Hi all, Just a quick contribution for the benefit of those who are operating a Yanmar 4JH3-HTE and ONAN genset. I developed the attached look-up tables to assist me with keeping track of diesel consum

Bill, Mark McG, Mark E, Danny, and Gary. Just trawling through a backlog of over 3,000 unread messages, and found out about this. Great work. And thank you. David SV Perigee, SM#396 Panama, for the S-

>> DO YOU MIND??? No, not at all …. Good idea. Txs. From: <main@AmelYachtOwners.groups.io> on behalf of Mark McGovern <mfmcgovern@...> Reply-To: <main@AmelYachtOwners.groups.io> Date: Friday, 15

Greetings all, Attached, 2019 latest price list for the SPURS Line-cutter and accessories. Contact: Bryony Fisher; Bryony@... Spurs Marine Mfg. 201 SW 33 STREET FORT LAUDERDALE FL 33315 US

Greetings all, Below, condensed info / brief data sheet for the Starter Motor for the YANMAR 4JH3-HTE. Hoping this will be of use to others. Blue skies, David SM#396/Perigee Panama +++++++ OEM Part Nu

Greetings all, I have been reviewing my SPARES holding in preparation for a few years out there in the South Pacific, and updating my current reference material. Below, condensed information / brief d

Greetings all, Our plastic bin in the forward head is starting to show signs of deterioration, cracking and the foot-pedal fractured. We have looked high and low for a suitable replacement, but to no

Hi all, Whenever hauling your AMEL fitted with a BRUNTONS AutoProp, one of the first things on the To Do list should be to grease the autoprop. This is because, especially for longer haul-outs, any wa

Hi all, We are currently using the Jabsco VFLO 5.0 series: constant-pressure variable-speed 5.0gpm/19lpm pumps,. No accumulator. Quiet in operation. Details Series ID: 42755-0x9y Model numbers ending

Greetings all, I have a top-of-mizzen Rutland 1200, installed 2018, cost to purchase-and-install ~$2,200-. The running count for the wind-gen since it was last reset 920 hours ago Arriving on-anchor,

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Greetings, AMEL France just filled an order for a spare electric motor and gearbox for the SM Main Outhaul/Furler. The electric motor is a little different to what I expected. Please see the silver mo

Hi Gary, Thanks for your response. The silver motor is by “Nidec”, sub-titled LEROY-SOMER (L-S is part of the NIDEC group, apparently). Yes, further research reveals that the motors I have installed o

Hi Eric, With pleasure ... Type: MBT82 M Induit: 24V 27A Puissance: 450W Vitesse: 3100min-1 Service: S2 5mn Protection: IP44 Classe: F Blue skies, David SM#396/Perigee

Thanks Bob, Yes, Didier, he is a real gem. He did our engine mounts in 2017, and the new wire-mesh filter (and stop-cocks) for the ONAN in 2018. Most comforting to know that the impeller is still inta

Greetings all, Whilst trouble-shooting an unserviceable ONAN (failure to crank), I checked out the health of the 105Ah 800CCA AGM start battery (good), and house-bank (12x105Ah AGMs). Start and house

Thanks Bill, for the double-barrel response, Batteries: We are leaning towards replacing the whole lot with FIREFLYs, per Bill KINNEY on Harmonie. If this does not prove possible within a reasonable t

Thanks Alan, The old start battery seems to be OOK in service. However, it appears that the battery that was paired with the failed one is also on the way out (if not already failed, just showing sign

Hi Mark, Done. Thanks. David From: <main@AmelYachtOwners.groups.io> on behalf of Mark McGovern <mfmcgovern@...> Reply-To: <main@AmelYachtOwners.groups.io> Date: Thursday, 30 May 2019 at 10:39 am

Hi Mark, Thanks for that. Yes, it’s all in the mix at the moment. Lithium is not in the picture, mainly because of the need to change charging and management equipment & regimes. Also, as you say, the