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Re: seals orientation
Scott SV Tengah
I'd be interested to hear how many hours you all have on your seals, too.
We did the two aft seals with the spring facing sea water and the forward two seals with spring facing the oil. So far 600 hours and zero drop in oil and zero water ingress. But I see the logic behind Jose's method with any oil leaking past the single forward seal lubricating the aft two seals. -- Scott 2007 A54 #69 SV Tengah http://www.svtengah.com
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Re: tb/BRISBANE area marina & yard/AYOG
Scott SV Tengah
Congrats Colin! You guys did make it a good ways since we met at the Amel rally in Martinique! We're just in DC. :)
That said, we'll be heading your way and likely arrive in your part of the world by November 2020. Most likely spend typhoon season in NZ and then back to the South Pacific for a second season in 2021 as we have heard nothing but positive things about it. Any idea about reasonably priced dry dock in NZ? We will likely get off the boat for a bit and buy a car to travel around. Mie and I have both spent time in Australia, so we're hoping to explore NZ this time, but you never know, we may make it over to your island, too! -- Scott 2007 A54 #69 SV Tengah http://www.svtengah.com
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Re: tb/BRISBANE area marina & yard/AYOG
Hi Teun Regarding your question about the new sails for Island Pearl II from Emrah at Q Sails, I should also first thank you now for your positive recommendations in terms of your Pacific shipping experience with QSails, and the quality. Based on your advice, that of Bill, and so many other Amel Q Sail clients we went ahead and ordered a completely new set of sails to be sent to us in Fiji. I did not want to comment too early before we had actually got to try the sails out on a passage. Firstly, similar to your experience Emrah delivered the sails all the way to Nadi in Fiji on the precise day promised, and at the exact agreed on cost too. That was impressive! Next, the sails fitted our boat #332 absolutely perfectly, right out of the box! I have purchased new sets of sails for previous boats from both Hood and North Sails, and so in comparison could immediately see the quality of these Q Sails was really good. We eventually only got the last of the three new sails all up 10 days ago, the day before sailing 800nm from New Caledonia to Bundaberg in Australia since our previous sails were still usable, and I wanted these sails to be "as new" for the future new owner of Island Pearl II when we sell soon. On the test sail from New Caledonia to Bundaberg in Australia, we had very light winds and I certainly was very pleased with the shape of the new sails in all winds, and the added speed which we got in low winds. Initially, I did not have the mainsail halyard tight enough, but as soon as I corrected that issue, the sails furled even better than the old ones ever did, both upwind and downwind. Over the last 36hrs of the passage we had constant winds of 23 - 27kts and I was really delighted with the performance and shape when reefed back at all different reefing points. So in a nutshell, yes thank you for your recommendation. I too now am also another very happy Amel owner after purchasing from Q Sails. Best regards Colin SV Island Pearl II Bundaberg Port Marina (Now for sale in Australia, with all Australian Import Duty and taxes paid, so the new owner would be allowed to keep it here during the Pacific Cyclone seasons. Australia is the perfect base from which to easily explore the very best cruising grounds in the world, ie the South Pacific, with a safe easy crossing back and forth to New Caledonia and Fiji each year with the Downunder Rally as you build your sailing confidence before sailing Asia and the Indian Ocean. Contact me if interested on svislandpearl@... )
On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 4:23 AM Teun BAAS <teun@...> wrote:
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Re: tb/BRISBANE area marina & yard/AYOG
Hi Pat and Diane Many thanks. Hard to believe that it was only recently in March/April that we met at St Pierre and again at Ills de Saints, and now we are in Australia. It was our absolute pleasure to get to know you both, and so many other wonderful Amel folk. Best regards Colin
On Thu, Oct 24, 2019 at 11:51 PM Patrick McAneny via Groups.Io <sailw32=aol.com@groups.io> wrote:
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24v alternator
Thanks Alan, James and Bill for your comments.
I can not see that there is any difference between Alan’s set up and mine. So it must be fine tuned. I have seen other 54’s with the 24v alternator driven by the same belt as the water pump and 12v alternator. That set up works well on all account but it is only 110A v 175A. I am not going to go that way. I think I will persist with the twin belt set up for a bit longer and do; 1. New bearings on idlers and new face 2. Polish and check faces of pulleys 3. Gates fleet runner matched belts 4. Fine tune the alignment. Then if I am still not 100% happy I will change the pulleys to micro v serpentine. Nick Anchored off Nisos Elefonisos AML54-019
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Re: Remote two way valve for flushing the water maker
Yes Paul, that's how it works.
And when we start the watermaker we run it for a few minutes to allow the incoming saltwater to fully flush out the fresh before increasing the pressure slowly to start making water. Fresh water applied under pressure to the membranes will damage them. Cheers Alan Elyse SM437
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Re: tb/BRISBANE area marina & yard/AYOG
Hi Dean,
Can you send me your contact information: teun@... or teun at amelit dot net
Best Regards Teun SV AMELIT A54 #128
NOUMEA NEW CALEDONIA October 26, 2019 16:22:52
From: main@AmelYachtOwners.groups.io <main@AmelYachtOwners.groups.io>
On Behalf Of Dean Gillies via Groups.Io
Sent: Friday, October 25, 2019 23:28 To: main@amelyachtowners.groups.io Subject: Re: [AmelYachtOwners] tb/BRISBANE area marina & yard/AYOG
Hi Tuen, I’ll be at home in Sydney until late April then back to Stella, currently in Scotland. Ping me on here or private email if you are heading this way before April. Cheers Dean X
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Re: Yanmar Diesel Won't Stay Running
And the winner goes to vacuum in the line. Bled the lines and averting is purring like a 80 HP Diesel.
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Thanks all!!! I’m still going to check the vent lines we have a lot of wasps around. some of the ARC1500 boats are up here! All Beneteau’s so far! Thanks again all! Mark S/V It’s Good SM #105
On Oct 24, 2019, at 8:30 PM, Chad & Leslie Shoaf <crshoaf21@...> wrote:
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Re: seals orientation
That is how I have been orienting my seals for the last seven years now. I have had no water ingress, and no loss of oil.
Kent Kristy SM 243 HI Jose, How many hours do you have on the seals, and what type of grease did you use on them? Fair Winds Eric Kimberlite Amel Super Maramu #376 -----Original Message----- From: main@AmelYachtOwners.groups.io [mailto:main@AmelYachtOwners.groups.io] On Behalf Of Jose Venegas via Groups.Io Sent: Friday, October 25, 2019 8:37 AM To: main@amelyachtowners.groups.io Subject: Re: [AmelYachtOwners] seals orientation Craig Still pristine and constant oil level Jose Ipanema Sm278
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Re: Remote two way valve for flushing the water maker
David Wallace
Paul, yes that’s how it works. With no power on the solenoids the open one let’s salt water in and the closed one keeps freshwater out. Throwing the switch provides power to both solenoids simultaneously which closes the saltwater solenoid and opens the fresh
water one. When done flushing I then turn off the RO master switch and power is simultaneously removed from both solenoids (since power to them is routed from the “downstream” side of the master power switch) so they return to their normal state: if I just
turned off the solenoid switch saltwater would be introduced again until the RO system was shut off. Then be sure to turn off the solenoid switch or else you'll be making water with your own freshwater when you next start up your system! I've just built a
relay switch to solve that problem but haven’t installed it yet.
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Good luck!
Dave Wallace
s/v Air Ops
Maramu #104
On Oct 25, 2019, at 8:10 AM, Paul Osterberg <osterberg.paul.l@...> wrote:
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Re: Remote two way valve for flushing the water maker
On Thu, Oct 24, 2019 at 07:03 PM, Alan Leslie wrote:
Dave and Alan thanks, great idea with the timer, as I often forget to flush my membranes. If I understand it right on the saltwater side you have a "remote" valve open when no current and on the fresh water side the valve is open when current is on so when the current is on it flush with freshwater, as the saltwater valve is closed, and when current off it is free passage of salt water if one want to operate the desalinator.Paul on SM#259 SY Kerpa
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Re: 24v alternator pulley
Nick, Apparently Amel wasn't happy with the install of the 175 amp alternator on the first 54s either. They later changed the alternator to a 110 amp Mastervolt. If possible, you should look at a later model 54. Best, CW Bill Rouse Amel Yacht Owners School - www.AmelYachtOwnersSchool.com 720 Winnie St Galveston Island, TX 77550 +1(832) 380-4970
On Fri, Oct 25, 2019, 2:27 AM ngtnewington Newington via Groups.Io <ngtnewington=aol.com@groups.io> wrote: I am still not completely happy with the 24v 175A alternator installation on Amelia.
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Re: tb/BRISBANE area marina & yard/AYOG
Dean Gillies <dean@...>
Hi Tuen, I’ll be at home in Sydney until late April then back to Stella, currently in Scotland. Ping me on here or private email if you are heading this way before April. Cheers Dean X
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Re: seals orientation
eric freedman
HI Jose,
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How many hours do you have on the seals, and what type of grease did you use on them? Fair Winds Eric Kimberlite Amel Super Maramu #376
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From: main@AmelYachtOwners.groups.io [mailto:main@AmelYachtOwners.groups.io] On Behalf Of Jose Venegas via Groups.Io Sent: Friday, October 25, 2019 8:37 AM To: main@amelyachtowners.groups.io Subject: Re: [AmelYachtOwners] seals orientation Craig Still pristine and constant oil level Jose Ipanema Sm278
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Re: seals orientation
Jose Venegas
Craig
Still pristine and constant oil level Jose Ipanema Sm278
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Re: 24v alternator pulley
Hello Nick,
We have the Leece Neville alternator with a smart reg on Elyse ...twin belt pulley...and no dust...and the belts are fine after years. Previous experience with this leads me to believe that the pulley is the problem. You don't need much of an imperfection in the pulley groove to lead to belt destruction. The belt should be sitting in the pulley groove, not bottoming out and the faces of the pulley groove must be absolutely devoid of any corrosion or dirt, anything. Ours has worked perfectly for the last 6 years ....and the big advantage of this setup is that the 2 belts on the LN 175A alternator are the same size as the belt on the small alt that charges the start battery. Cheers Alan Elyse SM437
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Re: Latest RigRite.com Goiot Tradition Prices 2019!
Andrew Eaves <andyeaves@...>
Hi Charles
Fantastic work and yes please. I don't need much as a repair but if you have sets that aren't costing much I may replace them all to match. My email address is andyeaves@... to note if you can send me a list of what you have, it would be appreciated. Do you know of a reasonable place to get the gaskets short of the same marine shops? Thanks
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Re: Engine Water leakage
Hi LO,
Your mechanic's educated guess could be correct, but not necessarily so. As I noted this could simply be a leaking freeze plug. I've had both and they are identical in appearance, that is, both drip down behind the timing belt cover and cannot be seen at the source. One costs $1, the other costs $179 ($184 with gasket sealant) from Parts 4 Diesels (don't know about European sourcing). You won't know until you pull the plastic timing belt housing off (after removing timing belt, drive and cam shaft pulleys, fuel pump pulley, idlers, etc.) Do not remove the water pump until you spot the leak so you will know if it is the pump or the freeze plug behind the pump. If you've got an oil leak too, it's easy and cheap to replace the front seals while you've got the timing cover off. (Well, the seals are cheap - as is my labor - don't know about a mechanic's charge if you're not doing the work yourself.) Good luck with it, Craig
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Re: 24v alternator pulley
James Alton
Nick,
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High output alternators and their pulleys can run pretty hot even when properly set up which seems to be a big factor in the dust problem and the early failure. With twin belts it is of course critical that the two belts be a perfectly matched set so that they share the load equally so try to buy belts from the same batch and don’t mix if at all possible. I had a customer with a twin belt setup with a 200 amp large case alternator that was going through belts in a relatively short period and what a mess the engine room was. I switched him to the Gates Fleetrunner belts used for long haul truckers and the belt dressing was greatly reduced and the failures pretty much stopped. Marine Pro liked the belts enough to begin putting them on customers engines too when possible. Might be worth giving them a try though unfortunately I have sometimes had problems finding the exact size that I needed. Best of luck, James SV Sueno, Maramu #220 Now high and dry in Preveza
On Oct 25, 2019, at 4:27 AM, ngtnewington Newington via Groups.Io <ngtnewington=aol.com@groups.io> wrote:
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Re: 24v alternator pulley
I have a new engine and 24v alternator with the belt. Still new so far am pleased with the set up.
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