I'm away from KAIMI so I cannot give you a photo but we have a rather large sliding bolt lock on the top inside corner of the companion way slide that was installed by the previous owner. He also fill

Agree with Danny as a first intervention and prevention. We very occasionally squirt Corrosion-X right into the starter key hole and ditto for the battery switches, etc. Worth doing first and no downs

Almost always we are sailing as a "Ma and Pa" team and auto steering is pretty high on our list. We are most concerned about lightning. A lightning strike could easily take out both of 2 installed uni

I'll take 2 sets. Bob KAIMI, in USA

"Can't Hurt" Bit of a Long Island? Boston? accent.

Hi Bill, That's been my experience so far as well although I do subscribe to Collins idea of topping of the tank when I have had a chance. Backfired on me in Gibraltar. Filled my tank, left Queensway

Hi Colin, Last saw you as you were in your dinghy hanging onto our rail in Bequia to inform me of your decision to immediately move on through The Canal back to Austrailia. Just curious--even though y

Wanted to reinforce James's comment where he says "I try to pull my anchor chain out each time I am in a marina, rinse and dry the locker....I also keep the chain door open to vent as much as I can so

Are the dimensions the same for 54s and SMs? Are they double lipped? Bob, KAIMI SM 429

Hi Eric, So on our stock Amels, where is the lamp for water in the filter? Bob KAIMI SM429

Eric, Not sure if this is a physical upgrade you were looking for but it is the first thing I would recommend to other Amel SM owners. (Below is a cut and paste of an earlier post updated with new lin

We use the Shoresafe galvanic insulator and it is mounted in the engine room just before the automatic shorepower/generator switch (do not connect after this point because the ground connection of tha

A series of hose clamps below the Amel tool will prevent slippage and spread the clamping load on the tube--I suppose you could use as many as you want. You could experiement with silicone sealer on t

A related recommendation (may be helpful to others in future searches). Our bilge pump activation switch began to fail, staying on even after the cord pulled the switch down and into the off position.

We have German Infranomic infrared mirrors in both of our heads (replacing the mirrors over the sink) and they are outstanding. Instant heat, no moving parts, won't wear out, and large high quality mi

Hi Chris, Wondering if you had any luck on improving your reception? I thought I would wait to see if you had any more responses before volunteering some ideas. In theory a tuned antenna improves rece

Interested Bob, KAIMI SM429

Hi Mike, The Amel packing is impregnated with what looks like PTEF. Professionals I have talked with recommend some kind of grease. It helps seal and helps you slide the packing into the gap effective

Absolutely agree on releasing the pin at the dock or anchorage and decompressing the seals. On our boat, pulling the pin and flipping the down switch for as short a time as possible usually lowers it

Maybe I missed it but does the ability to put 12 lithiums in our SM Redline models solve the high amp problem?? In theory the 4 extra 31 series provide 50% more amp capacity. Somewhat related. On our