Mike, Heave to under small amount of mizzen or main and scrap of jib backwinded. Lash helm such that the boat sits at about 50 degrees from the wind. She should for-reach at about 2-5 knots. Then have

I forgot to mention that the alignment looks spot on, there is no side wear on the belts. Just the bottom teeth coming off. A damned mess in the engine room of course but no harm done. Nick Amelia in

So further to this I ordered a pair of Optibelt super xe-power pro XPB 1320 belts. I chose the toothed ones as the alternator pulley is quite small diameter. Anyhow after a few hours running the teeth

Hi Paul, After researching extensively I have decided to demote my WASI 30kg to the second anchor, sell my Delta 40Kg, the current 2nd anchor and buy a Spade 160 which is 37kg, as my primary anchor. I

Hi Oliver, I had a look at the Optibelt website and it certainly looks very promising. I will buy a couple of pairs and we can put it to the test. Nick SY Amelia anchored Corfu AML 54-019

I have a 175A 24v alternator on my 54. With twin pulley v belts. It is the set up with the alternator to port and separate from the 12v alternator and raw water pump belt. I know some 54’s are set up

Hi Allen, I had my rigging changed with mast up in Grenada by “Turbulence” rigging. It took a couple of days, and was done in pairs, so say both port and starboard cap shrouds were taken off, then new

Fixed: What happened: the lashing between head is sail and top drum failed. The top drum sprang into the black plastic stop at the top of foil and jammed solid. Could not winch it down. After sleeping

I am hoping to shed some light on my current problem. I did a short sail today in 10 kn of true wind. The Genoa halyard needed some tension so I cranked the halyard but actually the lashing had perish

I have three anchors on Amelia; 1. The original 33kg WASI Bugel supplied by Amel, currently my main anchor. 2. A 40kg Delta set up on the port windlass; so my second anchor. 3. A large aluminium Fortr

Thanks Bill, I am pretty sure all is fine but next time I haul I will double check for any play beyond 8-10mm laterally. Nick

Hi Bill, On the 54 there is a bolt covered in black mastic from the bottom of the C drive to the iron keel. Presumably this anchors the C drive. Is there any adjustments or anything to look out for? N

Hi I am at Lakka, but moving round to Gaios this pm. Nick

On my last boat I used to have a fixed three blade prop and there was some vibration. It was a traditional shaft and stern tube arrangement. I spent ages realigning the engine. Then I pulled the shaft

Nick again, I have to admit though that it is probably going to be a service that will not survive the internet. It is free to the user and paid for by presumably various government agencies. This kin

Love my weather fax but it depends where. Across the North Atlantic, Halifax Nova Scotia pumped out great charts as did UK. In the Med it is a different story. Nick Amelia in Corfu AML 54-019

I have a Caribe rib with 15hp, actually I have two 15’s and one 5. I want to sell one of the 15’s as that is crazy. So anyone interested let me know. I have to say that over the years I have had a num

I am only interested in the motors Nick

Earlier on in my passage from Madeira I had a problem with the Genoa furler. It turned out to be the motor. I switched it for the staysail one which is like new, so I could carry on my voyage. Now I n

Not sure exactly where we will be. I am happy to do the job myself thanks. Nick Amelia 54-019