Perfect Bill, Thankyou. Danny To: amelyachtowners@... Sent: Saturday, 9 June 2012 12:43 AM Subject: [Amel] Photo of the Bow Thruster Special Tool with dimensions uploaded Pat and Danny, I

Hi Dave and Eric, I really appreciate the information both of you provide. Don't have to always agree with either of you but what you have to say goes into the decision making mix in a way that is hel

Yes this is caused by the spare halyard twisting around it, can cause more damage too. Took me months to work out what was happening, it can actually prevent the sail furling, not what you want in a t

I just had one turned up by a local engineering firm made from material that they identified from the original and sourced. Goo quick result. Same form turned a new wearing bearing forthe prop shaft f

Hi all, somewhat shocked to read that some are accepting leakage from the bow thruster as a given. What a risk. We had a leak soon after we bought ours. Replaced the lip seal. end of leak. 18000 miles

Hi Martin, assuming the gearboxs are the same as the SM. Both gearboxes are identical. The centre shaft on each is often a problem to remove but certainly not in for life. there are various posts on t

Hi, we have the TMD22 Volvo 78 hp. a volvo mechanic in Opua NZ who is from england and serviced London black cabs told me that the perkins engine that the volvo is built on is the London black cab eng

Hi Matin, not mine so far. Danny SM 299 Ocean Pearl currently Savusavu Fiji

Hi Kent, sorry, put the wrong name on my reply. Not mine so far. Danny SM299 Ocean Pearl Curently Savusavu Fiji

Hi all, I would like to change the oil in the gearbox of the desalator duo HP pump. Does anyone know what grade of oil to use? The gearbox of a similar pump I had in a different application used quite

Thanks Kent. regards Danny To: "amelyachtowners@..." <amelyachtowners@...> Sent: Wednesday, 19 September 2012 2:35 AM Subject: Re: [Amel] desalator duo gearbox oil Hi, Danny, P

Thanks Richard, that is why I am tapping the accumulated knowledge of the Amel forum. Kind Regards Danny To: "amelyachtowners@..." <amelyachtowners@...> Sent: Wednesday, 19 Sep

Hi All, I contacted desalator as well and asked the question, the reply, slightly misspelled (for us read use) is below Kind regards Danny SM299 Ocean Pearl Currently Vuda Point Marina Fiji ----- Forw

Hi Gary, as well as asking the forum I wrote to desalator, (see my post yesterday giving their reply) and got the reply to use 15w40 which is the engine oil for my volvo. Regards Danny SM 299 Ocean Pe

Hi all, to those of you who are flushing the watermaker with fresh water regularly and avoiding pickling and cleaning with chemicals. When you flush with the fresh water, do you do this under pressure

Hi All, we have a 50 amp and a 30 amp dolphin charger. It has been suggested that this is not enough capacity. If you were to replace one of these, what size and what brand would you use. I have been

Hi Alexandre, Sail shape has a lot to do with centre of effort but in any case you can tune your SM to have anything from strong weather helm to significant lee helm by adjusting sail shape through th

Thanks for your advice Bill, Much appreciated. Danny To: amelyachtowners@... Sent: Tuesday, 2 October 2012 6:50 PM Subject: [Amel] Re: watermaker Danny, We run the fresh water passively th

Thanks Bill, again very appreciated advice. Danny SM 299 Ocean Pearl Currently Vuda Point marina Fiji To: amelyachtowners@... Sent: Tuesday, 2 October 2012 6:45 PM Subject: [Amel] Re: dolp

ThanksRrichard, will look at those options Regards Danny To: "amelyachtowners@..." <amelyachtowners@...> Sent: Wednesday, 3 October 2012 12:13 AM Subject: Re: [Amel] Re: dolphi