I just got off the phone with Maud at Amel because I did not hear back on an e-mail for a few days, which is out of the norm. Aty had also mentioned that she saw something on Facebook that Amel was ha

Sailing with 10/12 kt downwind, Jib, Mizzen and the mizzen balloner. Calm sea.suddenly the mizzen balloner falls into the water! I retracted the sail and found that the halyard block that is on top of

Please, I need the PN for the Garret turbo for the Volvo tdm22 engine. I couldn’t find further information on the Amel manual and the forum. thanks, Jose Prieto -- Jose Prieto SV Wayag, SM 323 Current

Hi Amelia's I need to order a new SPURS Line cuter and I'm not sure about size and type. I think it is: *Spurs B 1 ½ ". * Can anybody please confirm if it's the right one? Does anybody know a source i

I have a request into Amel. Anyone else have one of these discs break? I’m looking for alternate sources for a permanent solution, rather than using a line to the opposite stern cleat and adjust as ne

Thre has been lots of discussuons on the refinishing of the companion way door. Replacing the veneen in place is a stopgap measure which cannot be sanded more than once due to the thinness of the veen

Two of the A55 in Australia had the same issues, couldn’t furl or unfurl the main with any pressure or the re settable fuse would open for 5 seconds and alarm, the cause was not electrical but an over

Hello, I am wondering how many of you are using the Airmar 220WX weather station or perhaps another ultrasonic wind system on your mast ? Are you happy with them ? Do you have any advice or suggestion

Hi, I need your Help, Please. Recently i have noticed that the sea water level at the filter is going down without an understandable reason. i have replaced all the the pipes, have well checked the fi

Has anyone tried painting the galley sink? Not fond of the existing mustard color on the SMM Kristen Schmit s/v Kiana

We have been in Martinique having some maintenance done by Alban and his crew. It is a real delight to deal with professional boat mechanics who understand Amel Yachts inside and out. Here are a coupl

Further to my question regarding setting up Navnet 2 with mushroom style GPS receiver. I set up the inexpensive receiver just tie wrapped above the chart table along with an Actisense repeater to prov

I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone in the Amel world for your support to me and my Amel 54, Phantom over the years. It has been most enjoyable and enlightening. It is with both ha

Hello All, First I am delighted to be posting here - this forum is a great resource. Clair and I recently acquired Saol Eile (For the non Irish speakers Other Life) SM #228 - she is a fab boat and if

Please note. I am one of Bill's clients. I ordered a Main and Genoa from Qsails in August 2021. As of March 2022, I have been lied to and ignored repeatedly and still have not received the Genoa. John

I have all new antennas with 25m cable to be installed on main mast and mizzen. How difficult have this been to replace old cables in both masts? I have read how was done when masts was down but can n

A friend of mine (Arno) is currently with his A54 (#122) 1200 NM into his passage to the AZORES and texted me this afternoon that the main outhaul protector burned. This protector is behind a panel ne

Hi Amel cousins, Kristy's Main furler has been getting weaker until it finally would fuel under any load at all. It still turns when disconnected from the foil, no noise. The sail furls manually with

An Amel 50 recently lost its mast. It seems it broke around 5m above deck level. The boat only had about 6000 nm on it. https://www.familyontheboat.com/blog/broken-mast Luckily I have no experience wi

We have had some pretty extensive experience with our Firefly batteries at this point. We had a couple lumps and bumps in the road early on, but things now seem to have settled in to good smooth opera