Paul, Sorry to hear that you are having some vinyl adhesion problems on your 54. As I understand things, the toxicity is an issue with the older polyurethane foams used in the vinyl headliners so

Eric, I received my non-renewal letter from Pantaenius USA in November for a February renewal date. It seems that Allianz, their major underwriter, decided to exit the US marine market. Our new

Eric I just got insurance for my new Maramu from Leah. Insurance@... Very responsive Marty

Hi Eric & Amelians, We are a US based boat, and got our cancellation notice from Pantaenius US also. We went with Jackline, for the worldwide coverage. We also liked Novamar. We did a LOT of

Thanks Arno, I will check it. After the replacement of the water heaters, I will open the leaking one . Regards, Ofer Magen

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Me too. I had understood that the problem was only with older boats, but obviously not the case. The thought of removing and re-doing these is very off-putting given the toxicity of the material.

I contacted Pantaenius about next year’s insurance. They said they lost their primary company and are cancelling all policies here. They will be acting as brokers to try to find me insurance. Has

Hi Mark, I wasn't aware of soda blasting so thanks for the new info! The equipment looks fairly cheap as does the blasting soda. Maybe you could just do it yourself if the yard allows it? You would

Given the speed an frequency this is happening, you may want to check for galvanic corrosion. If the ground cable on your water-heater is somehow carrying a voltage potential this may cause

Thank you Michael, That should be the next procedure to investigate . Confusingly the deck hose and the transum shower have good pressure.

Hi Craige, Thanks for your advice. Till now the people from the factory took the old boilers with them,and i couldn't check where in the tank the leak was. A new water heater was delivered, so this

Hi, Here are some photos of my conversion. For some reason I can’t find a photo of the reefer complete. I installed a welded stainless steel tub inside the refrigerator. I will try to remember to

KALI MERA is from 1995 and still has the original headliner, no signs of getting loose. Does the new material look different? Can anyone post a picture from the old / new material? fair winds,

Hi, I had my bottom chemically stripped, 4 coats of Interprotect and 3 coats of bottom paint here in Huntington NY for 5,000 + materials. Fair Winds Eric Amel Super Maramu #376

Hi everyone; Since we are on the subject of the headliner issues on the older Amels, I’d like to address some issues we are having on our A54, hoping for a good solution from someone who has

Joel, Thanks for checking your notes to see what you could find. As I have time, I will do some digging and if I can find out what Amel is now using that works. While the loose liner is a bit

Hi Ofer, Do you know where the leakage was from, other than "the inside part of the water heater"? Having had 5 tanks fail in the 5 years since you got the boat is pretty amazing. Have you asked the

Just an FYI I have a 2008 54 and there is some saging in the headliner. the back is still sticky so with my hand it is easy to push back up but this needs doing about every month.

Miles I’m going to pursue the hydrovane and appreciate the setup photos. Many thanks Martin