This is what can happen if the mainsail is not furled properly. It's not the batten's fault. This batten has been twisted around the mast foil and consequently broke. It got twisted and broke because

Agree with all of that. When I bought Elyse, the first few goes at unfurling and furling the mainsail I completely stuffed it up and I wondered if I would ever get the hang of it. Well, I did and now

I think it comes from the hole for the security rope for the forward locker...your locker seals are not sealing..... Ask me how I know this! Cheers Alan Elyse SM437

Hi Derick From the parts list 129490-77910 RELAY, STARTER Cheers Alan Elyse SM437

Absolutely agree with all of that. Judith and I visited Amel in La Rochelle in 2019 and went for a sail on the 50. Judith fell in love with it's creature comforts and layout and now says we'll buy one

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We did the same, our mag drive pump is rated at some 800 gph and it works fine....it's much smaller, quieter, no more screwdriver tricks to get things going, no leaks and no connection between AC grou

Hi Eloi The excitation is +ve. You need to disable the internal regulator, and on our boats with isolated negative, where in the Wakespeed manual it says connect to the alternator ground, in our case

This thread has gone off topic .....but ...... There seems to be a bit of confusion between short high current demand and deep cycle capacity. 480A for 10 seconds has little relationship to 300Ah deep

As long as you drill through vertically above the existing cables in the cable way, you will miss the fuel tank. I know, I've done it. Cheers Alan Elyse SM437

We take Stugeron tablets for the first 2 days. It makes me a bit drowsy, but after two days all is fine...and if out for 6 months or so, never have to take it again. Cheers Alan Elyse SM437

!4 months in the water without moving at all. Propspeed - that's pretty impressive.... Cheers Alan Elyse SM437

Robert, This is information from NZ Customs regarding yacht arrivals in New Zealand. Foreign flagged yachts are still not permitted to arrive in New Zealand unless specifically exempt. Application for

Hello Robert, I concur with JP...BUT I would think your chances of getting into New Zealand would be almost NIL for the foreseeable future. There's a flight travel bubble between Australia and New Zea

Hello fellow Amelians, stranded by you know what, Last week I flew to New Zealand from Australia to be reunited with my beautiful boat Elyse. I thought some may be interested to know that after 14 mon

Hi Giovanni, As in the drawing, the square section is 20x20x20mm The U shaped slot is 8mm across, 12mm down The tube is 8mm long I tried to take a photo but it didn't work well. Trust this is ok. Ciao

With all due respect, Amel didn't "design" the gear train, they only specified it. Both the Leroy Somer and Bongifoli(?) units are standard production industrial motor gearbox units used in factories

We installed an Engel frig/freezer under the forward saloon seat (where the optional 2nd freezer is on some SMs) great for extra freezer space, but we mostly use it as a drinks frig. Bonus it runs fro

I bought one of these from our local chandlery Cheers Alan Elyse SM437

I would think that the reason for the centrifugal pump is to eliminate the impeller changing on the Onan. The impellers don't last very long in most cases. That's my experience also. I have a March pu

Hi Colin, We have the same setup and the jerry cans are very useful when there is no fuel dock. The previous owner crossed the Atlantic and Pacific and never ran out of fuel. Cheers Alan SM437 ...soon