Happy Holidays fellow Amel owners. I would like to ask the group for advice on obtaining house batteries in Martinique. I am interested in upgrading my batteries to Firefly or some brand of lithium io

Mark - do you mean that the original speakers affected your helm compass? I noticed that mine is a few degrees off from the "magnetic" reading on my GPS. I placed a compass near the speakers (which ar

Thanks for your thoughts on the anchor, and specifically the tips regarding this location. Point well taken… always dive on the anchor whenever possible! I didn’t sleep a wink last night and lost my s

To all Amel Super Maramu owners: I'd like to know what others are using as their primary anchor. I have dragged in the middle of the night with a mere 35 knot gust. Fortunately, I realized this immedi

I can say that I witnessed the stabilizer rods bend in real time when I had the ballooner halyard get caught on the the rods while attempting to furl the twin headsails. The first thing that happened

Hi Craig -. I certainly would like to see the frame that you designed! Cheers James SM 347 Soteria Pensacola cay

Bill - thank you so much for enlightening me. Yes, I'd love to see a photo ofyour set up of the sensor at the chain stripper. Many thanks. James

Hello Amelians - I have been trying to figure out how to install a new chain counter display on my 2002 Amel SM2K. The original display from Pochon functions, but the LCD screen is barely readable. I

Thanks Bill and Danny for the insight! Best, James

Alan - Thanks for sharing this. There are many of us who have been desiring to replace our cracked sheaves, and this is a great and affordable alternative. I am going to give it a try as well. Thank y

Thanks guys. This is extremely helpful as I plan for our first trip to the Bahamas. Best, James

Thanks for the feedback. Are the explorer cmap digital charts worthwhile? This would mean using a Cmap chart reader software on a PC, as my BG Zeus chart plotter isn’t compatible with CMAP format. Wha

Fellow Amelians: Though this is not an "Amel-specific" question, I pose this to you because I would like to know your experience sailing the Bahamas with a 6'7" or more draft. I have heard that Explor

Same thing happened to me!

Danny - did you need to fashion an adapter plate to mount this seat? I understand that this seat is a 7”x 7” pattern. -James SM #347

I would also be interested in a pair if you are able to source them. Please keep us informed! Thanks, James

I did my first SDR from Martinique to Newport this last May. It was an interesting rally for me because I never once saw another rally goer from start to finish, and only communicated with one other b

Any luck with your traveller sheave design? I’m very interested to know! James Soteria SM 347

I was told that they are available from Amel now, as I had inquired several months ago and Maude just got back to me in July indicating the price and availability. Not sure how many she had. Due to pr

Amel sells the spare sheaves (they are two - piece pairs for each sheave) for 202 Euro a pair. I was told that they are available now when I inquired of Maude in La Rochelle recently. However, I am in