Hi Alex, Well, planning 10 months in the the future is almost impossible in the Caribbean but nothing spectacular happens (like a Hurricane or so) I will be happy to help. It will be interesting to se

The point is that I wanted to also the EM boxes available as a backup. Also I wanted to protection to work both on furling and unfurling. I did think about the argument that the majority of power is d

There is a recent episode of Delos where Brian shows you how he repacks the rudder gland. It one of the episodes where they do boatwork on Grenada,

All, Following the replacement of my headsail furlers would like to offer the old Bamar MEJ.1 furlers for sale. At the time they came off the boat they were working and not showing any furling issues.

Hi All, I'm wondering about a thing after removing my Duo watermaker. I noticed quite some galvanic corrosion despite the fact that the green/yellow bonding wire was attached at several points to the

Hi Bill, Thanks for the explanation. You made a good point about the A/C pump. I forgot all about that. So there are actually a few places where the zink “meets” the shore ground. I’m in a marina in S

Hi Jean-Pierre, The funny thing is that I had corrosion going one everywhere but NOT on the membrane unit itself. It seems you had a different cause than I have. My bet for now is on the weeping endca

The black film deteriorates much faster in the tropics. Mine is almost completely gone but that is because I used a vacuum cleaner to get it off. I hated to be covered in black flakes everytime I ente

Hi Allan, I have an Amel 54 with the 100 Duo watermaker, it uses the same 230V motor as the 60 Duo as far as I know because mine has been replaced (motor is from 2011 and boat is from 2009). The motor

To me this sound like the thermal protection on the 24 volt motor is activated. Did you check the temperature of the motor? Regards, Arno Sv Luna A54-121

Hi Paul, When I took apart my watermaker last week I saw no way to tighten the belts. So over tightening the belts seems unlikely unless you have replace them with shorter ones. It seems like your pum

Thas seem to be a very clever tool to have. I’m guessing it’s something Amel added to the standard delivery when the A55 was introduced. Can anyone discover a part number for this tool? I’d like to od

Hi Teun, Your boat is really keeping you busy, not? For your problem I think you have two possibilities. A relative good one and a bad one. The good one is that the relay is not working for whatever r

Hi Alex, I made the enclosed pictures just before the overhaul I did on mine. In my case I did remove the whole unit. Quite some weightlifting involved doing that. Mine was badly corroded because of p

Hi Bill, If all goes well I can tell you later today. They are going to replace the Opacmare passerelle today after 4 months in repair (!). In the meantime, here is a picture of the ends of the rope.

Hi Bill, The rope is held by grub-screws into some stubs that sit on either end of the passerelle and at the ends of the poles the raise the rope when the passerelle is extended. Part of the rope has

It may have been asked before, but does anyone know why both booms on a 54 are not equipped with a kicker to keep the boom down in aft winds? It seems an omission but there may be a good reason for it

Hi Bil, If you are referring to the hole that sits at the very base of the mast, that hole is the drain hole for water that gets into the mast. I wonder if it is able to take the loads of a kicker. I

Bill, They had to change the mast when they changed from a horizontal to a vertical furling-motor setup. The needed to make the slot bigger to fit the motor. My mast also has the reinforcing shell aro

Hi, you also need to switch on the anchor flushing pump from the helm. Take care that the toilet does not overflow. Also be prepared for some horrible smell in the beginning. Cheers, Arno