Hi Stu and Lana Congrats on your purchase and passage! We used to have an Amel 54 but will be joining you on the Arc this November on our new Lagoon 42 (long story!). Anyway, looking forward to meetin

Much has been written on this site on the evolution of the SMto the SM2000. Is there similar documentation on the evolution of the Maramu to the Santorin; what was lost, what was gained, what was impr

Hi all, Can someone provide me a link to the specifics/measurements/materials of how the main ballooner halyard business end is constructed. I have new running rigging on order and need this info. I w

We are having trouble transferring the pics from my phone ,but as I described the fuse is right off the back of the solenoid , I never knew it was there ,and I am pretty sure it was not installed by A

Roland & Bill, Had a look at the fuse. It was probably an add on, but someone also said they had a fuse. Picture is attached. the wire with the fuse is connected to the same terminal on the back of th

Hi. Here is the refnumbers that SAV amel uses for theese parts. I ordered these for S/Y Silfrania SM#53 As per your list of parts needed here is - What we can supply from our stock : 1 prop shaft bush

Hi Scott, You are definitely spoilt for choices in New Zealand. Spent 15 years living aboard our previous yacht in three different marinas in Auckland- (city of sails) I was also in charge of four Sai

Hi all, I am a local being based an 8 hour sail North of Opua. For convenience I get most of my work done there and there are good tradesmen there. However there is more competition in Whangarei and s

Hi Stu and Lana, We are also joining the ARC this year in our Maramu 46. It's called Kujira (AKA whale) We'll look out for your boat on AIS 👍 We're looking forward to meeting you and your family and w

Pat, Thanks. This more detailed description of the location of the fuse helped us to finally find it!! After replacing the fuse, the Onan generator started well. The inline fuse is very hidden and in

Ah ok so my understanding was that Whangarei was cheaper and had more/better contractors compared to Opua. Is that not the case? We plan to leave the boat for a few months and travel by RV so we don't

Absolutely correct Envoyé de mon iPhone

I'll add that my understanding of the NZ electrical certification/electrical warrant of fitness that Heinz speaks of only applies to yachts in the water at the marinas - and only if they wish to plug

For me the best and cheapest place for all these jobs is OPUA Nice marina and great facilities and experienced people Envoyé de mon iPhone

I like Riverside Drive Marina Wangarei. Very nice and friendly Marina. No Problem with your electricity like other marinas where you are not allowed to use the electricity before you not have a certif

Hello Matt, Was wondering how you went with the ElectroMaax upgrade, I'm still looking at this as an option. Doing the Lithium upgrade in early August, so looking at the alternator upgrade after that

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Hi Scott, I have a lot of experience based in Opua/Bay of Islands and can recommend a few businesses related to your projects in case you stay up here. I'm sure others can give better tips regarding t

Hi Team, The three seals are 45x65x8 double lip seals as supplied by Amel. The bronze wearing out bushing is custom. Most prop shafts and therefore inner diameter of the bronze bushing are 40mm, mine

I found a similar blown fuse on Loca Lola's Onan this winter, it was tucked under the port side of the engine where I couldn't see it. I found it when I couldn't find any power to the start relay in t

Michael the wearing bushing doesnt have a part number. The seals have their dimensions around its outer face. I can get those numbers for you next time I am on the boat but if you are getting the wear