When we installed B&G chartplotters in 2013, a B&G AIS send/receive went in as well, thinking it would facilitate things. I have since learned that there was no need at all to go with the B&G AIS. Fir

Thank you James of Sueño. Will try disconnecting that tube as well. Best, Peregrinus SM2K N. 350 (2002) Hyères

Thank you Jeff. Will have the transmission cooler tested. Regards, Peregrinus SM2K N. 350 (2002) Hyères

Hello Bill R., Jeff, Eric, Bill K., A mechanic came by. Without my prompting, he did the test of loosening the fuel lines to each cylinder one by one. With each one, the engine roughened up, then stra

Thank you Ian and Bill. The injector nozzles on all 4 cylinders were replaced with new 125 hours ago, as were the racor filters and the fuel filter. Today the racor filters and their "bubble" look pri

Hello, I'd like your opinion on this engine issue. When we bought the boat in 2012, about every 30 seconds you could see a drop of oil come out from underwater, on the boat's exhaust. Like a flower op

We also had a bit of water come in during our first sailing season, up in Canada. We hoped to get back to Fort Lauderdale in December and have our regular Amel specialist have a look at it. But the pr

We have two separate autopilot computers and two separate autopilot drives. Each computer output goes to a rotary switch so you can select if you wish to use the Raytheon T-300 autopilot computer or i

Many thanks to Thomas for his report on the Watt&Sea. I had much higher expectations, based on all the adverts and testimonials one often reads about. With regard to Ian's comments that the Santorin,

There is a setting that you can use instead of actual polars where you more or less tell it how fast your boat goes under certain conditions. Sort of the kid's version of the polars. It's called "Sail

Thank you Ian and Judy for the heads up about the review. I read Hare's article and appreciated her point of view. She mentions the weaknesses of the design: high windage, required reliance on the bow

I should mention that our main GPS sensor and the AIS GPS sensor, both from B&G, came with big warnings that these should not be installed up the mast. So both were installed at deck level. Incidental

We added one 24v Italian outlet (brown) below the 230v outlet above the desk in the aft cabin. That's where the Lind/Mikegyver 24v to Apple Smart Connector for laptop converter plugs in, so we can use

Ryan, We've run both Mastervolt chargers at the same time for years (100A & 30A). No, if the chargers are properly set to charge at the voltages recommended by the battery manufacturer, it is impossib

Our solar chargers by Genasun are not properly adjustable to the voltages required by Trojan for our AGM batteries. So we disconnect solar when on shorepower to prevent over-voltage charging of full b

Duane, Our Prosine was also installed by Lean Marine in 2013. I guess we are fortunate ours is OK, despite some abuse. Best of luck with the replacement! Peregrinus SM2K #350 ---In amelyachtowners@yah

Ian, We installed the «PROsine 1800i Part # 806-1884 24V Hardwire w/ transfer relay», with «Remote Interface Panel Part # 808-1800» similar to what the Amel factory installed on Bill Rouse's boat. Whe

We have a Winslow "Super Light Offshore Plus" for 4 persons. Well, 4 midgets, anyway. We sent Winslow an extra EPIRB which they sealed inside and the final package was 8” x 17” x 36”. They can fold th

It takes some care to keep a boat looking more or less OK. Our mirrors were "affected on the sides" as you say, on our then-10 year-old '53 when we bought it in 2012 in Fort Lauderdale. I am not sure

In Fort Lauderdale, I was told the lining material is called "shark skin," but could never find any. In La Rochelle in 2015 I asked one of the Amel technicians who was aboard to replace it, he said th