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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 ·

ZOOM Meeting Technical Questions: 3 #ZOOM

For those planning to attend the ZOOM meeting, please post questions to the Topic " ZOOM meeting technical questions" by replying to this email. Tilo Peters will likely respond to these technical ques

For those planning to attend the ZOOM meeting, please post questions to the Topic " ZOOM meeting technical questions" by replying to this email. Tilo Peters will likely respond to these technical questions. -- Best, CW Bill Rouse Amel Owners Yacht School ( http://amelownersyachtschool.com/ ) 720 Winnie St Galveston Island, TX 77550 +1(832) 380-4970 My Calendar ( https://preparetocastoff.blogspot.com/p/calendar.html )

By CW Bill Rouse ·

Super Maramu Bimini 7

Our bimini fabric is worn and needs replacement. This is cheaper than we could find locally. The quote from Amel is for 1 914,19 Euros plus shipping and taxes, with delivery in 6 to 8 weeks. I am cert

By Karen Smith ·

Marina di Ragusa 4

Hi All, Is anyone staying this winter in Marina di Ragusa? I'm planning on being there from mid-November-ish depending on Covid and my Italian Visa. Jeff SM379 Spruzzo

By Jeff Williams ·

Onan switches--I am sailing to the Caribe 2

Hi, I still have a few switches that were ordered but I do not have your addresses. Please send me your address and I will ship you the switch(es). You can mail me a check when you receive the switch(

By eric freedman ·

waterline cleaning blues

Attached are some shots of the raised waterline. Zero at the bow to 5 inches in the stern. No more boot top scrubbing. I have all the numbers so it can be replicated. I had to grind off the entire bot

By william reynolds ·

New autopilot for Mango 6

Hello all. I am installing a new B&G system and looking at putting in the autopilot. The original autopilot works fine, but this will provide me some redundancy. I am looking to see if anyone has pict

By Arlo ·

Offshore Health Insurance 25

Will, This is an incredibly complicated question. I am not a tax or insurance advisor, but have been a physician for a long time, am a cruiser, and a US Citizen but also an EU resident. Below are obse

By drew.gaffney@... ·

VP TMD 22 muffler 8

I do some services New elbow, cleaning the heat exchanger and turbo etc. My question what to do, if anything with the Stainless steel muffler? I have seen that some have had corrosion dammage is that

By Paul Osterberg ·

C-Drive drain plug o-ring 4

Does anyone know the size of the SM c-drive drain plug o-ring? Ian SM153 Loca Lola II

By Ian Townsend ·

LiFePO4 Conversion on sv BeBe - SM#387 9

Here is a bit of summary of the LiFePO4 battery conversion that we have been through on BeBe over the last year. I’ll start off with a bit about ourselves as context for some of our decisions. Then de

By Dan Carlson ·

Hose adapters for metric hoses

Hi, I have found these adapters very helpful for use with many hoses on Kimberlite. They come in 2 sizes. Fair Winds Eric Amel Super Maramu #376 https://www.vetus.com/en/plastic-hose-adapter-o-13-38-m

By eric freedman ·

Fusion Marine Stereo (24 volt?) 7

I was wondering if anyone has successfully sourced a 24 volt Fusion Marine stereo ? I could only find 12 volt systems on line. Thanks. Kevin

By Kevin Schmit ·

Valsat 03 dimesions 2

Hello, as I can not go to the boat in next weeks (corona lockdown in Slovenia) I would like to ask if anyone have the dimension of GPS Valsat03 that I will replace with chartplotter. Thank you. -- Sla

By Slavko D. ·

C-Drive Oil drain - Alternative 17

Dear AMEL Groupies Is there a way to dain (pump/sucking) out bad Oil from the C-Drive while the boat is in water? Recently (after 3 years) I got water ingress into the C-Drive. I cannot go out on hard

By Rudolf Waldispuehl ·

Registering an SM in Canada 11

Hi All, In the process of buying SM#379 Spruzzo (thinking of keeping the name). Boat is currently in Sicily and plan on cruising the Med for the next few years. I'm going to register the boat in Canad

By Jeff Williams ·

Genoa Chain Plate bolts Leaking in aft hanging closet 22

Hello Amelians, Aquarius has sprung a leak in the aft closet. I have traced it back to one of the 4 bolts holding the Genoa chainplate in place. Has anyone else had this problem, and are there any sec

By Ken Powers SV Aquarius ·

Galley fridge intermittently cooling 11

Hi all, Our fridge evaporator seems to be partially and intermittently cold. And the compressor runs but stops after a while. It had happened recently that the fridge stopped cooling but after a stop

By Sv Garulfo ·

Toilet Seawater Valves 2

Our 1996 SM153 has a seawater valve for each of the toilets. Has anyone with these ever had either the valve or the thruhull fail? A surveyor just told me that he has inspected the same valves/thruhul

By Ian Townsend ·

Waterproofing the mast and wires for the electric motors 2

Hello everyone, I'm curious what methods people use for installing and waterproofing the furler and outhaul motor cables into the mast. Our previous cables were secured and sealed into the mast with g

By Mike Longcor (SV Trilogy) ·