Hello Paul, I am a bit surprised your Rocna is not working as you expect; ours was brilliant (on our previous boat) even with a 180 degree wind shift. Does yours have the roll over bar? I had a CQR

Fatty Goodlander wrote an excellent book on anchoring. He has a technique that is simple and foolproof. I recommend his method, and his book. I’m in no way related, just a happy reader..... We had a

I switched to Rocna after the shaft on my Spade bent. The shank on the spade is hollow. It may well have caught in rock. I don’t know. But the Spade should fit easily in the bow roller. Ian Ocean

We have Spade on our Santorin, so no help here on sizing for you, but i will say that we are planning on switching to 25 kg Rocna as i feel the Spade can be difficult to set in harder packed sand, (

I'd look into an ultra. It's what we're upgrading to from the rocna. No roll bar, able to oversize, mud doesn't stick.... Sounds perfect except the price.

We have lost confidence in our Rocna anchor, it served us well for over two years, but this season we have dragged several times, It happens when wind shift 180 degree, then we have slowly slipped

My wife just covered this area with Brisa ultra leather (distressed chamois is the color) in the same pleated pattern as is used in the master stateroom. We attached it with Velcro as is done in

We had an alloy weldment made up from alloy stock and had it welded to the boom (like the 54) so we never will have this issue again. I don't know why Amel decided to use these blocks and the flimsy

Hi Paul, I did the same thing on Kimberlite as the fixture on the mast was cracked. I bought a piece of flat aluminum stock And installed it with I think 4 or 6 allen head cap screws. Looking

Hello Eric, My apologies if I was not clear. The blocks in the attached photo are the attachment points for the main sheet on the main boom. The block to the right in the photo was cracked, wiggled,

Eamonn, You can, indeed, remove the generator end without pulling the whole unit. If you can diagnose the problem as the rotor, that is very simple to pull, but if you can't pin it down the whole

Hi Paul, Where is the plate that you replaced located? What does it do? I am at The Huntington Yacht Club. Are you planning to head this way? Fair Winds Eric Kimberlite Amel Super Maramu

Good day all. We are looking to replace the lining material on the forward berth and captains berth wall panels (see attached photos). The current material is similar if not the same as that which

Good day fellow sailors/repairmen. Just to follow up on this posting, although my block was cracking, it was not in really bad shape. Hence, I did what many of us do and put the task at the bottom of

Hi the failed contactor also melted the socket leaving the boat for the shore, and it turns out also damaged either the stator or rotor of the generator with an estimated rewind price of around 2000

Thanks for the information Bill, saved me from thumbing thru the Yacht School bible, formerly AMEL School, to verify which pump was installed. -- Mark Muelleremail - brass.ring@...A54

Lior, thank you for the data.  I will post any information I find if I locate a US source. -- Mark Mueller email - brass.ring@... A54

Lior and others interested: Unless you were the original owner, be careful to assume that is what is currently on your boat was actually Amel OEM installed equipment. This is the Amel SM & early 54

Bill, I checked again. The 66B is installed on my boat as an anchor wash pump. Lior

Lior, Kit 66B is NOT anchor wash. It is the standard freshwater pump for SMs. I am sure that there are SM owners that will want the 66B kit. CW Bill Rouse Yacht School (formerly Amel School) -