However has anybody written anything on servicing the foresail furling unit as I want to tackle this soon and can't find much on this? thanks Andrew SM2K #472 Ronpsiche

Hi Bill Does the compressor come on straight away on medium - there is supposed to be a delay, perhaps the timer circuit has malfunctioned or needs adjusted. If it comes on straight-away perhaps the c

Anybody tried coppercoat – I had this applied on my last boat – the new owner tells me he just washed the hull each year now – thinking of having it appled to our SM. Andrew SM472 Ronpische

Bill Thanks - that is quite interesting – I am aware that there is quite a significant amount of preparation required to apply coppercoat. The idea of a treatment lasting for up to 15 years with occas

Has anybody had there bow thruster linear actuator burn out – this happened to us this morning with the bow thruster stuck in the down position – I removed it and managed to get the bow thruster up wi

I think it is the motor as I have disconnected the motor from the control unit – I ran 24 volts directly to it via a 10amp circuit breaker. On trying this way it makes a little noise and movement almo

I suppose the other simple solution that may mean the engine runs for a bit longer would be the fuel shut off lever inside the cabin. If I were unfamiliar with the pump and actuator I think I might st

I seem to remember reading somewhere that these are an option Andrew Ronpische SM2k 472 Canet en Roussillion, France

Update on this - I had a quote from SNT to replace the linear Actuator - 740 euros without taxes or delivery. I am a bit anxious about changing it without also checking / changing the sensors and the

Bill These are all very valid and useful questions / comments I suspect my unit has had a bit of a checkered past as there is evidence of it having been modified at some time in the past and indeed on

We kept our previous boat at Torredembarra for about 4 years – it is one of the better priced ports on this coast – although they all seem quite expensive in that area . Torredembarra has good facilit

I seem to be having the full Amel malfunction experience this month - one of our Furling solenoids has just failed - I would like to have said I read this post in advance and had a spare solenoid swit

Bill Many thanks for this suggestion – I would hope the batteries are ok as they are only 18 months old, however I think it is worth checking and in any case it seems like a useful tool to add to the

Thanks Bill I will try this approach and see if the batter analysis reveals anything. Andrew Ronpische SM2k 472 Canet en Roussillion, France

An update on my Bow thruster Linear Actuator problem. I think a fuse in the line to the motor sounds the best plan – easy to change – the 10amp fuse on my unit is inside the box on the circuit board,

Bill Yes the battery tester is certainly very useful. Not sure about Amel service I suppose it was late July / early August which is always a difficult time in France - it was not Maud I was dealing w

On a related matter we find that the main sheet gets caught quite often on the middle knob fixture for the windscreen, and once actually broke the knob – I noticed on some of the videos that the Amel

One thing I find you need to look out for is when releasing the fore guy (blue) to bring the pole in, there is a point where this guy no longer has control, due to the curvature of the boat and the fo

Hi Kent I have a couple of pictures of the original use of the Mizzen preventer that I used to get the bow thruster back up after the initial failure but none of the solution that I setup for our holi

I would be interested in this also – Andrew