Hello Porter; Our 54 handles waves on the bow well. However, she has to have enough momentum to punch through the waves and not hobby horse on the waves. In order to have enough momentum, our approach

Thank you Thomas. We've had the French one for a while but is very useful to have the English translated one. It is much appreciated. Respectfully; Mohammad and Aty B&B Kokomo Amel 54 #099

Thank you all for the effort and continuing to provide valuable information for the group. Respectfully; Mohammad and Aty B&B Kokomo Amel 54 #099

Hello Arno; I second Bill's comments. In our long search for a 54 we saw many examples. If properly maintained, Amels maintain their factory fresh look for a very long time. When we purchased our 54,

Hello Thomas; Thank you for sharing your experience. Mohammad and Aty B&B Kokomo Amel 54 #099 From: amelyachtowners@... [mailto:amelyachtowners@...] Sent: Saturday, December 02

Hello and welcome to the group; Can you please let us know your name so we can address you properly. There are many unique features to the Amels that make it imperative that you hire an Amel knowledge

Hi Scott; I truly am not aware of anything that I would consider Amel specific problem areas. Every boat has design considerations that appeal to some and not to others. Other than design related issu

Hi Tom; The theory of battery charging is fairly complex. However, if we were to look at it in very simplistic terms, the charger has set charging algorithms designed by the manufacturer of the charge

Thanks Eric. Good piece of info. Placed order on Amazon. Mohammad and Aty B&B Kokomo Amel 54 #099 From: amelyachtowners@... [mailto:amelyachtowners@...] Sent: Wednesday, Decemb

Hi All; We also only use desalinated water in the fresh water tank. We empty out completely when we leave her for the winter. As far as concerns about pollution in the water where we are running the d

Hi Bill; I cannot offer any useful hints on your actual issue as I am unfamiliar with your unit. However, when Olivier was surveying our 54 he mentioned that the two chargers should not be run simulta

Hi everyone; We need to haul out in May 2018 for our bottom paint, bow Thruster and C-drive service. We also need to change out our batteries and possibly install an arch and solar. Looking for recomm

Hello Marcel; Can you please share the contact information of the place that you purchased your Arch and the outfit that installed it for you? Where you happy with the installation and the performance

Thanks Bill. Since we are currently wintering in Licata Sicily, this was our first choice. Good to know you had a good experience with them. Any contact people at the boat yard? I tried sending you an

Thanks Bill. My e-mails still bounce back. It may be something on our end. Do you have an alternate e-mail I could try? Mohammad and Aty B&B Kokomo Amel 54 #099 From: amelyachtowners@... [

Hello Steve; On our 54 during the survey, we were told by Olivier not to turn both chargers on at the same time. He may have have shared the reason but I do not recall. May be Olivier can jump in and

Hello and welcome to the group; Sorry to not address you by your name but I did not see your name in the e-mail. I cannot comment on the source of your particular issue. However if you are connected t

Hi Ryan; We have a 100A and a 40A charger aboard. If the batteries are being drained to proper levels for optimal life, the 100A charger will only be at max output for 10-15 minutes before the charge

Ryan; The ACs draw about 4-5 A at 230V. So with all three running and the charger and other systems you will exceed the 16A. At the recommendation of Bill Rouse of Ex BeBe and now AmelSchool.com (had

Hi chuck; my personal approach would be not to change the factory installed wire sizing. Two reasons; 1- I believe all systems on Amels were designed with specific logic that have proven themselves ov