Hi bernd, Yes, if the shaft alternator is not in use (it is used most of the time) the gear is in reverse. When the batteries are full during sailing or when the speed is too high we turn the alternat

Hi Amelians, Short status to our „water in the tank adventure”. After draining and draining no more water came out even after a 7 hours testrun, so we decided to sail from Costa Rica to Mexico, we tho

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after cleaning all diesel filters and before cleaning up the engine room I made an oil / filter change. This time I made sure that all the oil comes out, including the small amount at the bottom (1/4

Hi Amelians, just started to cross the pacific, after three days without wind, lot of waves and using the engine the water separator and the racor filter have been full of brown water. I cleaned it se

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@Craig, it is 54mm, the sleeve is about 1-2 mm (already installed, cannot measure it). it gives an exact fit of the tube and the baffle plate. @Ian: we used this, fit perfect. we have an 1995 MD22A-L

solved: After some "sleeve" research I am now sure that the sleeve has to be installed following the workshop manual. I is a little bit tricky to get it to the right place it but in the end all seems

Hi Craig, if you do not have a sleeve installed then the tube goes through the baffle plate with some space (~1-2 mm) left between the plate and the tube. that means that not all the cooling liquid wi

one of the end caps of the heat exchanger failed, so I had to replace it. I took the chance to examine and clean the complete system. I had all spare parts and the engine-repair-manual, so no problem.

bottom paint: you can order AF in Panama at Marine Warehouse, Arturo, in Panama City. He delivers to Shelter Bay. you can also buy AF in the duty free zone in Colon. herbert, SN120

Hi Thomas, we ordered trojan batteries in Colon, "Casa de las baterias" in 4Altos, prices are good, 10% discount if you leave your old batteries there. in french polynesia you can buy batteries relati

Thx Brent and Steve. I watched the videos and will meet Steve in Hawaii :-) herbert

Hi all, on our way from Panama to Alaska (starting beginning of 2019) we want to stop for ~ 2-3 months in Hawaii (March- May). Has anyone some recommendations where to stay with the boat? Is it necess

Hi Olivier, thx for the pictures, this was exactly what I was looking for. I will do it in a similar way. you are always such a great help! herbert SN120 KALI MERA

thanks Alan! that seems to be a strong Aluminium extension to the Mast-Head, professional solution. Cannot do that now, but maybe a stainless steel plate, screwed on the masthead, with rubber between

when we purchased KALI MERA in 2013 shewas equipped with a Parasailor instead of the Amel balooner. An additional block was mounted on the top of the mast and the halyard for the balooner was fed up t

we would take 5 in Aluminium or ABS, whatever the rest takes. thx, Herbert Tadeja and Herbert KALI MERA SN120 Panama, Shelter Bay

Hi Bill, I think I could not express myself very clear, try to say it again, sorry for my English: when the rudder is moved by the rotary drive (or by the steering wheel) it moves very smooth, you can

maybe a stupid question from a SN owner: when adding a linear drive -- the rotary steering system stays exactly the same, no changes, is that right? No need to disconnect the cables when switching to

Hi Paul, we changed all electronics to raymarine 4 years ago. I removed the ground after having strange behaviour of the system, is running fine now since 4 years without ground. Was in contact with r

thx John and Bill, I checked now the Antal product range, 801.060 might fit. As I am not on the boat and want to organize everything before returning to the boat and going to the pacific, maybe there