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

Thanks Craig. That's reassuring to hear you say that about the 3300 hrs on the Volvo, because there are many other nice upgrades on the 1999 I am attracted to. And sounds like the rigging

Very exciting, Paul, and early welcome to the DB. Can't really say anything about the specific boats, of course, but, in general, 3300 on the Volvo should not be an issue if it's been well maintained.

Hoi Philipp Thanks for your note, good to know rhat Wilson looks OK. We are planning our next trip to LR. Could you fix the instable warm water flow? Fair winds Peter SY Wilson, SM 003, La