Paul , When we bought Pen Azen as a new boat we had Amel add a short length of stainless pipe to the hole where the forward drain spills into the bilge . That allows us to cover the end of the pipe wi

Oh, and by the way, the moon loved it so much he came out especially to have a peek !

Guys 'n Gals, Here are some more pics of our hard top. What they may not do justice to is the really neat rope bolt track all round the hard top, just in from the edge. You hardly know it's there. Hea

Eric , 9 litres does it for us . Ian

Can I assume that everyone has a plastic washing up bowl in their galley sinks ? Its use reduces the volume of washing up water , saves the sink surface from being chipped by a careless saucepan and ,

Hi Seckin , We had a carbon fibre hard top made for us this year by FYS in Porto Cheli. Complete with solar panels , LED lights , solar screens at the side and back and for this winter we have designe

Thanks, Jose , Can't beat the Italians for some of their engineering. Many years ago on a non-Amel boat when a Simpson Lawrence anchor winch ( good Scottish make ) seized a bearing on the fourth time

Thank you to everyone for so many responses . Who needs google when we have this site ? Ian and Judy, Pen Azen , SM 302, Leros

I have the original AMFA bilge pump. For the second time in 21 years ( I make no complaint--would that everything lasted that long ) the plastic cogged wheel that connects the motor to the pump has br

Hi Danny, Do you know which head width you used on the Buegler ? Ian and Judy, Pen Azen, SM 302, Kilada

Hi George, You will not be the first to do this. There was an SM called Bali Hai, based in Malta, whose owners did the same. Since sold, I don't know where it is today. Ian and Judy, Pen Azen, SM 302,

Living in London, we spent 6 weeks in the Aegean, (Greece, not Turkey ) last autumn; then June this year and we will spend Sept and Oct afloat as well. The limitation for us has been the 90 days in 18

Hi Eric , I would not hesitate to use an Amel main furler . We have done so in both a Maramu (5 years ) and an SM (21). Close to 100,000 miles . Often abused , including furling a partly reefed main s

Hi Billy, We had the same on our SM. We resolved it by putting a loose layer of matting on top of the "carpet" finish--- rubbery/plastic, with square holes, the sort of thing you might find on the flo

Hi Pat , For what it’s worth , we have never used an anchor swivel but have two shackles in tandem between our 33kg Spade and the chain . In 21 years the anchor has always come home without a problem

I shall be very interested to read Bill's review of the Amel 50, but you can have solar on a hard top on an SM. We had this carbon fibre top made for us in Greece this winter and are delighted with th

Thanks, Nick, Good to hear that you're afloat. We have had some great sails over the past 10 days--but heavy rain and gusts to 40k coming to Poros yesterday, thankfully on a reach and we now have very

Thanks, Arno, Penetrating oil and brute force now have the spindles turning. I'll keep up that application until they are free. Ian

Hello all, Our under-used ST40 winches ( the smaller ones in the cockpit ) have sprung an unhappy surprise ( I blame Covid, not the careful skipper who keeps them well greased and covered with little

Bill, Mark, Daniela and Michael, My solar loves your solution and is now kissing cousins with the Link10. Happy days. Just two 180 W panels have reduced our genset time significantly. The Greens would