Hi All, I have been reading about the pumps issue and below is what I did. I have had to replace both, a/c and low pressure water maker pumps. I installed the submersible March pump for my A/C in 2016

Highly recommend the 40kg Rocna. After bending the shaft on the original 30kg Bugel (see YouTube How to straighten a bent boat anchor) the Bugel bent whilst being dragged in 40 knot winds. The new 40k

Thank's Bob, This makes it easy to understand, I will only seal the outside edges with my 5200 which I believe will hold the pad together for awhile, I will be in the Caribbean in a year or so and wou

Thank's so much for the response, this is great news that I don't necessarily right now have to replace this disc/pad. I will speak to Amel and maybe get a new one to use later at a more convenient ti

Can anyone in the group advise me on the procedure to replace the bottom main mast seal. The seal at the bottom of the mast on the deck is cracking and pieces are breaking off around the edge of the m

Hello Steve and Liz, Saw that you are OCC Hawaii Port Officers. We would like to join the OCC, would you sponsor us? The AMEL group is a wealth of information but feel the OCC would also help with our

Hi Wolfgang, Have you sorted your water pump problem? When our batteries have run low we find that the pump will run longer to get up to pressure. We have had it that the pump just runs until we have

Hi again Alan, Just an update on getting my AMFA bilge pump fixed. I got the part from Amel, cost with VAT and shipping was US$270. I have put it back together and now at least I am not hand pumping.

Thank’s Bill, I really appreciate you taking the time to explain this to me. When I purchased the 13 batteries I was not told the difference and bought on price thinking that I was getting a fantastic

Hi, Olivier told me to get ordinary lead acid batteries and don’t let them drop below 80%. With running the generator for about 1 hour each morning and then having solar panels I find that I only some

Hi Wolfgang, Because I was buying 13 batteries the BatteryMegaStore in the UK gave me the post fittings at no extra charge, 26 in total. The batteries are exactly the same size and I still use the ori

Hi Alan, Really appreciate the info and link. Amazon only have this in 12v but have found suppliers in US (about$300) and EU. I also have an old cutting board to use as a backing plate. Should be easy

Thank’s Guys, You reminded me also to chase Paul up too. He replied to me that he will organize when he returns from his holiday on 6th July. I will be ordering through Nance and Underwood in Florida,

Hi Wolfgang, You can look at BatteryMagastore online I got 13 Hankook MF31-750 110Ah in Sept 2015, which cost £70 in UK and in France they now advertise them at about €88. They should last you about 5

Thank’s Alan, That does seem a good option, I like the hand crank option on it. Do you find that it is big enough for your boat? The specs I saw indicated that is suits boats up to 40ft. Changing the

Thank’s Mohammad, I will phone them this morning. Best Barry

Hi All, Can anyone advise me how to get and repair the gear sprocket in the AMFA bilge pump on my Amel 54. When the pump stopped working I thought it was needing the service kit, I replaced all the in

Hi Wolfgang, Can you tell me we’re the switch is? When I recently had no water going through the generator the Oman generator just shut down, it was the rubber impeller which needed changing. Best Reg

Hi Ruedi, When I tracked down the leak it was the cables from the control box on the shelf going to the TV. Took out the old TV and can still use the Bose system for radio only. The CD/DVD in the cont

Hi Ruedi, Do you have the Bose entertainment? I had a leak and disconnected things one by one. I found the leak was the salon TV. Disconnected the TV from the system and have not had any current leaks