Today, whilst rigging the poles the connector popped right off out of the pole. Lucky me to have thus happen with no harm or foul. Upon quick inspection it appears the rivets have corroded and broke-

I have negotiated a significant discount for Amel owners who are current PredictWind clients and those that want to be a client of PredictWind. I will post the details to the group within a few days.

Denis, Aarts dieseltechniek bv. In Holland. He is a representative of VW marine engines. You can order parts from him. Look him up on the web

Hi, To late model A54 with VW engine. I had a Service to the engine and generator. When trying to start the engine, suddenly no electricity at all to the engine. After a long reserch, the came from a

Hi all, We're headed to New Zealand this Austral Summer and have a load of projects to get done. I know some of you are from NZ and many of you have been there, so I'm hoping to get some recommendatio

Dear Amelians, my TV lift in the salon quitted working. No reaction on the up/down button. Any experiences with this problem like corrosions, fuses, motors? Any hints what to check? Best, Martin AMEL5

I hope no rules are broken with this info. I just found out that new marina in Pula, Croatia is offering wery attractive deals for wintering and year-round contracts for 2022-2023. They will go up to

Has anyone taken a Santorin down the ICW along the East coast of US? Were there any problem bridges? -- Paul Harries Prospective Amel Buyer

Hi all, I thought I would post an article on my recent work to integrate a fairly newly installed Raymarine Axion chart plotter, i70s MFD and ITC-5 transducer module with an original Raymarine S3G Cou

Hi everyone: We are the new owners of “Oyai”, a SM2K, hull 373 and are thrilled to become part of this wonderful community that we have been following for the past few months. Already, we have met man

Dear Amelians. We are considering to buy a bundled pack of LiFePo4 cells vs the drop-in ready batteries (like the ones from Battle Born,Transport Energy or Victron). Based on the beautiful battery com

Hi all, Can someone provide me a link to the specifics/measurements/materials of how the main ballooner halyard business end is constructed. I have new running rigging on order and need this info. I w

After a shutdown of my Furuno BB last year, I was thinking about an emergency Navigation backup. - Easy to install - Watertight - with AIS - no drilling in the cockpit for the mount I now use iPAD, An

Hello group; My SM is losing a little bit of oil from the C Drive every week. I can see occasionally the expected oil film on the water which obviously isn't good. Water does not seem to enter the dri

All, I was finally able to get an answer to this from a Super Maramu expert at Amel with over 20 years of service for Amel. He contradicts the manufacturer of the genoa furler. The Amel expert says, "

Much has been written on this site on the evolution of the SMto the SM2000. Is there similar documentation on the evolution of the Maramu to the Santorin; what was lost, what was gained, what was impr

There is an Amel owner that should arrive in Gilbraltar in a few days ,his Onan is dead and asked me to see if I could find an Onan mechanic there before he arrives. If anyone knows of one and has con

Hi, Our shaft generator was working fine, but after a total breakdown of our 24v supply (24v alternator defective and Onan generator not starting), it doesn’t load anymore. Before the 24v breakdown, b

Gentlemen, My Amel 55 has a leaking forward deck hatch, it seems to be the southco latch, Does anyone know where to buy seals for these latches? Couldn’t find any parts on the southco website. Bob Gre

All concerned. I learned a few things this morning while discussing the Mainmast Furling motor with Mohammad Shirloo, A54 #099 B&B Kokomo, Here they are: The vertical mainmast furling motor from Amel