Hello Oscar, Our SM was sailed from France through the Pacific with the original blue bottles which were not refillable in New Zealand. We ditched the blue bottles and bought bottles that are more

Good morning Barry, Back then it was a short in the compressor… I had changed the capacitors before but they never trip the main. Alexandre --------------------------------------------

Hi there, In 1990-1994 circumnavigation in my first boat I sailed Panama- Marquesas (38days) then Tuamotus, Society Islands, Tonga, NZ, Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Rabaul in New Britain, and then

Thanks Alan, yes we don't have the dishwasher, a second fridge replaced that space. However the plumbing is still there and I will check the clothes washer plumbing. Regards Danny SM 299 Ocean

Thank you Alexandre, when you replaced the capacitors, did you find that fixed the problem and didn't trip your mains again. Barry, TW3

Hi Bill, When I first took delivery of Kimberlite, I was rather anal about bottom painting and maintenance of the bow thruster and C drive seals. I painted the bottom and changed all the seals etc.

Hello, Has anyone installed solar panels on his/her boat in Panama? Could you please share your contacts? Kind regards, Oscar

Good afternoon Barry, No .pdf but may be the illustration I did will help you as I labeled some of the wiring. http://www.nikimat.com/air_conditioning_climma_marine_compact_9_eh.html Sincerely,

Hello, We left France on Sept 1st and we're now in Panama. I have two question for you - thank you in advance for your help : 1/ COOKING GAS. The boat (Amel 54) was bought in France. We always

Does anyone have a PDF file relating to the Frigoboat Cabin Air Conditioner installed in SM's, particularly late 1990 - early 2000. The unit installed in TW3 I believe is Schematic Split 4-6-8 with FC

Bill I read your seal write-up and recognized NIKIMAT's bow thruster photo with an added "red don't do X." I have found that there is usually more than one good way to perform almost every procedure.

And also the water connection to the dishwasher...we had that. Danny, one thing to bear in mind , it doesn't matter whether or not you've used the washing machine, the pressure water is still

Danny, Check the weird looking freshwater pipe/hose fitting near the floor behind the clothes washer. It is a filter and hose coupling. I had it start leaking. it is #5 on my list. Best, CW Bill

Thanks Bill, I shall search on. Hardly use the aircon, haven't used the clothes washer in a while, done a fairly good first look at the under sink piping but there is a slight leak in the water

Danny, Most common sources in order are: Cracked condensation plastic collection box on Salon AC Partially clogged AC condensation drain Cracked galley sink spray handle near the hose

Hello Mark, Will you please add mt husband Glen to the Yahoo Amel Group? His email address is gjbradley1@... It seems heavily weighed with maintenance, circuitry and electronics issues and he's

H Julie, The yahoo groupformat prevents me from adding members myself (go figure). Glen can add his ownemail to the group and I, or one of the other moderators, will approve it. With

Chuck, I had a few minutes and went looking for the parts on the forum. Here's what I found: For the Manual Mainsail Furler: =================================== Bearings: Source , Motion Industries -

Bill, Thanks for taking the time to do this write up. It was very informative and very well done. The link to the seal puller tool was greatly appreciated. Your contributions as well as all the

Thanks Ryan, I just arrived in st.martin from bvis. After my body quites rattling from the trip I'm going to open her up. I'll see what I can find. If it's a motor issue beyond my capabilities I'll