Do yourself a favor and properly maintain your chain. While I've been working on various other refits in the last couple of years we've anchored in fairly shallow waters and not used much of our

Hi Stefan, To clean the inside of that water tank you take the top cover off and put your hand inside. Are you getting fresh water around that area? I had a leak under the sink which had fresh water

Dear Amel Group, this my first topic and it seems to be a difficult one. I want and need to clean all off the water tank compartments. But the access specially to the forward compartment seems to be

Thank’s Bill and Mohammed, I spoke to Nicholas at Dessalator who confirmed they have it. Trouble I have is doing a bank transfer from the boat, bank need to text me before doing transfer and I

Email contact"at"dessalator.com. They have it and can ship. There are different models. Include a photo.

Alex, Be sure to check out Noonsite: https://www.noonsite.com/place/usa/ The lack of a holding tanks could be an issue for you as you cannot discharge "black water" within 3 miles of shore. It's a

I think the Maramu's air draft is only about 55', so, Alex, the ICW is totally accessible to you - we've "done the ditch" a few times in our similarly sized Santorin. It does offer some good

Confirming that the Vetus flexible rubber coupling type 6 #KO18 rubber doughnuts supplied by Amel were exactly the same dimensions as the original parts and fit perfectly. My boat is a 1987 Maramu

Miles, Thanks for your input. I now have my Vetus Flexible coupling apart. Removal of the forward half of the coupling is simply a matter of removal of the coupling bolts. This exposes the forward

Hi Barry; It was nice to finally meet and thanks for the drinks. Dessalator usually stocks most of their items. They are pretty good at shipping and you should receive it in just a few a days. While

Hi Bill, Another query on solenoids. I hope that you or another member might know options where I could get a good water solenoid on the back of the control panel for the Dessalotor 230v water

Hi James I watched a mechanic undo mine when I had the engine mounts replaced No special tools were used As far as I remember there were a series of bolts around the outer perimeter that connected

Alex, Be sure tocheck for visa requirements based on the passport you plan to use. When arrivingin the USA as a private foreign flagged vessel, you will need to call theCustoms Border

Hi Alex, As you probably noticed, it's made by Anderson Power Products. It is most likely the SB-50 model. If you unscrew it and look at the bottom, you'll be able to definitively identify the

Hi All, thanks for the comments, I have spoken with the rigger again today to verify what everyone has said. He said he did not mind doing the work with the mast up but said if I needed to do anything

I am considering sailing up to Florida early December, starting from my home port of La Guaira, Venezuela. I don´t think I would stop in Cuba in principle, but maybe Jamaica. Can anyone provide some

Hi Alan, I would go to another rigger. Your rig should be so tight that there will never be a shock load. I changed my rigging after 60,000 miles and 18 years (not quite as far as Eric, and it

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Ruedi, In your situation, I would look at the 24 volt solenoid switch for the 24 volt motor as being the most likely problem. I have noticed significant corrosion on these solenoid switches. If you

Dear all, I need to know the name/type of this connector and where I can source it. Can you help? Regards Alex Ramseyer SY NO STRESS AMEL54 #15