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

#ZOOM

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

#ZOOM #poll

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

Hi Duane, Lack of a ground connection can cause crazy SWR readings. Lack of a ground connection will make it impossible to transmit. Lack of a ground connection doesn't affect your ability to receive.

Hi Paul, VERY familiar with that problem. Our gearbox was actually past it's use by so we set to and cut through the gear to extract the shaft. It wouldn't come out even with a hydraulic press. The sh

Hi Dan I think you'll find that bracket is standard on Amel Super Maramus. Every one I've seen, including ours, has it. Cheers Alan Elyse SM437

Hi Teun, I can't help you with Customs Broker in Brisbane, but I would think that pretty much any customs broker would be able to do it for you. Just FYI, in New Caledonia, when you arrive and clear c

Hi Matt, I don't think that's right. Our ICOM setup, setup according to the installation instructions, has a heavy green yellow/wire from the SSB ground connection to the AT130 tuner. Then there is a