I suspect my squealing or squeaky hatch is actually the counter weight system for the hatch. Has everyone serviced that on a 55 or similar boat yet? The hatch squeals a lot when raising and lowering i

My boat has a Jay electronic remote control which should control the mast and outhaul motors for the mizen. It does nothing right now and I'm wondering if someone else had such a system fitted to thei

I just cleaned my tank (Amel 55#56) and I had a solid/complete circular gasket. The problem on mine was fuel can made it past the gasket and was pooled in the center of the gasket. With no "hole", it

And to finish this out. We measured about 60g in the tank when we emptied it today at an indicated 1/4 which is correct. I added 168g today and the gauge shows full correctly with 228g of fuel which i

I have the tank cleaned and polished today. We pulled about 60 gallons out which matches the 1/4 level on the gauge. We're still unsure though as last time we were at 1/4, we added 106 gallons to what

I've been running my boat in the marina this winter with the diesel heater running. It was down at a quarter in late Dec so I filled it with 103 gallons. I had fuel coming up the fill pipe in to the o

My last boat, I had 1200w of solar and each panel had its own mppt controller. I think I had 16 controllers, genasun typically with 2 victrons for the largest panels. Besides the insane wiring, I got

My Amel 55 is a 230v boat. I am using a us 240v pigtail to power my boat in the manner you describe in the usa. The heater and climma work on shore power. The 2500w inverter must be on for dish washer

I dont know if this has been addressed before but besides an answer of as much as possible, what are peoples experiences? My 55 currently has 750W (2 × 375w LG) on the davitts. I am debating bumping t

I noticed yesterday that the fwd shower is dripping when turned off. It looks like a Paffoni brand shower mixer, the other taps in the bathrooms are similar brand. Is there a rebuild kit for these? Ne

Found 2 things this morning. The light for the heater indicator in the engine room is an normal bulb and was blown hence no flashing. The burner on the webasto was seriously burned up and coked. The u

My Webasto is acting up and stopping during operation. Normally, there would be a switch with on/off and a LED to indicate fault codes. There is also a fuse block with a F1 (20A), F2 (5A) and a F3 (20

I'm living on my 55 right now which is in the water in jersey city, nj. I was away visiting family over christmas. I have a raspberry pi on my boat running the usual IOT stack (RTL433/Influxdb/telegra

Hi Arno, I have everything hooked up now and want to upgrade everythings firmware which appears to need the installer password. If you can email it to me at billy at billynewport dot com I'd be gratef

Do you think using lithiums and lowering the weight down there from the factory agms to half impacts the boat stability? It seems like it would reduce ballast, no? When he mentioned using fewer than 1

I asked her for a quote for the parts to replace the standing on my Amel 55 and it was about 12k euros. FYI

Is the diesel tank on a 55 regular shaped or did amel use a custom sender to accurately show fuel? Water tank shape also? Billy

Hi, Anyone used the generator auto start? When does it start? I'm running a test now, letting the batteries drop down. I'm guessing its voltage triggered. Anyone know what voltage the genset starts at

I'm in the process of adding more MV also. I switched my Victron 35A MPPT to a SCM60 during the week and added an Easyview 5 above the AC panel in the galley. I replaced the 675A fuse/holder under the

I have #56. I have agms. There is 1 shunt. The boxes are not ventilated as far as I can see. They are not watertight as the wires exit through a hole leading under the nav table which is not sealed. I