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All Group Members and Moderators, We have added a Amel Yacht Owners Group Wiki which can hopefully answer any of your questions regarding how to use the new group and its tools. When you are online at

All Group Members and Moderators, We have added a Amel Yacht Owners Group Wiki which can hopefully answer any of your questions regarding how to use the new group and its tools. When you are online at https://amelyachtowners.groups.io/g/main you will notice "Wiki" in the left column at the bottom. Click on Wiki to discover what you can do. The Wiki also includes a section for Moderators. Most of the content in this Wiki was provided by group.io, our host. I hope this helps you. -- Best, Bill Rouse Yacht School 720 Winnie St Galveston Island, TX 77550 +1(832) 380-4970 My Calendar

By CW Bill Rouse ·

VHF, FM, AIS antenna and cable replacement 3

I have all new antennas with 25m cable to be installed on main mast and mizzen. How difficult have this been to replace old cables in both masts? I have read how was done when masts was down but can n

By Slavko Despotovic ·

Introduction - and some help on fridges pls 17

Hello All, First I am delighted to be posting here - this forum is a great resource. Clair and I recently acquired Saol Eile (For the non Irish speakers Other Life) SM #228 - she is a fab boat and if

By Tom Crosbie ·

tb/AMEL 54 outhaul protector burn out Mid Atlantic/AYOG 31

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

By Teun BAAS ·

tb/AMEL 54 outhaul protector burn out Mid Atlantic/AYOG + COVID 11

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

By karkauai ·

Amel lost its mast - D1? 33

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

By Scott SV Tengah ·

Firefly Battery Update. 25

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

By Bill Kinney ·

A54 with new Elvstrom sails 4

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

By Laurens Vos ·

Updated album Small AC unit in SM companionway #photo-notice

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

By Group Notification ·

Photo Notifications #photo-notice

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,

By Group Notification ·

Fresh Water Tank cleaning with isopropyl alcohol 21

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

By Gregory Dmitriev ·

AML 54 fridge cooling 10

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

By Nick Newington ·

SM2K Dodger Overhead Light 10

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

By Rick Stanley ·

Bow truster problem 16

After a 3 weeks on hard and lot of projects done we are back in the water. All looked well until I started manoeuvre to get in to my berth in marina. Bow truster at first worked and then suddenly I he

By Slavko Despotovic ·

Super Maramu front opening refrigerator 4

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

By Eric Freedman ·

New mainsail from Qsails

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

By Nick Newington ·

Feruno GPS workaround 7

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

By Nick Newington ·

Watermaker low pressure connectors 2

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

By David Crisp ·

Climma Compact 9EH M60018AMEL with M61037AMEL Electrical Box 4

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

By Tony Elliott ·

Small AC unit and extra drawers 4

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

By Jose Venegas ·