Hi all, My main furler appears to have a rubber “plug” fitted inside the driving hub such that the lower bolt goes through this and only the upper bolt goes through the foil. See attached (although I

Thanks Jamie. Yes I have been following this thread about alternatives and wait in anticipation! I have not heard about anyone successfully refurbishing the flowjet. Cheers, Paul S/Y Ya Fohi - Amel 54

Hi all, I attempted to refurbish a flowjet pump today, by simply cleaning up the diaphragms, checking the brushes and emptying a lot of carbon dust out. It then worked for about an hour ☹. I would be

Scott, The problem I have is that I use a VSAT which has three thick cables taking up most of the conduit space. I am told that by putting schottky diodes between the panels the loss due to uneven sha

Scott, Why do you use parallel - Is it to do with partial shading? Mine are in series to minimise loss in the cable as I have no space for thicker cables. Cheers, Paul S/Y Ya Fohi - Amel 54 #98

Scott, Thanks for that. Yes, I should have guessed the wires for the gauge! A for the possible slope I guess I could put a spirit level on and see what it averages out at. Cheers, Paul S/Y Ya Fohi - A

Hi all, I have noticed that there is sludge sticking to the bottom of the fuel dip stick. After enquiring about getting the tank cleaned I have some questions: Are there baffles in the tank that may r

We just installed 3 x LG335 Neon 2 black and have not had to use the generator since. I have seen up to 35A and the sun won’t get directly overhead for another month or two yet. I got them from Solarf

Porter, That seems like a good idea to me. We’re in Grenada – I will make some enquiries. If not here then maybe I will just refill the tank for now and wait until I find a place that has this facilit

Hi all, My dip stick tells me I have a fairly thick coat of sludge at the bottom of the tank. I have just done a short but fairly rough passage, motor sailing, with 170 litres in the tank, and did not

Hi all, My main sail foil has sheared off just at the collar that connects it to the furler motor. I note from s similar recent post about a genoa that it may be possible to just lower the foil a few

I got some from geminigassprings.com in Canada for Canadian $48.72 each. The part is 8/19 100-303/150N 3.94-11.90/34Lbs E8N/E8N. If when I take delivery I find any problem I will post again. Cheers, P

Hi Oliver, We met in Culatra. Welcome to the Caribbean! How long to you plan to stay in Martinique? Cheers, Paul S/Y Ya Fohi - Amel 54 #98

Barry, They used my old ones as template for the new ones, and made them identical in every respect, holes, grooves etc, except for the very slight curve but that has not been a problem and I’m told i

I had new wind screens made at Driftwood in Clarks Court Bay, Grenada – photo attached. The quality seems very good and they fit perfectly. They are slightly darker than the originals. They di initial

Hi all, I would greatly appreciate if someone could tell me where in the USA I can order replacement gas struts for the Amel 54 windscreens. I was about to go with a company called Ace Controls but it

Jer, I would be interested in what you replaced the Sonic Speed with. My transducers no longer work and B&G no longer support this. Cheers, Paul S/Y Ya Fohi - Amel 54 #98

Martin, As far as I recall it is a combined mooring and tricolour light. We had ours replaced in Majorca several years ago. It took the engineer about half an hour so I guess pretty straightforward, a

Ha ha, you have described our lazarette! Thanks, Arno, good stuff and looks like a good solution to me which I will implement. Cheers, Paul S/Y Ya Fohi - Amel 54 #98

David, In my experiences, in the Med 3/4G has worked well, in the Caribbean wifi has given me a better service. If you do use wifi be aware that systems that use a USBL cable to connect to a receiver