I tried to drop my main and it would not drop.I applied downward pull on the tack to the point I was afraid I might damage the sail.It became apparent it was stuck at the top of mast.I went to the top

Hi David, I have also found it difficult to have the triactic tuned properly. I'm not certain but It seems only to provide forward support to the Mizzen mast on any point of sail other than down

Can anyone explain the purpose of the triatic stay other than as an antenna for the SSB. I have some Amel pictures of a Sharki showing the triatic taut (which is how I thought it should always be)when

Could somebody provide the specifications on the shaft driven alternater so that I can have my current model checked. I get no output at 6 kts thru the water... Does any body recommend a

Richard, Thanks for the suggestion however since I own a sail loft, Island Planet Sails, we'll build new. In many cases used sails don't pencil out well for consumers. I've seen many people spend 80%

I based that figure on an older Maramu since the gentleman inquiring suggested he may be leaning towards buying one. He plans to liveaboard domestically for four years before cruising. If he buys an

Dave you might want to look at what Bacon has here in Annapolis before you spend a lot on a stay sail... we did Bacon's for our Maramu with great success. Happy Thanksgiving. Richard on Challenge in

Good morning Pat, thank you for taking the time to respond, I really appreciate your opinion.  Including your feedback I am starting to conclude that older (Maramu or Mango) end up costing about

Good morning Dave, thank you again for your feedback.  It seems 10% is a good average for older boats.  I was also told the same thing either a boat extremely well maintained or with extensive

That Altmount is a pretty slick setup. We have a 210A alternator that has a custom fabricated mount but I like the looks of your system a lot better.

Alexandre, I try not to think about how much money I spend on the boat ;-) When we bought our Maramu, the previous owner had spent over $100K USD on a fairly extensive refit. We spent around $15K USD

I do not believe that estimating maintenance costs as a percentage of boat value makes sense.You can take two SMs identical in every way, however one could have a value of $250,000 and another a few

I sold a boat built of steel in South Africa for a gent who installed this Cummins engine at original build. He put 4500 hours on it. He loved it. He did not love the service he got at anything other

Alex, I don't have any pictures of the engine room bare, but it sounds like Howard does. John and Deb I will forward to your email directly an email to another member with the photos. The Yanmar is a

Hi John and Deb, this is Howard from s/v Jazz, Maramu #144. We just finished a 3 1/2 year refit (restoration, really) of our Maramu which included repowering with a 75HP Yanmar 4JH4-TE. If you go to

Good morning Dave, I really appreciate your response.  For the first 4 years I will live aboard in Texas.  Then slowly travelling starting Caribbean then South America. I was also told a well cared

Eric I would be really interested in some pictures of your engine replacement. It is something we are giving serious consideration to and I would find them very ueseful Regards John And Deb Orion1

I don't recall who we were dealing with, but we sure thought the requirement for a custom cradle to be ridiculous, especially since we plan to be a different place every time we haul out for hurricane

We hope to be installing a Spectra 200T watermaker shortly. We will be hauling to paint pretty soon and I'll install a dedicated thru-hull for the watermaker. I would like to hear from other Maramu

Ruth, The policies for the west coast seem to be different. Originally we were planning to leave our boat in Paradise Village Marina (in a slip) for hurricane season. Our friends who are also insured