I agree. Why do you need a battery charger if you aren't using any power? If I leave my boat for 6 months with all power cut off including the 2 main switches,and come back to find dead batteries, I'm

David , The pipe has very little pressure, which means very little problem. Your repair job will work just fine. I did a temporary repair job on an exaust manifold with liquid steel,and it lasted 5 ye

Hi Ed, this is John�s wife Ruth. the original owner of our SM (#248) ordered the �king size� aft cabin bunk option from Amel when he bought the boat. It consists of board that fits between the permane

Hi all, Let me jump into the filter fray. For years I've used a 2 micron filter as my primary filter ,on my old boat and this Amel, they worked just fine because I was always buying good clean fuel. O

Hi Eric on "Kimberlite", You asked me a while back about my main preventers. I've posted some photos on my photo folder "Moon Dog". I don't use the Amel-provided vang with jam cleat, I use two vangs w

Dan, I don't have a Webasto, but I installed a Wallas diesel heater. It was the simplest one I could find as I didn't want to run any ducts throughout the boat and I only wanted to heat the main cabin

John, Sailors Solutions has a replacement led bulb that fits into the same socket as the halogen lights on the SM, if that is what you have. The advantage is you do not have to change the light fixtur

Dave, The fitting for your pipe/hose connection is in the forward port locker in the top aft section. The Amel automatic system works just fine in ordinary conditions, but in real heavy muddy conditio

send me your personal email and I'll send them to you. for some reason I was not able to load them up to the Amel Groups web site. i am at symoondog@.... John _________________________________

Can anyone tell me how much, if any, water is normally supposed to come out of the little pipe that vents out of the engine room from the top of the anti siphon loop above the engine, and vents/drains

Id like to thank the gentleman on this net who wrote a few years ago about installing an Algae-X fuel filter in his SM to eliminate the constant black streak problem from the engine exhaust. I bought

Peter, i agree with Ed about the Fortress anchor. He has the large one that can be used as a primary anchor. I got only a 10 lb. one as i only use it as a stern anchor to swing the stern around in rol

Hi all, maybe a helful hint. We have canvas covers for all our deck hatches that we leave on all the time except when sailing. Also we keep the heavy Amel lined curtains closed doing the day and my wi

Bill, I wouldn't even think about putting a 153% genoa on your Amel. The boat sails just fine with a much smaller headsail. I personally think a 135% would be a great cruising sail. With the larger sa

Dear Gary, As I recall the od of the main pipe is 1-1/2 ,the engine is 1-1/4 od,and the gen set and a/c is 1 inch each. The 2 toilets are 1/2 inch id or 5/8 od. I think thats right. If you make a new

Regarding Peter Pappas' saga of changing the zinc in the water heater (taking 4 hours). I did it a little differently. Cut off water and power, took off all eight bolts on the bottom. Water went into

I put a 24 volt to 100 V under the cabinets over the crew bunk (by the engine room). Ran the wire up through the cabinet down thru the small hanging locker out into the battery box. No problem. Can't

Hello, Has anyone used the product rain-x on the windshield of their boat. It works wonders on a car as the water just rolls off with little need of the wipers. The directions state not to use it on p

I've just installed 2 130 watt solar panels on my SM .I put them on the top of the aft cabin, attached to the hand rails,with stainless steel tubing and clamps. The only hole I drilled in the boat was

Chuck, Years ago I took my old 38ft. boat with 5 ft.draft across the bar at high tide and I was nervous. I wouldn't think of taking 7ft.across it. you need to check/join the SSCA, (Seven seas cruising