Hi Eric, I had a problem , not with my rack and pinion, but with a broken cable--once on a Sharki about 16 years ago and the second time on Pen Azen a year ago. The broken cable didn't stop us sailing

Hi Eric, I may have it on the boat and will be there next week--however, the cost I paid included acquiring and replacing the two cables as well as the rack and pinion so it may not be helpful. Cheers

Hi Y'all, One winter in UK waters has been one too many. Although we set off for Scotland in May we are heading for the Med for next winter. We aim to leave Pen Azen afloat in a secure marina on the S

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What a kind offer, but we shall be in Scotland until early autumn. Ian and Judy, Pen Azen, SM 302 _________________________________________________________________ http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/19722228

Hi All, I meant to report that last year I had my outhaul gearbox replaced by Amel in Guadeloupe. After 9 years and 40,000 miles it still worked but the noise it was making indicated that it had come

Bill, There is a much cheaper solution--just raise the height of the three stainless bars that hold up your present bimini by 10cm, 10cm and 25cm ( aft to forward) and 1. You can stand up ( I can , at

Judy, the bimini attaches in the same aluminium slot on the fixed, fibreglass dodger as the standard Amel bimini. It may be important to note that our SM is an SM 2000 which already has slightly longe

Judy, I forgot to take my camera down with me but the dimensions we used for the Better Bimini are these1. From the forward side of the attachment point on the mast ( to which the bimini tensioner is

Hi Richard, One nautical mile is 2000 yards. One cable is a tenth of a nautical mile, 200 yards--or to put it into really simple terms , about nine cricket pitches..... Ian and Judy, Pen Azen, SM 302,

Richard, It has to be a Brit sport--noone in the colonies would be clever ( or devious) enough to invent a pitch of 22 yards. Cheers, Ian ______________________________________________________________

The solution we have used on all three Amels we have owned--Sharki, Maramu and SM--was passed on to us 20 years ago by a very particular Swiss lady owner. Where the pipes from the galley and forward s

Hi y'all, Over the years we have lost count of the number of times we have cleaned our water line, the white line between the antifouling and the orange strip and indeed the orange strip itself aft of

hi y'all, We have some fading batteries on Pen Azen of indeterminate origin which we picked up in the Dominican Republic. I want to replace them with the sort that Amel originally used. I believe they

Me again. We have the standard Volvo, 78 hp governed to 60, on Pen Azen, SM 302.Now 10 years old. Very happy with it. Still putting out full power after about 2,500 hrs. Last winter I found that the s

Thanks, Eric. I do wish we had the same nominal sizes for our batteries in Europe---maybe we do, but I have not heard of people using them. I wish also that we had fair winds!!Not here--not yet.And ne

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Hi Pat, We switched to 1200 watt on our new tank. Much better. The reason for the 600 watt was that when Amel originally fitted the tanks many marinas only had low amp supplies. Fair winds, Ian and Ju

Hi Ian, I think you are right about the Onan impellers not being designed to run dry. In our engine room is a sign saying that if the seawater has been drained the main engine should be run first befo

We rarely use our dishwasher.We are heading for the Med. We have a fridge and one freezer. We would dearly love to convert the dishwasher space into a cooler box space for beers, wine, sodas etc Has a