Thank you for the estimate, regarding the table conversion I got a rough estimate from Riza in Turkey of ca 3000 € for an electrical drop down table. and from a french carpenter 4.500 € for a

Libertad has no backstay adjuster. My understanding of the Maramu rig is that all stays and shrouds are to be adjusted to "tight" -no slack on leeward side under windward load. In addition, my

Thanks Dennis. I was a bit surprised at the cost estimate. I may be doing it myself... I work cheap. Bob

Paul, I have the records of the previous owner. they indicate that to change "all the cushions and matresses" and upholster them in Alcantara cost 8,452 Euro in 2008. The work was done by Marine

I had considerable blistering on Libertad when purchased butfortunately it turned out to be only in the antifoul as the last coat was incompatiblewith the previous one or the prep work was poorly

Thanks for your comments. I have many blisters and it seems that I will eventually need to deal with them. When a blister is ground down there is an acid that comes out (we did a test on one). In

The upholstery looks great, may I ask for the cost to change? We just bought a SM where it's soon time to change as well. we will probably convert to a saloon table that drops down, not for a bunk but

Nice! I'm dealing with that now myself. I'll give it a try. Kent From: "sailormon kimberlite@... [amelyachtowners]" To: amelyachtowners@... Sent: Monday, February 23, 2015 11:56 PM

James, I feel a backstay is still relevant. If the mechanical adjuster is beyond repair, I'd replace it with a simple block and tackle arrangement. You can use a mechanical fitting so you don't need

Good advice, we waited almost 9mo before new upholstery and started with the salon first, waited a few months then aft master cabin, waited another few months and finally upgraded the forward guest

Hello, Wrapped up our ProMariner 'ZincSaver' install this weekend with Danny. Stoked to get the protection and now we can properly compare the Anode corrosion periods pre vs post installation

The best advice I can give any new owner of an Amel is don't change anything that Amel did until you have a year onboard your Amel. Chances are your idea to change something will not look as good to

Chris, Yes, the saloon table in the picture drops down. There is an electric switch in the lower left of the photo of the table that activates an up-down electric motor. The telescoping pedestal

Get your sailmaker to make you a triangle piece of sail with a boltrope on the bottom and grommets in each corner. Feed the boltrope into the foil, attach the main halyard to the top grommet, add a

I had Osmosis on my previous boat and did the job correctly.. as you seem to have done also.. and then applied 4 coats of Coppercoat. One aspect I would be careful with is the area of through hulls.

On my Sharki, blisters were treated in 2012. I have the boat out of the water for general maintenance right now. I'm sanding the bottom and and will be using Copper coat as the bottom paint. That

I have unfortunatelysome experience with Osmosis, in fact two of my previous boats had osmosis. Firsttime I had it treated immediately I saw it. They “gently” sandblasted thebottom and after one

Hi All I have a 1984 maramu Hull# 147. I have noticed that the Backstay adjuster is corroded and starting to develop some cracking. (Not good as it is only a matter of time before it will

Thank you Bill.

Hello Chris, I toyed with similar ideas to yours for the dining table but as Bill said, you would be better off with good cockpit cushions. A friend owned an SM; he and his squeeze always slept in