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Re: Ordered Today --Onan Generator exhaust temperature switch - great price.
Mohammad Shirloo
Thank you Eric for spending the time to take care of the group. Please let us know how to make payment.
Happy Sailing;
Mohammad and Aty B&B Kokomo AMEL 54 #099
From: main@AmelYachtOwners.groups.io <main@AmelYachtOwners.groups.io>
On Behalf Of eric freedman via groups.io
Sent: Monday, September 21, 2020 4:21 PM To: main@AmelYachtOwners.groups.io; 'eric' <kimberlite@...> Subject: [AmelYachtOwners] Ordered Today --Onan Generator exhaust temperature switch - great price.
Hi Amelians,
I have ordered sensors for the following people. They should ship to me within 2 weeks from the west coast. I will send them out Priority mail when I receive them. Mark 1 PC Mohammad 3 Jim 1 Bob 1 Vladimir 1 Mike Longcor 2 Alan 1 Mike Mueller 1 Kent 3
Fair Winds Eric Amel Super Maramu #376
From:
main@AmelYachtOwners.groups.io [mailto:main@AmelYachtOwners.groups.io]
On Behalf Of VLADIMIR SONSEV
Eric,
I want jut to make sure that my name is on your list.
Vladimir Sonsev
96 Fiddlers Hill Rd, Edgewater, MD 21037
Tel: 202 258 1916
Best Regards Vladimir S/V " Life is Food"
On Thu, Sep 17, 2020, 6:24 PM eric freedman <kimberlite@...> wrote:
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Re: Personal Kent Kristy--Onan Generator exhaust temperature switch - great price.
eric freedman
Hi Kent, I will be on board Kimberlite until Oct-28 ish. I will then head to somewhere in the Caribbean. Depending on Covid. Fair Winds Eric Amel Super Maramu #376
From: main@AmelYachtOwners.groups.io [mailto:main@AmelYachtOwners.groups.io] On Behalf Of eric freedman
Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2020 6:22 PM To: main@AmelYachtOwners.groups.io Subject: [AmelYachtOwners] Personal Kent Kristy--Onan Generator exhaust temperature switch - great price.
Hi Kent, Looks like I will order the switches Monday. Please send me your mailing address. Fair Winds Eric
From: main@AmelYachtOwners.groups.io [mailto:main@AmelYachtOwners.groups.io] On Behalf Of karkauai via groups.io
Thanks Eric, Ive had two go bad in the last year. Please order three for me.
We'll be coming down from Maine in late Sept. Will you be home then? Thanks. Kent & Iris Kristy SM 243
On Jul 28, 2020 8:37 PM, eric freedman <kimberlite@...> wrote: I have broken a few of these switches over the years. I have done this by reaching over the generator to retrieve something stored behind the genset. I received a quote from my Onan dealer and on Amazon for around $90- plus tax which is ridiculous. I tracked down the OEM manufacturer and the cost is about $23- plus a one time set up fee of about $50- I plan on ordering 2 of these. They stated that they make this for ONAN. If anyone is interested please let me know and I can order them for you $33- each plus USPS of about $8.00. I will order the switches within a week. Fair Winds, Eric SM 376 Kimberlite
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Re: Eno 4 burner Stove grate and standoffs
eric freedman
Hi Alan, Thanks for the Photo. Nice clean job ! Sorry I do not understand how you fastened the tubing to the stove. You said you drilled a hole in the bottom of the tubing?? Fair Winds Eric Amel Super Maramu #376
From: main@AmelYachtOwners.groups.io [mailto:main@AmelYachtOwners.groups.io] On Behalf Of Alan Leslie
Sent: Monday, September 21, 2020 7:06 PM To: main@AmelYachtOwners.groups.io Subject: Re: [AmelYachtOwners] Eno 4 burner Stove grate and standoffs
Eric,
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Ordered Today --Onan Generator exhaust temperature switch - great price.
eric freedman
Hi Amelians,
I have ordered sensors for the following people. They should ship to me within 2 weeks from the west coast. I will send them out Priority mail when I receive them. Mark 1 PC Mohammad 3 Jim 1 Bob 1 Vladimir 1 Mike Longcor 2 Alan 1 Mike Mueller 1 Kent 3
Fair Winds Eric Amel Super Maramu #376
From: main@AmelYachtOwners.groups.io [mailto:main@AmelYachtOwners.groups.io] On Behalf Of VLADIMIR SONSEV
Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2020 6:41 PM To: main@amelyachtowners.groups.io Subject: Re: [AmelYachtOwners] Last Call Onan Generator exhaust temperature switch - great price.
Eric,
I want jut to make sure that my name is on your list.
Vladimir Sonsev
96 Fiddlers Hill Rd, Edgewater, MD 21037
Tel: 202 258 1916
Best Regards Vladimir S/V " Life is Food"
On Thu, Sep 17, 2020, 6:24 PM eric freedman <kimberlite@...> wrote:
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Re: Eno 4 burner Stove grate and standoffs
Eric,
Found a picture :
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Re: deck leak
Hi Bill,
Thanks for your wise words of advice. This is actually hitting on one my least favorite aspects of an Amel, the usage of balsa-wood in the deck core. This should have been abandoned in favor of Divinycell 30 years ago in my opinion. For 54's a special word of advice: have a look at the point when the central stanchion sits in the rear railing/lifeline. It sits in this sort of cup that is bolted in the deck (it actually goes right through it). Amel fit this in with some caulking but (in my case) did not bother to protect the core material after drilling the hole. In my case I had to remove the rotting core for about 10 cm diameter and fill the void with thickened epoxy. This also resolved a leak into the rear lazarette. Even great boat builders can drop a ball occasionally. Regards, Arno Luijten SV Luna, A54-121
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Re: Eno 4 burner Stove grate and standoffs
Hi Eric,
First, I took a piece of stainless rod, bent the ends 90 degrees and threaded them, drilled a hole each side vertically through the stove side bar, mounted the rod and put a washer and nut underneath, that stops the fypans from sliding out. Second I got some stainless tube and cut standoffs the appropriate length and fabricated small supports from U section stainless, drilled a hole in the bottom and put a self tapping screw through both into the stove top where the plastic ones were located. Sorry I don't have any pictures. I can;t get to Elyse for the foreseeable future. Cheers Alan Elyse SM437
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Re: deck leak
Miles
Keren and Bill,
You were right. The source of the leak is the screws holding the main deck hatch. One screw was loose and it feels like the wood it is screwed into is rotted or at least saturated—not good. It they will let me in, I will take the boat to Martinique next month.
This should be a word of warning to everyone. If I had known about this possibility, it would have been easy to check on the screws periodically.
Many thanks for explaining it to me now so I know what to do.
Regards,
Miles
s/y Ladybug sm216, now in Newport, RI
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Re: Bowthruster motor switch
Peter Tiner
Thanks for your reply Scott.
Think our problem was slightly different, maybe we got hold of an older version spare part. Thanks anyway for your info \Peter sy Maiken A54 #52
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Re: Bowthruster motor switch
Peter Tiner
Yes you are right we did use a thick-walled pipe to put pressure onto the pipe instead of the driveshaft. Think the pipe wall thickness was something like 3mm. Attaching pics again as I think they came in ios-format.
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Re: Manual Bilge Pump
Mark Pitt
Hi Guillaume, It is a Whale Henderson Mark V manual bilge pump. As you are in Greece, the best place to buy a repair kit is SVB in Germany. They have an English language site and inexpensive shipping. The repair kit is listed here: https://www.svb24.com/en/whale-repair-kit-for-henderson-mk-5-pump.html Sabbatical III, SM419, Rhode Island, USA
On 9/21/2020 8:41 AM, Cathy &
Guillaume via groups.io wrote:
Recently, as we have been using the manual bilge pump quite a lot due to a problem on the AMFA electric pump, I noticed a leak on that pump, and getting worse. Grey water coming from the ceiling of the engine room...! Has anyone had that pump leak? What is the brand/model (Henderson, Whale,?) and any idea where to find spare parts or replacement?
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Re: Wind Vane Autopilot
smiles bernard
Hi there Some thoughts on this based on my experience/preference We crossed the N Atlantic E to W recently in our mid 80s Maramu without a windvane It was my first longish offshore trip without vane steering & really brought home to me how much i value having one as soon as we got the the Carib we ordered and installed a Hydrovane I've been on different boats with different vane gears but i like the hydrovane best of all due to the fact that it provides a separate steering system That sits well with me - i like a level of redundancy on important systems on a boat , if at all possible Especially wrt steering as I sail with a young family and hand steering for days on end would be very tough on the crew ;) SM have that redundancy built in i think from the start with their 2 * electrical autopilot setup. Brilliant, and if i hadn't gone for the hydrovane I would have carried a complete spare setup for the electronic pilot but the cost of that was similar to the hydrovane so i chose a wind vane : no power, silent, tireless, low tech I was a little concerned about how well the hydrovane would perform on such a big boat. My previous experience was on a 38ft long keeled thing It worked like a charm though. When things went wrong wrt the course it prompted me to think about what I was doing wrong with the sail trim Normally that was the issue for me and i found the prompts helpful! We have a installation just off centre so as to not mess with out rear step access and we have the extended head tube to take the vane above our solar arch and into cleaner air We also struggled with weed on the rudder too at times - seems to be more and more of it - but i used a boat hook - one pass down leading edge of the rudder cleared of any weed that was caught and i could do that from inside the guard rails pretty easily. The SN has a different rear so might be more precarious proceedure ? Ive never removed or installed the rudder at sea and i can imagine thats would be tricky We added a massive backing pad in the transom and used the biggest washers we could find All down to personal preference of course All the best Miles
On 19 Sep 2020, at 18:02, Dennis Johns <sbmesasailor@...> wrote:
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Re: Manual Bilge Pump
Ian Park
Check the hose connection, and then check the hose for leaks. I, and a couple of others on the forum have had to change the hose which hardens and cracks over the years. I dismantled my pump only to find the diaphragm and non return valves were fine. But it didn’t do any harm to clean the whole thing up!
Ian Ocean Hobo SN96 Neyland Yacht Haven, South Wales
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Re: deck leak
Bill & Karen and everyone, I love your sketch and simple explanation of potentially a serious issue. I will add a word of caution. Small cracks in the gelcoat of any Amel can possibly lead to a serious core moisture problem. How many of us have walked past a tiny crack without thinking through the potential of a serious repair? If you choose to do nothing, one day you might regret it. I suggest that at the very least, temporarily seal that crack until gelcoat repair can be done. The most common areas that I see cracks that will cause moisture penetration is near the aft lazarette and on the cockpit seats where something heavy has hit the area with force. The most common cause is damage from the bottom fin of an outboard engine. If you have created a small crack, don't wish for the best, do something. Bill
On Sun, Sep 20, 2020 at 7:41 PM Karen Smith via groups.io <karenharmonie=yahoo.com@groups.io> wrote:
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Re: Manual Bilge Pump
Ryan Meador
Hi Guillaume, On our SM (233), the manual bilge pump is a Henderson Mk 5 (now Whale). The service kit part number for ours is AK8050. The most likely failure is a hole in the diaphragm. Ryan and Kelly
SM 233 Iteration Boston, MA, USA
On Mon, Sep 21, 2020 at 8:41 AM Cathy & Guillaume via groups.io <carpathia3=yahoo.com@groups.io> wrote: Recently, as we have been using the manual bilge pump quite a lot due to a problem on the AMFA electric pump, I noticed a leak on that pump, and getting worse. Grey water coming from the ceiling of the engine room...! Has anyone had that pump leak? What is the brand/model (Henderson, Whale,?) and any idea where to find spare parts or replacement?
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Manual Bilge Pump
Recently, as we have been using the manual bilge pump quite a lot due to a problem on the AMFA electric pump, I noticed a leak on that pump, and getting worse. Grey water coming from the ceiling of the engine room...! Has anyone had that pump leak? What is the brand/model (Henderson, Whale,?) and any idea where to find spare parts or replacement?
Many thanks in advance! Guillaume Carpathia III, SM2K #293 Now in Athens
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Re: Chesapeake Surveyor
Alan Grayson
Sorry about that mate, he did mention retiring but I did not realize it was so soon.
Where abouts in Deltaville are you and when will you be heading south?
Alan Grayson
From: main@AmelYachtOwners.groups.io <main@AmelYachtOwners.groups.io> on behalf of Ian Townsend <smlocalola@...>
Sent: Sunday, 20 September 2020 6:54 PM To: main@amelyachtowners.groups.io <main@amelyachtowners.groups.io> Subject: Re: [AmelYachtOwners] Chesapeake Surveyor Hi Alan. Apparently Mike is retiring in a couple weeks so we won’t be able to use him. Hope you, Laura and Ora Pai are well.
Ian & Margaret
Loca Lola II
SM153
On Sep 20, 2020, at 10:39 AM, Alan Grayson <bazgrayson@...> wrote:
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Re: Loss of drive on my Santorin
I was pretty sure it had to be the cable. Glad you didn’t have to go into the water to sort it. Good luck!
Brent
On Sep 21, 2020, 5:05 AM -0400, Grant Starling via groups.io <grantstarling@...>, wrote:
Ok, so I think I have got to the bottom of the issue. It’s the cable adjustment. Seems obvious now. I disconnected the cable and shifted the box by hand, loads of drive. So I am going to have to order and fit a new shifter cable and the original style terminator as I had to cut this cable down slightly to fit a non-standard terminator which is now where I realise the whole problem started. Basically stick to the original terminator fitting when replacing cables... --
Brent Cameron Future Amel Owner & Amel Owner Registry Moderator Oro-Medonte, Ontario, Canada
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Re: Batteries starting to get weak - MMM - What to do -
Hello,
During research I found this particular cell balancing technique of FLASH Battery in Italy. Seems to have a lot of industrial applications/ What do you think of this . Regards Denis FLASH BALANCING SYSTEMThe exclusive Flash Battery electronic balancing system is called the Flash Balancing System.Traditional balancing systems apply resistance to the cells with the greatest charge in an attempt to “lower” them to the level of the lowest cell. Although it’s a simple and economical method, it’s also extremely slow: 4 to 8 hours on average are required for balancing alone (in addition to the earlier charging step). OUR FLASH BALANCING SYSTEM OFFERS MUCH HIGHER BALANCING POWER THAT IS APPLIED NOT ONLY AT THE END OF THE CYCLE, BUT ALSO ACTIVELY DURING DISCHARGEThis results in 20 times faster balancing without increasing overall recharge time to a significant extent. Traditional balancing systems require a much longer time, so when they’re interrupted because the battery needs to be used, the result is a gradual reduction in available energy over time: vehicles and machines thus lose range at every cycle. THE ULTRA-FAST BALANCING TIME OFFERED BY THE FLASH BALANCING SYSTEM DURING BOTH CHARGING AND DISCHARGING ELIMINATES THIS PROBLEM AND MAXIMISES RANGE.If unexpected repairs are need, the Flash Balancing System makes it possible to add or replace cells throughout the life of the battery, which overcomes the limits of traditional systems in keeping the higher and lower-performing cells balanced.
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Re: Loss of drive on my Santorin
Grant Starling
Ok, so I think I have got to the bottom of the issue. It’s the cable adjustment. Seems obvious now. I disconnected the cable and shifted the box by hand, loads of drive. So I am going to have to order and fit a new shifter cable and the original style terminator as I had to cut this cable down slightly to fit a non-standard terminator which is now where I realise the whole problem started. Basically stick to the original terminator fitting when replacing cables...
I will confirm finally once fitted and fully sorted. Grant
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