Hello Rudi and Scott, the reason for the zinc on the SPURS rope-cutter is that it is attached to the fixed blade which is in fact isolated from the prop shaft by a plastic U-shaped part (you will have

Hi Volker, Originally, this Santorin has an aluminum casing C-drive, labelled CATEP, with a RH pitch propeller. Since 1990, the drive may have been replaced with a cast iron casing one, and if so, the

Hello Joerg, all the metal parts of your AMEL 55 (including your fuel tank) are connected together with the green/yellow wiring net and with the zinc anodes of your rudder EXCEPT the SSB ground-plates

Hello Bill, nothing to add so far. That's just a perfect information. Olivier

Hello Mike, your SM 23 did not have the rubber flap mounted on a stainless steel cylinder box. This system came later probably around hull 100. If your system has not been modified since original, you

Hello Graham, originally, there is around 20 cm of foil left at the top, above the swivel, with the original lashings (top and tack). This means that in the foil's life, cutting off the bottom for new

Happy New Year to all of you happy AMEL owners, In severe conditions, on a port tack, the waves slapping the portside may push some seawater into the main engine exhaust through-hull fitting. This is

Hello Stephan, It's nice to hear from you. I remember the handover of your SM in la Rochelle... How many nautical miles since? The 2 to 50 ohms findings look like a bad contact issue. First check your

Hello Bill and all early Santorins and SMs owners, the first mainsail furlers (in-mast and out-haul) on Santorins and SMs were made of a Bonfiglioli gear-box driven from a CIMA motor, 12V for Santorin

Hello Jeroen, there is not any good system to prevent the damages of a lightning strike. Even if the lightning strikes 100 m away form your vessel, the electronics could all be damaged through the ele

Hello Paul, originally, this line is rather tight, indeed as Bill says, in order to prevent slipage. But with time, UV and salt, this Vectran-core line tends to shrink and gets tighter and tighter whi

Hello Paul, no it's not OK to replace the packing material while the boat is afloat. You would then have a strong water ingress while you're working for installing the new stuff. Do it while you do a

Hi Oliver, the AMEL 54 main mast length is 18.50 m. Olivier

Hello Mark, I got your private e-mail too. The grease originally put in the manual furler (mainsail or mizzen) is silicone grease, rather sticky and water resistant. The furler is rather resistant to

Hello Danny, the type of locking pin you have is bolted into the aluminum sheave. The hole in the aluminum is tapped and the stainless steel unit is threaded. It is originally mounted with hard LOCTIT

Hello Dean, Bill's picture shows the original bolt and washer when no rope-cutter is installed. The washer has a built-in rubber "ring" that is necessary to get a good sealing. The problem with the V-

Hello Dean, first, did you try to turn the pump shaft manually (thanks to a flat screw driver at the backside of the pump, where the fan is located)? After several months of non use, the bronze impell

Hello Stefan, the 100A fuse is a back-up when the power limiting Printed Circuit Board (what you call the Protector) is out of order. In order to connect this fuse, you need to remove both wires from

Hello all, I confirm the original chain wash pump on the AMEL 54 is an AMFA 66 without pressure tank. The freshwater pump being an AMFA 88B with pressure tank. For all AMFA 66 and 88 fresh water pumps

Hello Nick, there are two foam seals located around the BT drive tube, on top of the gear-box/props GRP casing, looking like the one you see inside, around the drive tube. When the BT is in the UP pos