Hi, I think about changing the lead/gel bateries to LiFePO4 and run to a bunch of questions. No problem with the generator because I use al 12 to 24 V charger (as the engine is chaged to a Hyundai die

Dear Amelians, a new Beta85T was delivered to me early 2020. My boat was in Saint Martin. Beta doesn’t have a subsidiary either in the Caribbean or in Mexico, but I found a very good Dutch mechanic do

Hi all, I just purchased a used Parasailor (169sq meters) for my A54 and had a bit of trouble flying it the first time, going dead downwind. With our rolling, the Parasail tacks/foot area was chafing

Greetings, At 1200 hours I performed routine maintenance on our heat exchanger on our Yanmar 100 hp engine. While doing this we also chose to inspect the intercooler. The heat exchanger and the interc

Does anybody recommend a UK based surveyor? I am near Plymouth UK. Thank You Mark Porter Sea Hobo Sharki #96 River Tamar UK

Hi all, I am researching to buy either a late 80's Sharki or early 90's Santorin which both have the early Amel electric furling gear. Can someone point me where to find these operators or maintenance

It's been about 4 years since I took advantage of the Bamar upgrade deal to change my Amel spec MEJ1 genoa and staysail furlers to the EJF1. At year 4, owners are supposed to replace the seals and gre

Hi, does anyone know a possibility to source Lewmar Ocean ELS control box for winch 58. Or a good electrical engineer that can repair mine. I’ve tried Flight systems, but after them saying it’s fixed

Is there currently an Amel owner in Dehaies, Guadalupe that is willing to help another Amel owner 10 miles west of Dehaies? Bill CW Bill Rouse Amel Owners Yacht School +1 832-380-4970 | brouse@... 720

More of a general boating question maybe but i hoist my dinghy up every night with a spinnaker halyard, and when the wind blows there is a vibration sound as the halyard sings in the wind, because of

Hi all, I have a leaking water heater. Can anyone tell me if the gasket can be replaced in these units and if there are any instructions available on doing this. Does the unit have to be disassembled?

I imagine most people have a bilge float switch. I wonder: how'd you install it? Unless you do some Tom Cruise Mission Impossible gymnastics i don't think it's really possible to get down there. I was

I have a leaking faucet in galley and thinking to replace it with Grohe model. I know that some have changed it with this faucet. What is the experience with it? Was it difficult to install it? Thank

Hello! I have bought a second hand Superwind generator. I plan to install it on top of the mizzen mast, but now I have some concern, it might not be so easy as I first thought, to mount the pool on to

4th day after the launch (new to us AMEL 50) and still going thru and learning all systems.. Does anyone have a stern thruster, and having a constant draw from stern thruster battery? All systems off,

Recently someone joined the Group who owns a Super Mistral Sport. I told him that he might be the only member owning this model Amel. Unfortunately, when he heard this, he thinks that he will leave th

Hey folks, I am hoping this is useful to others! I recently am in the process of replacing the 24V main outhaul motor on SM248. The motor is the original Leroy-Somer MBT86M motor, manufactured in 1998

Hello everyone, While the electrician was working on the stern thruster battery issue, I had to open the panels, and noticed that the bolts coming down from stanchion backing plates had no nuts at the

Hi all, One of my rudder anodes is mostly corroded whereas the other is hardly corroded at all. I had assumed that they were connected to the same ground circuit at the rudder, so my initial suspicion

The Amel OEM Genoa Traveler Sheave is difficult to source from Amel and is likely to crack and break. Thanks to Jason Wright, SM owner, Garhauer Marine Hardware, California has made replacements for t