Thanks Mark, I will cut out following these dimensions. Kind regards, Willem SM#351 KAVANGA Van: amelyachtowners@... <amelyachtowners@...> Verzonden: zondag 2 december 2018 14:47 Aan:

Thanks Mike, I will order today. Kind regards, Willem SM#351 KAVANGA Van: amelyachtowners@... <amelyachtowners@...> Verzonden: zondag 2 december 2018 17:33 Aan:

Our furler is now operational. Ultimately, the primary root cause was a seized bearing, the one closest to the motor. Other components definitely needed attention as well but were not critical. We

We are in luck... I happen to have the jib furler apart on my boat for routine maintenance. I can photograph and measure the parts of the drive pin if anyone needs them. One thing I can reassure

We have a split lead antenna, that is put outside the back stay https://gamelectronicsinc.com/product/split-lead-gammckim-ssb/ Very easy to install, we have communicated with Chris Parker all the way

Hi Dean, When I bought my 54 she also missed the OEM AMEL whip. I asked AMEL to send a new whip and they suggested to have a backstay antenna as it would be very difficult & cost prohibitive

Hi Dean, The little stand off spacers are on my list of “things to do”. No leakage problems. Nick “Amelia”

Bill R, Point 1: New England Ropes Sta-SetX polyester line has a breaking strength of 7600 lbs in the 7/16 inch size (11mm, but as close as they get to 10). Even using the most conservative industry

HI dean, I meant to say GTO15 wire and not coax. ON ONE OF MY PREVIOUS BOATS I HAD A PROBLEM WITH THAT WIRE. THE SEAWATER RAN DOWN THE WIRE INTO A LOCKER AND THEN UPHILL INTO THE TUNER. The tuner

Hi Eric, Thanks for that point. When you say coax, may I assume you mean the antenna feed cable (which shouldn’t be coax, but may look like it from outside). Do you have the 7m whip

Porter, Thanks. However, ther are two things a) I'm not using the aircon and b) I don't have a ball valve where you described it, only in the forward saloon sole compartment where there are three of

Hi Nick, Great feedback! That is exactly the configuration I have in mind if I go down the backstay path. Did you use spacers between the plastic tube holding the feed cable and the lower part of

He has the SM 2000 (newer) style release knob. Best, CW Bill Rouse Admiral, Texas Navy Commander Emeritus Amel School http://www.amelschool.com 720 Winnie St Galveston Island, TX 77550 +1(832)

Bill Kinney, Amel trained all SM owners to use this line to go up the mast and many use it today. Yes, it may not need high strength capacity, but it's construction and reliability is very important

Hi Dean, My 54 had a whip antenna that had broken off at deck level when I bought the boat. Since I replaced all the standing rigging anyway I included backstay isolators for the starboard mizzen

Dean, When I had Kimberlite built. Jean Jacques was adamant about not installing a backstay antenna. My experience with my other boats is that it is difficult to keep the water out of the coax over

Thanks Bill, that’s helpful stuff. When you suggest Whip for ‘safety reasons’, are you only referring to the possibility that a whip antenna may be able to survive a dis-masting event, or is

Thanks Daniel, Interesting (and entertaining), definitely food for thought. I had not considered Joel’s third argumennt at all! For me, another point for consideration would be the

Bill, I replaced my ballooner halyard with vectran and a tylaska shackle. Olivier said the sheave at the top of the mast is the same as the other halyard sheaves. I now have 2 halyards for whatever

Bill R, The directions you show are for splicing a high tech dyneema or spectra core line.Is there a rational for using such an expensive line on the ballooner halyard which sees no load at all in