Hi Mark, As Bill says the Dessalator is a good design. There are parts available and support form Amel and the Amel Owners Group, I would suggest sticking with it and doing a ground up rebuild When I

Hi Rob, I know the owner. What's up?

My friend here in St Thomas has SM #24. He also has the aluminum drive. Didier in Martinique rebuilt his drive a couple of years ago. I will forward this to him and see if he has any insight. Regards,

Hi Paul, I instinctively say it is the DC circuit breaker, the red switch on the Generator panel in the ER. I see it looks to be on, try cycling it. My switch can be bumped when doing work in the ER a

Also an SM owner, older SM though...assuming that all the breakers are turned on (control power too) I found when the brushes in the motor are near the end of life the motor will sometimes work someti

Thanks guys. I wrote to ACMO a few days ago. They replied today requesting a photo. We'll see what they say. Regards, John SV Annie SM37 Water Island USVI

While this is a tad late to the discussion, yes the ACMO turnbuckles are chrome plated bronze....and that chrome plating is my concern. I had Caribe Greement in Martinique replace Annie's rigging in 2

Han, I had end caps made out of delrin in St Martin. The machine shop is E&Msc. It is behind Lagoonies. The machinist made a few changes to beef them up. I have run them now for two years with no issu

Agree with all previous posters. Annie, SM37 has the house batteries, six of them under the passage bunk. They are arranged in two groups of three with the disconnect in the cabinet in the middle. Not

If you have an older SM I recommend you take a hard look at the Genoa sheet cars. I had one fail in light wind. Bill Kinney had similar failure mode. 20/30 year old gear. I got my new ones from Euro M

Thanks Alex, so I might be seeing you sooner!

Hi Karen, I too went with a Jackline policy. But good golly the premium is crazy. I am relocating to St Thomas in the next month and will be spending some quality time looking for a better arrangment.

Hi Bernd, When I purchased SM37 in 2016 the previous owner stressed to me to always keep the tank full and to always use the Baja filter. He said in the 16 years he had her no one drop of fuel went in

Hi Karen, Excellent write up. I did s similar repair on Annie (SM37) and agree 100% to use a reinforcing tube for the bolt. I wound up using JB-Weld in a similar fashion to regular epoxy as you sugges

Hi Duane, direct answer to your question is I don't know, and don't think you need one for a part you already own. But....I suggest you inquire at Douglas Yacht Services. (DYS) Doug Rapier is a French

Hi Bob, The retaining bolt is on the side of the gear. It's an Allen head or hex head. John Annie SM 37 Brunswick. GA

Excellent, Thank you Gerhard. I too have several places in which these nuts are utilized....and have zero spares. John SV Annie SM 37 Brunswick GA

Hi Thomas, Good catch! I noticed Annie's short poles collect water inside. I have toyed with the idea of drilling a small drain hole to let it drain. Letting them stand upright in the sun for a week o

Hi Duane, I had a similar experience right after I purchased Anne, first indication of issue with the impeller was as you said a different sound. We had no overheat alarms just a much more pronounced

I think I am going to second what Joel just said. Annie has a good quality set of AGM lead-acid batteries. They were installed in 2012 and are still working fine. The previous owners, who purchased th