Hello David, The solenoid valve that flushes the watermaker automatically (located above the primary filters) mat be leaking internally. Check it (undo the plumbing fitting after the valve). Olivier E

Good morning Bill, the muffler on Harmonie is most probably made of stainless steel, not aluminum (unless it has been replaced since new). It may probably be repaired unless the leak is in a difficult

Hello, these are original AMEL wedges that you hang on the portside cockpit locker's edge (when the lid is open) to leave the lid half open when you're inflating your scube tanks. Olivier

Hello Greg, I understand the tube is free to turn (although it can turn by only 2cm because of the frozen swivel and the bolt at the top of it). If you cannot release the swivel with WD40, you will pr

Hello Greg, I answered already Dieter about this a few weeks ago. You probably have a horseshoe mast NIRVANA type. Your swivel may be OK but the tube, which on this manual furler, is held by a needle

Hello Iris and Kent, on your picture, there is a chip of white gel-coat coming off the toe-rail. It seems that something (a neighbor) has pushed on the chain-plate from outside, and created the hair c

Hello Gerhard (and Joel and Bill), originally, the orange gel-coat is first sprayed, the the white gel-coat is sprayed (the whole hull), then the glass scales coat is applied, then the one-coat mat is

Hello Alex, these plastic bearings, attached with shrinking sleeves, were installed only in the first genoa furlers that AMEL developped. Then, they decided not to go on with this as the bearings were

Hello Dieter, I confirm the seacock is installed the same way on a Sharki and on an SM, as Mark describes. If the seacock does not come off easily (it may be the original one!!!), you may help releasi

Hello Alain, the furlers have not been found faulty yet. Thanks for your information. Olivier

Good morning, AMEL 54#171 GANESHA is looking for a skilled electric-electronic after a lightning strike. The vessel is in Preveza/Greece. You may contact me at olivierbeaute at gmail dot com. Thanks.

Hello Bill, all you wrote is correct. There has been some SM2000 with VOLVO engine and ZF25 hydraulic gear-box, with the same shaft-brake system as on the YANMAR engine. Some of these SM2000 are fitte

Hello Bill, I have downloaded the ZOOM app. What else do I need to do? If I want to show pictures during the meeting, how do I do that? Thanks for guiding me a bit. Olivier.

#cal-reminder

Hello Carina, the cables are not available from AMEL, but as ULTRAFLEX is still in business, you should be able to order from them or from a representative. Olivier.

Hello Scott, what you describe is frightening and the lesson is: Don't let anyone work on your boat unless they know what they do, and try to get all the informations you can before letting them do. T

Hello Mike, in the SM2000 (starting october 1998), the A/C compact units compressors are cooled with seawater. The pump starts whenever one of the units is turned on cooling mode. But when these A/C u

Hello Scott, in order to tension the cables' sheaths, you need to turn the threaded tubes clockwise when looking to portside. Before this, you need to undo the big nut of each cable while you hold fir

Hello Scott, In 2007, Amel used to buy SS chains from WASI GERMANY. Olivier BEAUTÉ Envoyé de mon iPhone

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