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

Attached some pictures from our new Elvstrom sails on our A54 Fun@Sea We’re happy with them and they do what was promised. Pointing appr. 5 degree higher, less heeling when sailing to windward and a b

Jose Venegas <josegvenegas@...> updated the album Small AC unit in SM companionway: I originally bought a small window AC until in Panama to keep the boat dry while we were out for a month. It cost $8

Jose Venegas <josegvenegas@...> added the album Small AC unit in SM companionway: I originally bought a small window AC until in Panama to keep the boat dry while we were out for a month. It cost $80,

Hi guys, did anybody tried to use isopropyl alcohol to clean fresh water tank? Considerations? Thx!

I put Amelia ashore in November which involved flushing all the systems with fresh water including the fridge raw water circuit. I launched on 27th April. Everything running nicely until yesterday 30t

Hey folks any recommendations on a replacement/upgrade to our overhead cockpit light? Maybe something with white/red bulbs and a three way selector switch? Any suggestions would be great. Thanks!! Ric

I recently had the knob that holds the refrigerator against the cabinet of the sink pull out of the refrigerator. It is held in place by a pressed in bolt on the side of the refrigerator. I decided to

Nice job Good service Competitive price Nick S/Y Amelia Amel 54-019 Fethiye bay

I have a Feruno GP90 that still works but now all the data ports have quit. I bought an inexpensive mushroom GPS receiver and an Actisense NMEA expander that works well so the VHF, SSB, and Navnet 2 a

Just taken the solenoid valve out to give it a clean/pickle with some acid hopefully to cure a suspected slow leak. Reassembling the solenoid and associated plumbing, one particular connection would o

Hello all, I have a request to make to all Amel SM owners. I am looking for the circuit diagram for the Climma Compact 9 AMEL electrical box - part number M61037AMEL. I have collected other cct diagra

I originally bought a small window AC until in Panama to keep the boat dry while we were out for a month. It cost $80, uses only 500 watts, is cooled by air, and does not need to keep the water pump r

Hi José, As requested, here are a couple of pictures of the stern anchor arrangement we use with the Ankarolina spool of woven rode. (Oops, I forgot to move the electric cord draped over it.) On the o

Hi there, whilst rummanaging in lockers we came across the time below. We’re on an 85 Amel Maramu, it’s the same colour as the heads flooring, there is nowhere else that looks like this, but neither o

All interested, As you know over the years I have been a very strong supporter of ACMO, the standing rigging supplier to Amel. This support created a relationship where ACMO issued discounts of 5 - 10

Hi Bill, I will be in SXM next Tuesday. Where are you located? Fair Winds Eric Kimberlite Amel Super Maramu #376 From: main@AmelYachtOwners.groups.io On Behalf Of Michael Winand Sent: Sunday, May 08,