I am currently replacing the damaged gears of the bow thruster (broken bearing), using the original Amel kit (incidentally, out of stock at my normal suppliers, Amel Hyères– had to apply directly to l

Hi, Please see attached word document. This one seems really odd to me. Maybe, this is the way it's done! Hopefully, someone can explain what is going on and point me towards a solution. Regards, Chri

Dear Ameliens, An important request to all those who are currently and already this year cruising in Turkey between Bodrum and Kas. Especially in the Aegean, Göcek, Marmaris, (Gulf of) Fethiye with it

Hi, My depth meter shows zero and it seems the sensor is defective. Does anyone have experience with replacing the original B&G depth transducer? According to the technical descriptions on board, the

Hey folks has anyone identified a good replacement for the JABSCO toilet wall switches? Both of ours are cracked, beaten up, and have seen better days. Looked around online a bit, didn't see anything

Hi everyone, Can anyone explain to me how to tighten the steering cables in my maramu? I understand that the metal flaps need to be lifted in order for the nuts to be able to turn but what then? What

Hello Amelians, Feels like we nearly lost our SM to a fire yesterday, due to a short circuit in an old style Grundig TV which was in a starboard compartment in the saloon. This TV, which probably is t

Just to let you know, Amel designed the original solenoid tandem to wire in paralale maybe more redundancy or less load. However one 2 way solenoid with 4 heads + 2xswitch can do tge same. Now next pr

Hi all, reviewing this past thread on bilge maintenance. I am wondering if anyone has tried one of the enzymatic drain maintenance products? https://www.amazon.com/ECOS-Earth-Enzymes-Drain-Maintainer/

Hi, We have to replace our anchor wash pump. Unfortunately, there is no specification readable anymore. Does anyone know the specifications of the anchor wash pump? Regards, Roland SM 150 Aventura Gen

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