Bill Kinney, Actually you may have done yourself a favour by using the slotted head style. While the hex and square drive heads are really convenient since slippage of the tool is reduced, in my exper

Bill Kinney, I was originally thinking of using a non acid based silicone caulking for bedding my stanchions but I think that you may have hit on the perfect solution using the Butyl tape to provide t

Thanks for your in depth and thoughtful response. I think that you really hit the important points of my question. It is clear that you consider your autopilot to be a critical component and I get it!

Bill Rouse, Thank you for sharing your experience and other information on this subject. While I have not have a rudder reference indicator fail on my own boat, I have had this happen on more than one

Bill, Thanks so much for sharing your project of removing and resealing the stanchion bases and fastenings. Your reasons for doing this project echo my own and despite limited sailing time due to the

Bill, I like your concept of having some stand alone instruments and would like to learn of a good way to have some of the benefits of the network without being reliant too on it . I will be buying mo

Bill, That is exactly the information that I was looking for! Thanks so much for your help in reposting this. I have added this to my permanent Amel files under “Steering System" for future reference.

Hello All, A lot of good information here on the Amel steering system, thanks for all that have contributed. I was wondering if anyone could comment on whether the cables or any other parts of the ste

Craig, I agree with your post. I have also found that it is not uncommon to find loose coupling bolts and agree this is something to check on a regular basis. I have had good results using Nylocs in a

Davi, How about getting the boat up to speed and going into neutral to see if the helm straightens out? This will eliminate the possibility that the prop is the cause. If you still have a turn in the

Miles, The rails on Sueño had quite a bit of oxidation on them after sitting in the sun for years in the Med. before we bought the boat. We found that a good scrub with Soft Scrub cleaned them up pret

Bill, A while back we were discussing the Sealand T series pump as a possible replacement for the original bilge pump and wondering what the flow rate would be. I just installed one of the these pumps

Miles, Good to hear from you as well. I am sorry to hear that the family has been sick with the stomach bug, I hope that you do not catch the bug and that everyone feels better soon. Thanks for the in

Bill Kinney, I agree that sailing in light air offshore in flat seas should not be a threat to your sails. Any chafe issues should be manageable. The problem comes when the wind has been strong enough

Bill Rouse, Thanks for sharing some of the rules that you use when deciding when to sail, motor sail or just motor that I assume were developed over many years of sailing your Amel. Best, James Alton

Bill, You don’t miss much. (grin) I wonder sometimes when I am slatting in light winds if the engine would cost less to cover the same number of miles as the wear and tear on the sails, blocks etc. I

Miles, Sorry that I did not comment on these excellent photos earlier, we have been doing the 70-80 hour work week thing lately so a few things have had to slide a bit. (grin) The center photo of the

Miles, Both of the rudder zincs on my Maramu thread into the stainless plates. I would think that having the bolt threaded into the plate would be required to insure that you have a good electrical co

Christian Alby, Thanks for the information. I would also like to replace these valves on my Maramu as well so this is very helpful. I found a listing on Amazon.fr as shown below. Can you tell me if th

I think that most of the wear on a Genoa from the spreader tips occurs when the winds are light and there is a beam sea running making the boat roll. Under those conditions the Genoa can rub the sprea