Charlie, Thanks for your quick response! We'll give it a try. Steve --------------------------------- Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web

Steve, We had exactly the same problems on our 2002 SMM. It started after we snagged the bow thruster on a mooring lint. Amel was pretty sure it was the brushes, and the sent us a new motor because it

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I am currently sailing on SPIRIT GUIDE, a 2002 Super Maramu #348 (ex- CHANCE), owed by Matthew and Lori Moore. We have just started experiencing a problem with the drop and lift motor of the bow

Steve, We had a similar experience a year or so ago with our SM 336, MALAIKA II. It turned out that one of the microswitches had slipped out of adjustment causing the safety interlock to stop the

Greetings to the Amel network May we, as hopeful purchasers of a Supermaramu, ask if anyone could assist us with the purchase price in 1994 of a new (standard) Supermaramu. We'd be most grateful for

25 Feb 2005 Thanks to everyone who ordered impeller pullers. I have had a bunch made up and will be shipping them shortly. Please let me know how these work for you or any ideas for improvement.

My first Oyster 435 was severely damaged in Hurricane Bob in 1991 in Newport,Rhode Island.Unfortunately it did not sink as that would have simplified the insurance claim and saved me nearly two

Just a thought, The engin driven sea water pump will fail if run dry , which could happen if the action of the pump is not carefully watched, and the last thing you need in such conditions is a

To all, As I mentioned in my last note my boat is new to me and I have many questions about how to best equip the boat. We plan to do some extended cruising this year and next. I have found the

Hello Dimitris The adjustment to the bow thruster is quite simple. Observe the unit going up and down and you will notice that there is a triangle shaped piece of metal riding up and down a metal

Hi Dimitris, I had the same problem with SM#331. Under passage to Isla Mujeres with contrary winds and current, I was forced to motor-sail into a short steep sea for several days. I was horrified to

Dear All, I am very happy with my SM but you have to be prepared for a problem I faced with the bowthruster. I found out sea water ( and it was sea water) in the compartment between the forward

Hi Rudy, It is also possible that if you have a rudder post leak, it may only show when the boat is sailing as the underside of the hull at the stern is effectively lower in the water. If you trace

Dear Rudy, In twenty five years of selling and servicing Amels, I have never seen a head discharge through hull leak. There is a first time for everything. The way I tracked down problems

<jfpottercys@a...> wrote: sure it had a salty but it salt, it water feed unlikely shaft what it Hi Joel, Thanks for the advise. I have observed the leak while in port over one week, using shower and

Hi Rudy, I have SM #400 and had a similar experience. First, be absolutely sure it is salt water. I say this because on my previous Super Maramu, I had a small leak in the hose from the shower

I haven't experienced a rudder post leak on either of my AMELS (16 yrs a Maramu and now 4 years with a Super Maramu), but I have heard it can happen. The rudder bearing is like a sterngland on the

settle aft I suggest confirm that has other. have checked and even tastet it ( with closed eyes). Do you think it could enter, where the rudder post is going trough the shell? >

Hi All, on my SM #407 I have recognized during last season a waterleak. In the box under the floor in front of the aft bathroom, ( between the aft cabin door and the bathroomdoor and the wardrobe is