Hi John. Lark is at the Geminga yard on the French side. Unfortunately I won't be at the boat until later in the evening. Would love meet up though. I'll be there this evening and in the morning if

Hi Jacob, I just left Budget Marine in Simpson Bay. Am getting a beer mulling over a quote. Where are you, I might be able to dinghy over. John Clark SV Vent de Soleil. SM 37 Simpson Bay SXM

That is so cool! I know all of those guys and all are now retired except one. Real time warp for me and thanks for the memories. I believe I have a photo of your boat in the ‘test pool’ as that

Hello Jacob, the mainsail furler was indeed weak (see my report). If there is too much tension on the outhaul motor, the weak in-mast furler will not move. You may remember I showed you the way to

The primary issue with the commercial synthetic teak products I am aware of is that they only simulate straight teak boards, not the bent ones that run up the side decks of an Amel. I have been on

I think that Bill Rouse is correct that the grooves in the faux teak deck improve the grip of the Faux teak Amel deck along with the moulded in surface roughness. The grooves probably function a

Oh I just realized that at some point we started talking about the jib furler, but my issue is actually with the main furler. Sorry for the confusion. My jib furler is fine. The one that's giving me

Thanks for your comments Ian. The previous owner mentioned they used very little fuel on their last pacific crossing as the prop-driven alternator kept the batteries topped up. By comparison our

Oh I just your replies too, Olivier. I'll check on all this evening. Thanks so much!

Jacob, Many thanks for the link to the construction album for Lark. It was amazing to see some of the construction details. The large overlap of the glass on to the structural bulkheads, the fact

Thanks John. I'm wondering if weathering of the faux timber deck on Pegasus is a rare occurrence given the limited response to my question? I'm interested to hear the glass bead and sugar suggestion

You guys will probably enjoy this. It's an album of pictures taken by the original owner of our Maramu during its construction: https://goo.gl/photos/J3kbowQF7FBxrXVDA . Jacob Champness Maramu 202

Ok, interesting. Thanks Joel. I'll take some pictures of that and post them. Our boat was built from Dec 1985 to May 1986, launched May 16, 1986. Olivier did our survey. He did mention that the

Hello Jacob, you have the furler model that was installed on the late Santorin. In order to use the manual furler, lift the locking pin on top of the furelr's pulley. If your genoa sheets are tight,

Hello Jacob, the solenoids for the genoa furler are in the front cabin, in the top portside cabinet. They are marked "FOC" which means "JIB". They are mounted aside the windlass solenoids. The

Thanks Bob, I'll double check that. Jacob Champness Maramu 202 - Lark St. Martin

A click from the solenoids with no action usually means the breaker has opened not allowing the electricity to the furling motor. As there were three major evolutions of the main sail furling system

Check you haven't fouled the code zero halliard, caught me out and cost me a bundle replacing a bird caged stay. Bob Renaissance 3 Amel55 #25 Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad

Hi Eric. Thanks for that. I'll check there. So that would be all the way forward in the v-berth? I know there are some solenoids up there for the windlass. Ours is an old Maramu, by the way, so

Thanks Bill. I don't think the issue is the breaker, because I hear a clunk when I hit the switch, so I think the solenoid is firing. That said, I do not know where the breaker is. Can you tell me