Most SM & 54 owners are aware that sooner or later they will need to replace the Secondary Saltwater Manifold which was made by Amel from copper pipe. Here is a view of the original SM Secondary Saltw

Hello Amelians, My 1982/3 Maramu appears to have sprung a leak in the fuel tank. This happened once before but it was just the inspection port plate that needed tightening. The Maramu appears to have

When sailing upwind I generally try to center the boom for best performance which means I have to pull the traveler most of the way to windward after each tack. With the 4:1 tackle supplied as standar

Hello Ameliens, I hope you are all healthy and in good spirits, wherever you are. Inspired by some comments here about better battery condition and performance, I decided to install Victron battery ba

In installing our new mainsail, I noticed that there is some play (a small amount) in the foil connection to the furler. I've read all the posts regarding the process for cutting down the foil and dri

Hi All, I will not pretend to be an expert on HF/SSB because I am very far from it! On my Amel 54 I have an IC-M801 SSB with SCS PTC II Pactor modem. I seem to be able to transmit just fine as other b

Hi all; We are in the process of selecting a new tender. We are considering the Highfield CL310 or CL340. I would appreciate input on the following issues: 1. Opinions on the Highfield line of tenders

Can Amel 60 or 64 carry a William Minijet tender 2.79m/9ft 2inBEAM 1.54m/5ft 1inDry Weight 210kg/465lbOverall Height 0.83m/2ft 8in (0.71m in Low Profile Setting)Engine 60hp BRP Rotax Ace 900 EngineFu

Hi, can you please stop my enrollment on your amel yacht owners forum....I cannot buy an amel right now and 90% of the mails are totally irrelevant for a non-owner. Thanks Angel & Boudewijn Vanhuysse

Hi Ian and all, Capital idea! I have also thought that a model specific sub section of the site might serve to promote more discourse among owners of similar boats and be more efficient. For instance

Greetings! Our port side navigation light has been unreliable since years. We switched to LED two month ago. It worked fine while in port. It soon failed underway and after arrival in Antigua it still

Dear Amelians, my MDKAW is on ca 8000 hrs and I'm thinking about a replacement before sailing to the Pacific. The new 9 kW model (Marine QD space safer) MDKDL was offered to me for USD 12'195 - no dis

Hello Santorin or Maramu Owners, I own a Santorin (SN 27) from 1990 which I am planning to overhaul. I bought the boat about a year ago, however due to Covid I was so far not able to do anything with

I want wish the members of our world wide Amel family all the very best for Christmas and the new year. I enjoy being in contact with all of you. You are appreciated. Danny SM 299 Ocean Pearl

Hi All, on my SM #407 I have recognized during last season a waterleak. In the box under the floor in front of the aft bathroom, ( between the aft cabin door and the bathroomdoor and the wardrobe is a

Hi everybody. I recently bought Marmaid, a Maramu 46/1986, and I want to know if some of you have an english or french copy of the User Manual The boat is rather sophisticated and specific, so it woul

Many of you attend or later watched the Jimmy Cornell ZOOM meeting in October. During that meeting, Jimmy explained his newest project, the Elcano Challenge, Aventura Zero. Jimmy had to abort in the C

Hello! we find water under the floor board in the passage from main cabin to the front cabin. i.e. outside the forward head. that after being out in larger seas or going up wind. I thought it was the

I have just completed an alphabetic listing of English/French and French/English nautical terms. It is a work in progress and not all the nouns have genders attached. It consists of 2 Microsoft Excel

Good afternoon we have in the santorin 1992 the possibility to put a wave generator ( there was one properly ) would you put it again and which make was in there originally ? thank you