Check out the following link, it contains a bunch of info for Airmar products. I had similar questions. http://www.gemeco.com/st850.php Mark Mueller A54-68 Brass Ring Ft. Lauderdale, glued to the

Hi All, would anyone have the reference of the Vetus coupling on the 54? Many thanks Thomas GARULFO A54#122 Les Saintes, Guadeloupe

Hi Eric Thank you for your kind advice. I have since been in touch with both Amel, and Alexandre.' What a helpful forum this always is! Best regards Colin -- Colin Streeter 0411 016 445

The alternating hot/cold water problem is very common on many boats. The usual cause is the constantly changing water pressure when you have a on/off pressure switch on the supply pump. The

Good morning Paul, Congratulations for looking for an Amel! 3300 hours is “nothing” for a properly maintained Diesel engine. Personally I would stick with original equipment, it will be easier to

Very impressive Mark !!! Great work! Sincerely, Alexandre --------------------------------------------

Thanks Paul Glad to hear Maud is still there as she has always been pretty responsive when contacti g her in the past. We emailed her direct 5 hours ago. Best Regards Colin

Colin, I would somehow get the thruster area out of the water and glass it over. I would then put some expanding foam in the thruster cavity. Finally I would silicone and screw some sort of cover

Hello Duane, Although I have a 54 it seems that we have the same original depth sounder. I have been working for the past year on upgrading from NMEA 0183 to NMEA 2000. I did the conversion for depth

We bought new bow thruster propellers a few weeks ago, and then we communicated with Maud, everything went very swift Paul on SY Kerpa SM 259

Hi Nick & Alan Many thanks for your helpful thoughts. All Did I hear somewhere that Maud was no longer the person to communicate with at Amel? If so who and which email address would be best for an

Hi Colin, Bad news indeed. I would think that given you have no shaft, the if you put what remains of the bow thruster in the down position, the seal around the shaft and the foam seal on the motor

Hi again Colin.if you didn't retrieve the thruster it would not be difficult to securely plug the hole it goes through. Regards Danny SM 299 Ocean pearl Sent from my Vodafone Smart

Hi sorry to hear of your troubles but as you rightly say it could have been much worse. I reckon that when pounding to windward there will be considerable pressure put on the seals with no plate

Hello Paul, just a small info: the last Santorin was built in 1997. Good luck in your search. Olivier

Hi Colin, bad luck. Were you able to retrieve the broken part. It is amazing what can be repaired when you are cruising remote locations away from your 1st world services. All the best. Danny SM

This morning we accidentally nudged a reef here in Maldives. Fortunately we were only doiing 2.5kts so no hull damage, but in getting off we sheered the bowthruster unit completely off! By this I mean

Hi Thomas, I've used Barnacle Buster Yearly on my whole raw water system. It remains completely free of scale, growth, etc. I don't know if it would clean out a clogged pipe, but I'd give it a

adding a fuse to the PCB on the bowthruster is quite simple. I added one to the + wire on the pcp in a small fuse holder. Fair Winds Eric Kimberlite Amel Super Maramu #376

Hi , If you are around Wednesday, Thursday or Friday, we will be in Martinique on Kimberlite. Ponton 4. Please drop by Fair Winds Eric Kimberlite Amel Super Maramu #376