Our lift knob for the furler locking pin has disappeared. Anyone know of a source? Mike O Aletes SM#240 Red Hook USVI Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID "peacock@... [amelyachtowners]" <a

Hi Gary, I for one am excited to switch over 100% as this new format is so much better organized and searchable. Any date you pick is fine with me. I think as soon as the major contributors use the ne

Hi Gary, Aletes will be moving from Atigua to BVI next week. If you are there I’d like to meet you. Mike Ondra Aletes SM#240 Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2016 9:01 AM To: amelyachtowners@...

Hi Gary, I pretty much went through what you did. Also had the injectors rebuilt all to no avail. Even checked for obstruction BETWEEN the exhaust mixing elbow and the thruhull. Ultimately loosening t

Hello Gary. Aletes’s Onan suffered similar symptoms this last spring after not being used for over 6 months. Check my posting Aug 1, 2015 “Onan generator will not run”. Carbon buildup at exhaust manif

Are the original genoa furler tangs from Amel straight or bent? After a passage from the Chesapeake to Antigua in November, Aletes showed a 90 degree bend in the genoa hold down tang. This clearly loo

Hi Pat. For work on top of the mast that I can’t quite reach from the normal max halyard elevation, I make a simple rope bridle with 2 foot loops to lay over the mast top that allows me to stand enoug

Bill, Thank you for the additional information. As always your depth of technical knowledge and understanding of the Amel product is amazing. Mike Aletes SM#240 Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2015 3:47

Eric, Good point. I checked into this and indeed the ones we have been using do not have the stainless springs. That being said, they have worked flawlessly for the past 8 years without leaking betwee

Should have changed the subject line on the previous posting.

Motion Industries in the USA has the c-drive lip-seals 45x65x8 for $6.35. Mike S/V Aletes SM#240 Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2015 6:43 AM To: amelyachtowners@... Subject: Re: [Amel Yacht

Chris, The button switches are a non-Lofrans modification. The switches are known in google world as "waterproof boat switches" or "waterproof horn switches". We found exact matches for the entire swi

Alan, More information: The shaft lip seal is 45x65x8 mm. 2” schedule 40 PVC is 52mm I.D. and 60mm O.D. hence fits nicely over the shaft and inside the housing while providing good contact with the li

Alan, 2” Schedule 40 PVC is perfect for this job. The I.D. is a couple of mm larger than the shaft and the O.C. is a couple of mm smaller than the housing. The piece we use is about 10” long. Mike S/V

So with all this discussion about lip seals for the bow thruster propeller shaft, how does this relate to the c-drive prop shaft lip seal discussion? For example which way should the single bow thrust

So with all this discussion about lip seals for the bow thruster prop shaft, how does this discussion relate to the Sent: Monday, August 31, 2015 9:50 AM To: amelyachtowners@... Subject: R

We had been experiencing increasing vibration over the past 10 to 20 hours of motoring. Upon haul out there was about 1/2 inch side-to-side play with the c-drive. Extracting the bolt with 32mm socket

Upon haul out we find on Aletes that the lower c-drive can be moved about1/2 inch side to side. From the thread on this issue, it would seem time topull the bolt and sleeves to examine and replace wor

8/1/15 Some have asked to hear the rest of the story. So after verifying compression, changing fuel filter, rebuilding injectors, having the oil tested (all being in the OK range) a diesel head buddy

Well, I see that the pasted in diagram did not transmit through yahoogroups. Sorry about that. I guess the words will have to do. Mike Ondra From: amelyachtowners@... [mailto:amelyachtowne