Thanks Barry; I got permission from the previous owner of Caduceus A54 #56 to share the pictures of his hardtop. The following is the link to the pictures. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/fr8okwqm43p6hsb/A

Thanks Barry; We ended up scrapping our season in the Med. They wouldn’t let us in anyway, since we are doing so great in the US. The new strategy is, stop looking and the problem will go away. It wou

Hi Barry; We have been looking at adding the hardtop for a while and plan on doing it in 2022 due delays caused by COVID-19. Since it appears you have added solar to your cockpit top, which is what we

Smart. Happy Sailing; Mohammad and Aty B&B Kokomo AMEL 54 #099

Hi Bernd; Amel sells the required wrench, or you can have any machine shop make one for you. Aluminum would work best as it is light and easy to work with. We had one fabricated and also purchased one

We had the read the same issues raised about Volvo in the 54, prior to our purchase. Upon further research and discussions with people who know the actual number of 54s that have had issues with their

I would definitely take Bill up on his offer. If we had access to Bill’s knowledge at the time we purchased our Amel, we would have had a much steeper learning curve. Happy Sailing; Mohammad and Aty B

We reviewed both boats thoroughly. For us, It really came down to staysail, which we have come to use in most conditions above 25 knots apparent with wind forward of the beam, a bit extra space due to

Hi Paul; Please let me know what you have. We may be interested in some of the spares you have left. My e-mail mshirloo at transpacific.us Happy Sailing; Mohammad and Aty B&B Kokomo AMEL 54 #099

Hi Scott; It is nice to hear you have had such success with the conversion to Lithium. We will be doing the same in the next battery change. I would consider running the generator periodically under 8

I second Tom’s opinion. When our element went out in 2016 (8 year old water heater), we decided to change for new. It was a 4 hour job, but hopefully don’t have to deal with this issue for another 8.

Thank you Thomas. I’ll review and am sure will have some questions. Happy Sailing; Mohammad and Aty B&B Kokomo AMEL 54 #099

Thanks Scott for the very useful information that has functioned well for 18 months. If you don’t mind, I may reach out to you when we get closer to our final design concept and pick you brains and in

Hi Arno; I think all of your questions and concerns are valid. We are going through the same questions as we plan our upgrade. You have to first really sit down and decide exactly what your optimum se

Hi Thomas; Unfortunately, we are not on board, so I cannot definitively answer your question. However, I do recall holding the gear box in my hands and wondering how to get into it. If there was a scr

Ok. I see. It was Bill’s fault. Lol. Happy Sailing; Mohammad and Aty B&B Kokomo AMEL 54 #099

Hi Teun; Sorry about your finger. I can see how it would be dangerous to try to open the door in a rolling seaway, hold it open while you grab stuff. We just have one strut. Attached please find a pic

Hi Teun; We have the small door for our top loading fridge in the galley and ours does have the struts. Ours also is getting weak and need replacing. So, input on this would also be appreciated if any

Very interesting Bill. The amount of tension required to avoid the line slipping has always been a concern. Who knows when we’ll be back on board. But I will take a look and see if its something we wo

Hi Reudi; To clarify, in order for the sensor to be isolated, you need two wires. You cannot have an isolated single wire sensor, since it will utilize the engine block as the negative leg of the conn