Bill and Joanna, Congratulations on your Amel! We met in St Anne’s when you had engine problems and were setting a second anchor next to us! So glad you’ve got your Amel - I guess it will soon be in a

Paul Not the bow thruster but I did have failure in one direction only of the furling motors while in the Caribbean. Both times it was the contacts on the switches which needed cleaning up. Worth a ch

Arnold I have no experience with an auto prop. I don’t know if it folds up if you leave the throttle lever in neutral. For the prop shaft alternator to work you must: Switch off the engine and take ou

Hmmm If it’s really bad we move up front. Tried a couple of other things, but nothing that really works. Ian Ocean Hobo SN96

Don’t know if it will help. Have you tried rotating prop by hand to get the shaft and gears turning? It may move the oil a bit. Ian Ocean Hobo

Yes, glued under the edge line of the wood then replaced it. I shaved the foam off the back of the vinyl that was behind the wood to ensure a good fit with the window again. Ian

James I replaced my 150% Genoa with a 130% in Trinidad. Coming back across the Atlantic to UK the difference in size with the ballooner and poles set the difference in size was noticeable visually, bu

Miles Photo of aft cabin with the panels held in place by screwed in battens. The original decorative battens were fewer, but I have added more to make the panels smaller and more manageable. Works we

Miles Correct for Santorin. I presume it may be the same on the Maramu. A tip when finishing any overlaps of the new fabric on the sides - scrape the foam backing off the overlapping section so it’s j

Miles I replaced all the headlining in the aft cabin. For the roof I did put the lining on thin ply. I then used Velcro to position the panels correctly and keeping it all in place by screwing wooden

Fully agree with Mark. I have a Santorin. I don’t want air con or freezers etc. It is a great blue water boat as it is. The prop shaft alternator keeps us well charged without running the engine. You

Santorin prop alternator operates with gear lever in neutral. Same notice as others, do not put gear on forward when sailing.

Eamonn, Be sure to carry spare Allen bolts for the Kong. Last year when changing my chain end for end I began to unscrew the Allen Key bolt that holds the Kong together. The head of the Allen bolt jus

Try tapping the motor with a soft mallet or something similar. It worked for me until I tidied the brushes up. I still need to order some new ones at the end of the season, but removing the brushes an

Hi Herbert, Can’t comment on the chain as I’ve never had stainless. Guess it might settle better in the anchor locker. We have the 25kg Rocna on our Santorin and not had any problem with it. With 100m

Great answer Gary. Got it in a nutshell! My Santorin seems to give me an occasional nudge - ‘Skipper, you need to listen to this little warning’. I have had nothing ‘fail’ but robust systems let me kn

Hi and welcome to the group. Yes, reading the posts gives the impression that AMELs are a constant maintenance boat. Not true. It is just the helpful nature of this particular group that folk feel the

Just another bit of experience. The shaft on my Spade anchor bent. It is easily replaceable, but it is hollow ( part of the design to keep lots of weight in the lead filled tip). I’m using a Rocna now

I got some in a chandlery in Martinique made by Goiot. Ian Ocean Hobo

Miles, On my previous boat (not an Amel) I got rid of the plastic shroud covers because they collected and held rainwater. All the wire underneath the plastic had rust marks on it. I have moved my boo