Dear Amelians, I ask for help. My Desalator D60 watermaker has been little used in its life apparently. In the last 4 months I've been using it more intensively (at least 2 times a week). I always mea

Autoprop rebuild disassembly -check! Here’s to hoping the assembly goes as smooth as the tear down. Thanks to all those members before me that shared their Autoprop information. -- Kevin & Kristen Sch

Just a thought for A54 owners who are struggling with their water cooled fridges. Every boat that has a water-cooled cold box struggles with maintenance of that system. The gains in efficiency brought

Hi Amelians, I have a question about this alarm on the port side of the entrance in my SM 2K. The manual is not very clear about this and also not about a sensor placed in the engine compartment. This

Hi all, I am looking for some trusted resources in the Ft Lauderdale area for a few service. I have been in contact with a few people related to these areas but am not getting good results. 1). I need

Yet another headache for sailors. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/hyundai-tanker-just-became-first-193000380.html -- Paul Harries Prospective Amel Buyer

Hi, looking to find out the exact function of the attached that is wired in line before the main solenoids that activate the main Furler and outhaul motors. We were having issues with both motors. We

I am searching for more information than I currently have on the Forestay Bushings which are inside the SM Genoa Gearbox. The material used for these bushings? The size of the bushings including the d

Hi, did anyone replace black water tank hoses on A54? One problem I see is that the tank to seacock hose is very rigid and it does not look like I can bend it to put on the tank and the seacock. Plus

Hi Amelians, We had a small fire in a LED light. Luckily it was quickly found & dealt with. See word attachment for full details and photos. I wanted to share this with the group as it is a safety iss

Hello again all, After several delays, Ladybug will be sailing from Martinique to Newport, RI. I plan to leave Martinique on the 10th or 11th of June, and I would like one or two more crew persons. Th

HI All, I recently had a new shaft brake caliper set installed by Amel in Martinique. On the passage to take the boat back to Houston, the shaft brake still operates and closes when the engine is shut

All, For running rigging in North America, my SM clients get superb quality and good prices from Nance & Underwood, a Yacht School Preferred Vendor. I want to share this with all SM owners. Any other

Hi all, we fear the balls of the Antal traveller cars on our 54 have reached the end of life. Does anyone have experience in replacing the ball bearings? Do the traveller cars have to be removed? Or c

All Amel owners, All Models, This is important. I am seeing more and more of this halyard wrapping problem. I wrote everyone about this several months ago and since then there have been 3 incidences t

Hi All, The rev counter for my Yanmar 4jh3-hte on my gauge is fluctuating the higher the revs the less fluctuation. I don't believe the tachometer is working correctly . Where is the tachometer sensor

I re placed the pealing strip that protects the pole from the bulwork with some cow hide. It is glued down with two part contact adhesive. We shall see how long it lasts. It may curl off on the sun…if

As many of you know, we've been on lithium for almost 4 years, nearly full time cruising. We noticed something about using 12v batteries in serial pairs, similar to how Amel set up the lead batteries

Interesting and unexpected observations gentlemen, This could simply be a little non liniarity or a bit of offset in the Victron voltage measurement circuits: you are only talking about 0.28V max. (0.

Hello to the group, I think there are the last 10 AMEL 54 with a Volkswagen 140 HP engine . It is a nice engine which runs 400.000 km in a VW T4 bus. To find a service for changing the timing belt is