting speculation about the smoothness of an autopilot affecting the life expectancy of the steering rack and makes sense to me. I have also been concerned about the possible

I realize that I was probably too conservative when I stated that "the steering rack normally lasts 20+ years." I think with very few exceptions, the rack has lasted closer to 30 years, than 20 years.

I am not sure, but I believe there is a good chance they are the same. check with SAV"at"Amel.fr --