For most things, plain old vinegar is a good solution. It's cheap, and the only thing you need to keep it away from is nylon. For cleaning the bilge sump, and other places where the problem is

Bill K, I stand by myusage of bleach. The only copper in the bilge area is the copper grounding(which I easily replaced shortly after purchasing). While I agree bleach is acorrosive agent to

Pat, Sorry, my assumption was that you had an AutoProp. Please disregard my earlier posting. CW Bill Rouse Admiral, Texas Navy Commander Emeritus Amel School www.amelschool.com 720 Winnie

Sorry for Yankee read Code Zero - your Genakker is probably the same sail by the different name. peter

Thomas, yes I would have liked two poles but didn’t have that - as for the angle this kit works only from about 165P to 175S or vice versa with the pole on the windward side but if you had 2 poles

Dean, I have a spare Bamar furler motor which is for sale through EMEK Marin in Turkey - If that is of interest? I took both mine off and replaced them with Reckmann before my circumnavigation. Peter

Hi Paul, I haven't actually done it myself. When Bruntons said they couldn't repitch my AutoProp (They've changed the design since mine), I bought a MaxProp. It's not as persnickety about fouling or

Hi Dean; We had the same issue with both our 1.02 bamar furlers. We had both of them removed, all bearings, seals and belts replaced. The access to the gears is the aft facing panel with the four

Kent , I have the Volvo 78 hp. and a fixed prop. I have been looking to buy a used regulator , no luck so far. Mine is about forty years old , draws hard and the pressure guage is cloudy , unreadable.

Pat, I believe that you need to eliminate any sort of propeller fouling before doing anything else because it is the most common issue followed with the AutoProp needing a bearing kit. Next will be

Thomas, I think that we all have to understand how Amel will answer general and non-specific questions like, "...is it OK to fly a code zero on a pole." I know what my answer would be because if I

Gavin, I own a 55 and have gone upwind in 35 kn plus In the Strait of Gibraltar. We had the staysail and a heavily reefed main up. The boat was going 6.5 kn at 30 to 35 apparent wind angle and was

Alan, I stand by the use of bleach as I stated earlier which was a very diluted solution for a limited time and exposure only to the bilge and copper bonding strap. I think you need the bleach to

Ken When you service the propeller, exactly what is done? Is it new bearings? Can one fix that one self or do I need to send it away? We have clean bottom and newly Velox on the propeller, and Greased

Thanks Porter and Bill, Will start with the grease packing and take it from there. We've owned the boat for 3 weeks, already sailed 1000 miles and put 130 hours on the motor. Jan and I absolutely love

Brenton's, the US AutoProp people told me that mine was pitched for a 100 HP Yanmar, not my 78HP Volvo. Amel said they've used the same prop for both engines without problems. Others with this

Hi Pat. You may remember that I spent several $K trying to sort out the same problem right after I bought Kristy. The blades on my Auto Prop turned freely, so I convinced myself that it was OK. I

Hi All, so Bleach is bad. What is the best alternative to use to clean the showers and heads and anything else that goes into the bilge or will touch copper tubes? Alan Grayson Not an owner yet ( but

Thanks Peter It may well be the same sail that I've been calling a Genaker with a built-in furler (and a luff line). We did tear it too last week. You didn't mention the wind angle, but presumably

Good morning Pat, Velox worked very well for me when I was in the Bahamas, but in San Juan, PTortola and Sint Maarten it doesn’t work… I think it depends how much barnacles there will be or may