Hi Kent and Iris, I am afraid that the dreaded job of regularly de-hairing the macerator pump is on my list of preventative to do’s. It is not too bad if one pumps through plenty of clean water before

Hi Jeff, I am not on the boat for the winter, so can not measure the stem fitting. My poles are normally stored on deck. So there is no track on the mast but fittings at the base of the mast. Conseque

RE POLES ON THE 54 I have a 54 with twin aluminium poles. I can manage them alone but they are big and quite heavy. One trick I have found is that when at sea and likely to be using them, but not actu

Hi there, In 1990-1994 circumnavigation in my first boat I sailed Panama- Marquesas (38days) then Tuamotus, Society Islands, Tonga, NZ, Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Rabaul in New Britain, and then

The Rolls Royce of cookers is the GN Espace range (gn-espace.com). They are in a different league to the rest on the market. Built in the UK but expensive. Sometimes you get what you pay for! I had on

Dean, The transceiver unit is fixed outboard of the chart table seat on the shelf. The tuner is located on the starboard side of the lazarette locker. The distance between the tuner and the antenna mu

Dean, My only worry with using the engine starting battery for the Icom is the negative ground. The radio will be grounded onto the plate located by the rudder and the power to the radio at the engine

Hi Dean, On Amelia we have the M802 SSB installed by Amel. They chose the DC converter route: there are two Mastervolt 20A converters in parallel. These are located under the chart table in the little

Hi Dean, I just checked, the mizzen backstay is 7mm 1X19. Not sure on the length but about 15m. The expense is not an extra metre or two of wire but the fittings especially the two insulators. I just

Dean, you are referring to the mizzen backstay I assume? if so it is not 10mm, more like 7mm. I will check my records Nick

Hi Dean, The little stand off spacers are on my list of “things to do”. No leakage problems. Nick “Amelia”

Hi Dean, My 54 had a whip antenna that had broken off at deck level when I bought the boat. Since I replaced all the standing rigging anyway I included backstay isolators for the starboard mizzen back

Hi Porter, You really have been through the mill. Virtually all turbo diesels have an aftercooler because compressed air warms up due to Boyles Law. Within the aftercooler coolant runs through a speci

Hi Fohi, I purchased mine in the UK from Marine Scene (sales@...) Ocean Toilet Solenoid Valve 24v 9-53081 I purchased two for £107.98 delivered to UK address. It is not a Burkert brand b

Hi Fohi, I think this is quite a common occurrence. On my 54 I had the same problem and now carry several extra spare solenoid valves. They are easy and quick to change and located behind the velcro’d

Hello fellow Amel owners as promised: The findings regarding the Leak from the alternator as described in the July 1 email. I have been in touch with the service centre in the UK and they have advised

For storage ashore Preveza is good with two big yards Cleopatra and one next door. I left my last boat there and it was good. Nick Amelia (54)

Hi Jay, My 54 is from 2006. The bulkheads are all veneered marine ply. The varnish is perfect. The doors are all perfect, actually all the woodwork below is perfect but for a few scruff marks on the h

Porter, Honestly carrying an extra ton will not make much difference. There is nothing wrong with the boat itself. It has to be the electronically controlled command to the common rail. Or some sensor

We all feel for you Porter, "There but for the grace of God go I” In your video, at first view, it looked like overload, but was there black smoke at the same time? I doubt it as you would have said,