We have a Maramu, hull #29. We have a few friends who own SM's and one of them let me make a copy of the manuals.

When running down the coast of Africa with good trades you may also want to lay out a 15 to 25 mm line in the shape of U cleated on both aft cleats to help stop her slow the left to right motion with

I've put some copies of the SM 2000 manual on my website. French - http://islandplanetsails.com/amel/manuel.pdf English - http://islandplanetsails.com/amel/manual.pdf German -

Allessandro, I think there's a good explanation on the website somewhere., Try searching the files section for "down wind" or "double headsail".   It's a bit of a hassle to put up, mostly

Alessandro, If you would like, I can email you a copy of the original factory CD with the manual. It has detailed instructions. I'd be happy to show you in person but I suspect I won't be near your

I'm a new owner of GRAND CRU the SM 2K #443 and I'm preparing to cross atlantic at the end of november. I suppose that the twin headsail are very helpful in downwind sailing but in the owner manual it

I've changed the Subject line to reflect this discussion.   Mine is also an inverter/charger, Francisco.  I don't know if it was a factory installation, or if the previous owners put it in.  I

Tanks, Mon, I'm sure there's one somewhere. Duh...5 years in and still don't know how everything works yet. One day...one day. Kent ________________________________ To:

Hello Kent, Thanks for your comment. Do you know if the Freedom was installed by Amel, or is it an after-market installation? Do you turn it on just for specific use or do you tend to leave it

Hans-Joachim, If you do have a cylinder type oil cooler with rubber end caps a leak can come from corrosion of the solder where the end of the pipes fit. I think this is more likely than a hole in

Dear Jose Luis I count 6 empty photo folders in the Photos section. Is there a way to delete those empty folders? Can the folders be organized alphabetically? It seems like they used to be that

Hi John, from where should come the water in the ATF oil ? The only possibility, for my opinion, is a broken oil cooler. In this cooler is water and oil in different sections. If a pipe in the inner

Kent: Here is a picture of the transmission fluid intercooler that is in the photos

Eric, Wow! That was fast. Thank you. A couple of questions: When you say "they ordered the parts", are you referring to Amel or Leroy Somer? Also, the reference to "roller bearings" is confusing