Hi Rob, small correction: Part of picture 9 is installed at bottom of bow-thruster motor. Part of picture 8 is installed on both stainless steel tubes of the bracket supporting the bow -thruster. Part

Hello Rob, among your pictures, the last two ones are VERY IMPORTANT parts that MUST be installed as soon as possible. This concerns the bow-thruster and the technical recall that AMEL made 19 years a

Hello Jaco, The Euros has keel bolts for its cast iron ballast. Only the Sharki has cast iron ballast encapsulated in the GRP Hull. Olivier Envoyé de mon iPhone

Hello Richard, These relays feed the Auto-radio CD player from the PERMANENT 24V/12V transformer located under the chart table. When the batteries main breakers are OFF, the memory of the Auto-radio i

Hello Dominique, I understand what you mean. This also means that if one battery is out of order (or too hot) , the whole 24V panel in galley is disabled (losing nav lights and auto-pilot). Fortunatel

Hello Dominique, Your Victron BP220, as it is connected on your pictures, does not protect the batteries against the big loads/amperage. The bus where it is connected feeds only small loads (lights, f

Hello Raul, I must say this is an unvaluable document that makes this operation easy to understand. Congratulations. Olivier

Hello Martijn, You're new and you cannot verify the positive or negative reviews? Well, I think you should just stop talking about me. You are on this forum since february 2nd this year, so, you shoul

Hello all AMEL 54 owners, Most of the information written previously about the carbon reinforcement part installed by AMEL on the lower section of the AMEL 54 main mast, is true (except what the broke

Hello Kimberly, the rudder system on all AMEL boats fitted with a skeg, is designed without any washer at the bottom. The stainless steel rudder shaft/post sits directly into the stainless steel pintl

Hello Doug, The black box is located behind the starboard aft seat in the saloon. There is also a FURUNO ETHERNET hub behind the display panel at the nav station. Look at the picture, this is the genu

Hello everybody, in the last issue of Professional Boat Builder (PBB, an online magazine that every sailor should read...), Nigel Calder (see attachment) gives his thoughts about Insurance and Lithium

Hello everybody! I don't like to do this but I think it's time for me to spoil the party. I will try to be straight forward. Raising the waterline is not a very good idea, although I understand why so

Hello Roman and Ira, this C-drive has been running without oil for a while!!! You can get access to the inside of the lower unit if you take down the front plate (where you see the big pin that enters

Hello Joerg, the only purpose of the front mizzen mast halyard is the bosun's chair (as you know, it's better to use a halyard that is inside the mast for climbing up the mast). See you in April. Chee

Hello Joerg again, installing the tack is going to be a challenge too, but you could try to install an eye-bolt on the dodger. Originally, the main sheet tackle was installed there. Cheers. Olivier.

Hello Joerg, the AMEL 55 mizzen mast is not designed to bear a mizzen staysail: -the front halyard is going out of the mast with a fixed sheave. If you use it as a mizzen staysail halyard, it will cha

Hi Joan, look at the attached picture, the breaker is located on the left side of this box. Olivier

Hello Joan, you should find the 230V output breaker (big one) at the top aft side of the generator. On a boat, when we talk about the aft side of something, it's the aft side towards the boat. This me

Hello Joan, could you mention your AMEL model? If you have a 55 or a 50, there is a 230V Ground Fault Breaker in the engine room. Olivier