Hi Mark, I am going to hold off on ordering the stainless sheaves for now since I already have Bernard’s PETP pulleys and his additional explanation below which I will test out and perhaps modify

Paul, Vladimir, and Ian, You guys are good. I will send you emails offline. Thanks to you all for the support on this project. Mark McGovern SM#440 Cara Deale, MD USA

Alex, New England Ropes makes a Vectran cored line called "V-100" that has very low stretch, a high friction polyester cover, is available in 12 mm, is very tolerant of going around the small diameter

Alex, Originally on early 54s the line was 10mm kevlar core, polyester sheath. Amel now recommends 12mm. You probably will not find kevlar. Use a core fiber that has the less stretch. Do you know how

Dear Amelians, I had all lines of my 54 replaced two years ago in Florida. It turns out that the line in the boom which is pulling the mainsail ,doesn't hold the sail in its position, even if the

Mark, I'd be interested if it's still possible. Thx. Ian & Margaret S/V Loca Lola II SM153 smlocalola@...

I am also interested. SM 345 "Life is Good" Vladimir Sonsev 202 258 1916

Hi Mark, I would be interested in two pulleys too, if you still have a couple available! Shipping to France or US if easier. I will write to your email. Mine is carpathia3 at yahoo dot com. Many

Mark, I would like a pair as well if they are not all spoken for. Thank you for all your efforts on this one. Please shoot me an email when you have a chance (paul dot stascavage at icloud dot

HI Kent, I don’t remember if I added another outboard block back near the winch. I don’t think so. There should not be much force on the line and I usually pulled it in manually—at least

Hi Dean; We are wintering in Corfu and will start cruising the Ionian and then the Adriatic in June. My e-mail address is mshirloo “at” transpacific”dot”us If you’d like to stay in

Alan I found it at Amazon Germany: https://www.amazon.de/dp/B00F44Q9XY/ref=pe_3044161_189395811_TE_SCE_3p_dp_1 It has a rubber cap but the switch is made in plastic. This one has a better quality

I had forgotten the vacuum trick Eric. I really like that one too!! Kent S/V Kristy SM243

Hi Tom, We have replaced the starboard wire twice and the port one once. One of the secrets is to use the European round wire vs the USA flat wire. I am not a fan at the present time to use LED

Hi Mohammad, We bought the 54 in late 2017, and cruised for 6 months in Greece last summer. Much like you, we are very impressed with the boat. The more we learned the more we liked. Cheers Dean SV

Gerhard If you said already, I don't see it. Can you tell me where you purchased the new starter switch for your Perkins? I need a new rubber cap for mine, as well. Alan, sv Charisma Mango #62

HI Dean; Congratulations. You will not be disappointed. We are more impressed with each passing year. Happy Sailing; Mohammad and Aty B&B Kokomo AMEL 54 #099

Hi Porter, Those pictures are from 2001, and that's our daughter swimming. She was in the Peace Corps in Ecuador, so, of course, we had to go. What a super time! From what I read the government

Thanks Miles, so I’m envisioning the line running along the deck and up against the cockpit coaming, rather than thru another block or two that keep it outboard by the rail. Is that right? Kent

Hi Tom, If you haven’t already, switch to LEDs. You can use a much smaller wire which will be much easier to run. Definitely use some kind of lube, it will go much easier. (Soapy water or a