As many of you are aware, one of the potential part failures on the Thomson washer is the pump which empties the machine. When it fails, your washer will stop in either the Rinse or Spin cycle with a

Thanks, Gary. I will let you know how we get on. Ian and Judy, Pen Azen, SM 302

Hi John, My husband and I purchased a Maramu" Finesse II" Hull No 159 in Sydney 2008 and sailed her home to Tasmania and had a great time on our first adventure. We have had some great holidays

Hi Ian and Judy: I think the idea of a "bracket" or doubler that has flanges sounds good. I always assumed that the rubber grommets that were in the bolt holes on the main boom were to provide for

John, Congratulations. I'm sure you'll love the boat. Many of the Maramu owners only sell when they decide to move up to a Super Maramu. It's a wonderful boat. You mentioned the headliner which is

Ian, I am not on board right now , however do you think you can make two thin metal plates to put on either side of the oval holes? Fair Winds Eric Amel Super Maramu #376 Kimberlite _____

Does anyone have any information with regard to the Tecpro 24volt 50amp battery charger, I notice with ours the input amps seem to fluctuate between three or four numbers, not a steady input amperage.

Congrats, John.  Welcome aboard. Kent SM243 Kristy To: amelyachtowners@... Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2011 6:15 PM Subject: [Amel] Amel maramu beginner   Hello all, I have just signed

Hi Ian and Judy, as I have said before, to remove the centre shaft if it is frozen in place the application of heat from an oxyacetylene torch (by a suitably experienced operator) can do a lot less

Hi Y'all, This has been a well documented area but there is one further point worth making. I changed my outhaul gearbox in Guadeloupe two years ago when it was 9 years old and we had

Hello John and welcome to Amel ownership. I am a yacht broker and Amel's marketing associate for North America. I sold POPEYE to Bill Klein and his wife from a nice French husband and wife cruising

Hello all, I have just signed a contract on Maramu hull 91 "Popeye". She is lying in Brisbane and as soon as the sale is finalised I will deliver her to her new home in Port Douglas in far north

He he Dave - YES WELL :-( Talking about MY REAL DRAMA IF you use Gmail you could be in for some big problems - I just lost about 30 unread mails. I was a bit shocked to see *"woooo hoo you have no

Yes and he writes with such drama. That's the first use of the term "dreary pablum" I've seen on a sailing forum. Reads like a quasi-intellectual rant to me. I've asked someone who is in the wind

On my Santorin 1993 I normally use the propeller generator when sailing but to my experience – and practical measurements – it will cut ½ to 1 knot of the speed unless there is plenty of wind. So

We have had good luck eliminating scratches in the polyurethane finish of the Sapelli interior wood using a "Fix It" pen (Simoniz). These are inexpensive repair pens that are marketed for fixing

OHHHH a moderator in waiting AND one with a crystal ball to who speaks for 'most of us' on the group OH MY :-( David [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

All- while I enjoy and learn from most of the threads, of late there has been quite a bit of dreary pablum and self aggrandizement by people who must have missed the "amelyachtowners" part of the

Well what can i say, My flying starts with PA28's and included the PA 30 with non contra rotating props and the PA 39 with contra rotating props and goes all the way up to the L1011 B757 and even the

David, In my flying career I spent close to 5000 hours in large turbo-prop aircraft so gyroscopic effects are well known to me. (Not all twin engine aircraft have counter-rotating props). In any