Hi Tom and Kirstin, I'm not on my boat so can't be sure, but is it the fuel return line from the injectors on each engine? That was good fortune to dodge the hurricane ! Cheers Alan Elyse SM437

Hi Alan, I could be interested. Are the springs that hold the blocks up all working i.e. not broken? Have you ever taken the long pin out ? What's the condition of the plastic slides that bear on the

Sorry, no reason to stop you. We have one..it's brilliant, not just for us, but helping others to fill their bottles when 000's of miles from civilisation. We were in Suwarrow in 2014 and one boat had

Can't help but agree with you Danny. The concurrent thread on frig pumps in the 54 is an example. I was considering doing that on Elyse when I had to replace the frig unit under the salon seat. Glad I

I have had pvc pipe on the forward and main shrouds of every boat I've had. Chafe is one of your worst enemies. We have hove-to on Elyse on a number of occasions. Most major between NZ and the Austral

Hi Bill, "Trying to find a line, bend it on and then .." We have dedicated messenger lines for both main and mizzen halyards in the port side aft cockpit locker ready to go. A size smaller than the ac

Hi Oliver, No battery in the antenna, it is a passive device. BTW the GP-90 will run with a dead battery. The battery is only there to remember waypoints and the startup location. Cheers Alan Elyse SM

The battery is soldered in It is a pain But it IS doable I've done it Cheers Alan Elyse SM437

I agree, this is a big issue.... I have had issues with insurance companies that say they CAN'T insure Elyse because she is British registered, moored in New Zealand and I live in Australia. What has

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This is from technical support at ICOM in the USA : In order for DSC to work with the M-802, you must have the DSC-receive antenna connected. This is the only way that the radio will be able to receiv

Thanks Bill, I'm keen.... Cheers Alan Elyse SM437

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Hi Tom, i sourced them from SAV at Amel.fr Maud, in other words.... Cheers Alan Elyse SM437

To be clear Fresh water on its own will only kill membranes if the membranes are exposed to either high pressure fresh water or fresh water with chlorine in it. Unchlorinated low pressure water (which

Regarding the air...motor sailing... We too have been doing this for years without problems. If we know we'll have the main engine on for a while, the watermaker is always on, same when running the ge

Something seriously amiss here. The previous owner replaced the membranes in 2013 just before we bought Elyse. The system has been running fine ever since. We have an inline TDS monitor and the TDS is

Hi Sue and Craig, I am sure that some one will correct me if I am wrong, but I believe that the MANUAL gearbox on the main furler is an Amel custom product only available from Maud. The motorised gear

H Arno, They are small cylinders with the cable coming straight out the back, but they are not available anymore. When ours failed we left them in and installed a thru hull Airmar CS4500 near the exis

We have had a genoa furling solenoid fail on that board. We now carry two spares. I concur with Bill, the whole assembly comes out with a long loom, very easy to work on, and of course for testing vol

Hi Craig, Don't you just open the lazarette hatch and lean it back against the sloping aft cabin hatch ? That gives complete and unparalleled access to the lazarette for any shape or size of "stuff" I

Hi Paul, We have Besenzoni Skipper pasarelle on Elyse, I imagine that's what you have. I've used it a few times in Med moor situations, but they're not that common outside of the Med. Ours rarely gets