I had my rig replaced by Caraibe Greement in Le Marin, Martinique, in January, 2017, using ACMO rigging that I had purchased and had sent to the Amel office in Le Marin. Gaetan Rivet runs the rigging

Hi all, I was coming into the quay at Zante yesterday in our A54 with about 10-15 knots on the beam and used the sidepower bow thruster in 10-15 second bursts and all of the sudden, thermal

PB Blaster is what you want for freeing stuck parts. It is much more effective than WD-40. Judicious application of heat (which I don't think I would risk using on the bow thruster) makes it work

I tackled this problem yesterday, and it did not go as planned. My main mast is now pumping fore-and-aft in a wide range of wind speeds with the wind on the beam (I haven't been able to test any

Steve, If your boat is out of the water, you can try lifting it up and then sharply pull it downward. When I first bought my boat it was stuck , it took many drops , but eventually broke free. Its

That bow thruster tool looks like the ticket. Maybe i can make one like it here. I'll call Amel Monday morning and see what it takes to get one here. -Bode

Hi All, I just did the rebuild on the main sail emergency/manual furling gearbox. The pictures, part numbers, and advice here were priceless. Thank you Pat, Duane (I still owe you dinner for the

Steve, Amel makes a specialtool for this problem. If you do not have one it should give you an idea for asolution.

check it at SVB: https://www.svb.de/de/vetus-wassersammler-typ-lss-lsg.html its the one with the 90 mm ... fair winds Robin Amel 54 #54

Oh yeah, and whack it a lot with a hammer around the bolt hole ring.

Hi Steve, Ah, the old stuck bow thruster problem. Keep at it - you're going in the right direction. Try putting a chain wrench around the motor base (where you removed the bolts) and apply lots of

Now that we have sold Pure Magic, I would like to leave the forum. Once again my thanks for all the information over the years. Peter Killen SM 433

Robin, I can't add much to what has been said/recommended above, but wanted to ask you (assuming you also have a Volvo DS3 - 110) about the part no of the muffler and where you ordered it. Thanks for

I'm pretty sure my bow thruster is busted off because when I use it, All I get is a whirring sound. Got all the parts to do a service and the instructions. Fortified with all the web postings about

Robin, Have you checkedyou heat exchanger? Blockage here will cause the muffler to melt. With bestregards, Mark Skipper Sailing Vessel- Cream Puff - SM2K - #275

It’s here if you want it, Philipp. Kent Robertson S/V Kristy SM243

Hi Kent, I have a Perkins similar to TMD22. Thank's a lot for your offer, but I think, that I will have the problem of the housing, because my hull is from 1994 with the number 124. Yours is 243,

Sure, or just take off the hose at the exhaust injection elbow and see if you've got water there. Let us know. ---In amelyachtowners@..., <simms@...> wrote : Hi robin. Have you thought to take the

Hi robin. Have you thought to take the end off the intake end of the heat exchanger. It can get blocked with debris, particularly if you have had a previous failure of thexestrr pump impeller.