Happy New Year to all of you happy AMEL owners, In severe conditions, on a port tack, the waves slapping the portside may push some seawater into the main engine exhaust through-hull fitting. This is

Same instruction for Amel 54 with Volkswagen 140 tdI Wolfgang Weber SY Elise Amel 54#162

The anti syphon loop should prevent any water making it into the muffler box even when healed on starboard tack. Many boats have the engine exhaust in the transom and it is said that in certain

The same instruction is in our SM manual with the Yanmar engine, so I doubt it's a Volvo issue. I think the 54 has the same Vetus exhaust setup as the SM. We certainly do it when sailing passages,

No you’re not the only one. We do it too. But our engine did fail, but it wasn’t a flooded engine scenario, but rather bad cylinder liners. A new engine. H version has been running well from

Given the spate of failed Volvo D3-110 engines and more than a few with seawater found in the cylinders, I am inclined to believe that there is a design weakness in the exhaust system on A54s. I do

Hi Duane, I initially replaced with a standard bolt temporarily, and then replaced that with the eye-bolt much later. And as I have been remembering, I believe one of these I couldn’t even get out

Thanks Mike, I'm glad to hear someone else had the same problem and that the only solution was to pull up on it. I was going to be surprised if there was a nut buried under fiberglass that was free

Hi Gary, Sounds logical, but alas, there is no access from inside that I can find. Not even from the wiring compartment for the main mast. Thanks, Duane

I plan to arrive in Rome, Italy on 6 April. I have no plans until 14 April when I have a training session in Marseilles, France. I plan to be back in Galveston 18-19 April. This might be an

Hi Volker, Your Sharki 176 had a longer mizzen boom than the older models and it over hangs the transom and is likely to foul a windvane unless you with lift the boom. I have seen it done with the

Hi Duane: Are you referring to the ring bolt on top of the toe-rail just forward of the main mast chainplate? If so you may find that it is secured from the back side with a nut instead of the mild

It is only the central stern one that suffers from this problem. The others are mounted on the gunwales, those are solid glass. regards, Arno

Hi Duane, We had a similar experience with this bolt on Aletes. The stbd eye bolt spun but would not extract. As I recall we contrived an assembly (leverage) to exert considerable upward force on the

I am working on the rusting bolts securing the stanchions. There is a ringbolt on the stbd side (used to secure the halyard for the ballooner) on top of the bulwark that has some rust. It appeared

I am very surprised that Amel used coring material in a thru hole area... On my Amel 50, they use solid glass and a massive backing plate to support the railing and cleats. I thought they have always

Hello Karen, that would be awesome. We are in Port Canaveral but will ping you our next trip to Lighthouse Point. How long will you be in Fort lauderdale? Really appreciate the offer. I can also order

Thanks Tom Very helpful Andre

Have you considered checking your hot water immersion tank? I had the same problem on Pure Magic when we owned her and found that the thermostat had failed. Once replaced, the problem was solved.

Thanks perfect