Thanks Danny and all who offered thoughts. Yes I did think the windvane a bit of a stretch, I was only considering it due to future short handed cruising plans. I guess I'll look into fitting a spare

Hi Alan. I remember the commotion this boat caused while it was being built. As you know, it was done right and the engineering is to Amel standards so you probably have not had any collateral

No problem Eric...but you'll have to wait a bit. I'm in Australia and won't be back on the boat until July 4. Elyse is in Port Vila. BUT, I'll take pictures of all the parts and post them

Alan, Thank you so much for the photos. I would really appreciate seeing more photos or a sketch of this setup especially the mast fittings, the forward under deck plate and its attachment, and the

Hey Danny No problem, we are all family here Eric _____ From: amelyachtowners@... [mailto:amelyachtowners@...] On Behalf Of Danny and Yvonne SIMMS Sent: Saturday,

Hi Eric, sorry for the confusion. Forwad of the mainmast it would not be a mizzen stay sail I guess Danny ________________________________ To: amelyachtowners@... Sent: Saturday, 15 June

Hi Eric, I just posted 2 pics in a new folder called Elyse. Elyse has a furler on an inner forestay that was installed at the factory. The deck fitting is through bolted to a massive 12mm thick

Hi Danny, At the factory they called that the mizzen ballooner. I thought you had a staysail running forward of the main mast. Fair Winds Eric _____ From:

Hi Eric, The stay-sail halyard goes to the top of the mizzen mast. The tack of the sail is secures to a ring bolt in the deck about 600mm ahead of the windscreen. The tack of the sail is secured to

Bob, Would you like to join me for dinner at the Huntington Yacht club one night? Fair Winds Eric Amel Super Maramu #376 Kimberlite _____ From:

Hi Danny, You mention you have a staysail. How is it rigged. Fair Winds Eric Amel Super Maramu #376 Kimberlite _____ From:

Hi Bob, good to see your name popping up on the site. Happy memories of your kindness to strangers when we met at Oyster Bay in 2009. Recently spent some time with Cameron Murray in Opua. As to wind

On the Raytheon ST7000+ auto pilot that came on my Super Maramu (SM2K #289), if you press both the Standby and Auto pilot, you are in wind vane mode. Sincerely, Alexandre SM2K #289 NIKIMAT Seabrook -

Bob, Two autopilots,a spare brain and control panel. Pay attention to the response setting on your autopilot to save amps. Trimmed correctly there is no lee helm. If you have a few extra

Thank you I could not have said it better. Regards Richard Piller Cell 603 767 5330

You asked for our thoughts on this, well, I think it would make your boat look ugly! Also they don't do a good job on large boats. I sailed around the world on a 38 foot boat with a wind vane. It

Has any SM owner fitted a windvane for ocean passages? If so what make? I am considering making this addition before my next passage but have heard some reports that certain boats do not respond well

Many thanks, I have had two different engineers look at it and we all are all baffled. I have sent it off to a machine shop to see if they can figure it out. The oil seal at the front is easy enough

No I regret that I did not. Once I had a replacement in case something went wrong I used enough force to get enough clearance to be able to flush out the cavity and then pump it full of grease. It

An interesting amount of material in this thread. I dcided to stick with what I had and as stated in previous posts fitted a new accumulator only to find that the pressure switch appeared to have