Our experience of 17 years as Amel owners is that Amel dont always acknowledge written requests for spares but are nonetheless very reliable. I think that there is a cultural difference between Anglo

Our SM is no 302, launched in June 2000.I need another chart chip for the Geonav plotter but I am in London and the boat is in Uruguay.Some of the new Navionics cahrt chips use an updated software and

Second hand S M s remain an extraordinary bargain. I have just heard of of a 2000 launched SM in reasonable shape in the Med. changing hands for Euros 350,000. With nearly 500 built there will inevita

Hi Peter, We lost the heater element on two of our clima units because when we didn't know that using the heater you should only do so in the High Fan setting. Medium or Low fan speed leads to burn ou

Hi Tony, We had exactly the same problem.Went to a Simrad agent in Brazil who said the software needed updating but despite his efforts the radio has never worked properly since . Eventually swapped i

There is an alternative , really simple,way of accessing the impeller on the Onan. Just detach the hoses from the pump, undo the two bolts holding the pump to the engine and then you can sit in the co

There is an alternative, really simple, means of accessing the Onan impeller. 1. Simply disconnect the two water pipes ( by loosening the two jubilee clips and pulling the pipes off the pump) 2. Undo

Hi Ed, We thought the fore and aft length of the SM too short and so when we bought our boat we asked Amel to fill in the gap between the double bunk to port and the single to starboard with a removab

Hi John, how interesting to read of your conversion to 10 micron. I, too, have always used 2 micron for my Racors and had no problem in 5 years in South America until this season when the engine revs

Hi Eric, Yes, I did. I have always put two micron filters in my two in line Racors.Never had a problem till this year. Even then it was a momentary slowing of the revs rather than anything more exciti

Hi all, I have watched over the years the developement of Coppercoat. See www.coppercoat.com it looks increasingly impressive. Has any Amel owner had experience of it? cheers, Ian and Judy, Pen Azen,

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Hi Anne and John, It seems that hotmail will allow me to write a fresh email but somehow confiscates the text from any reply that I do.( If anyone reading this knows why this should be, please can the

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Hi all, My research into Coppercoat prompted me to email the manufacturers. Below is their reply. I am becoming pretty convinced by the product and when I can find a good yard to strip the bottom with

Hi John You dont say what number your SM is. Ours ( no 302) has two expansion tanks, one on the pump itself and a separate one. Our separate one developed a hole ( electrolysis?) after about 4 years.

Pen Azen is an SM 2000, no 302. Our fridge needs some gas added. The two valves can be seen either by looking from inside the adjacent locker or by taking off the wooden panel underneath the fridge. b