Hi everyone: I watched these discussion but had limited internet access while sailing so haven't replied prior to this. Regarding adding a third foam seam on the exterior position of the bow

Hi Alan I should have scrolled up to your post before I repeated your advice. Cheers Danny

Hi Derrick, to attach an extension to the short halyard all you have to do is form a loop in the tail using a bowline knot. Pass your extension through this loop and form a loop again with a bowline

Hi Derick, Bad luck with the halyard ! If you use a similar diameter line and tie it to the halyard with a bowline it will go through the slot in the mast with a bit of pushing, and the line doesn't

Today on a beautiful reach from St. Thomas to Culebra the mainsail halyard let go. Over the course of a few minutes the sail slowly slid down the track in the roller reefing, and we were forced to

Dear Alexandre, Unfortunately the spanner is under the bunk on the boat in Mexico and I am in Ireland. It couldn't be more simple. I took an A4 piece of paper, measured the

Hi Bill, Happy Birthday, have a great day. Mike & Peta Solitude SM 2K 461

Every time there is a discussion about these donut seals, I try to remind everyone that Amel designed the outer foam donuts differently than the inner one. If you receive a set of three bow thruster

Eric It looks like it would do the job. It is also cheaper by approx. $30. I just wonder what the voltage range is as stated previously when voltage can get up to 28.2V when running the genset and

Derick We had the same problem a few tears ago. We did make a puller but that was not sufficient. We had to bring an acetylene torch on board to heat the quadrant and pull using the puller. We kept a

If all of the mounting bolts are removed and the quadrant is still stuck as mine was years ago, some gentle persuasion with a very heavy hammer worked well for me. Fair Winds Eric Kimberlite Amel

Hi Derick, I had this same problem when I replaced the packing in the stuffing box. We eventually removed the quadrant using a gear puller - it was really hard work. But if all you need to to do is

Good afternoon Trevor, Might sound like a dumb question, but could you please post a picture of the spanner? (I am a "visual" person). Thanks in advance, sincerely, Alexandre SM2K #289 NIKIMAT Grand

Derick, Get yourself a spanner made in a machine shop from 2.5mm aluminum, then all you need to do is remove the locking tab that is screwed in to the fiberglass and turn the large nylon nut

I am attempting to tighten up the nylon nut of the stuffing box, and have been disassembling the various parts attached to the quadrant in order to get better access to the nylon nut. Everything

Hi Danny, Thanks for chiming in. What you say makes a lot of sense. With best regards, Mark Super Maramu 2000 Hull #275 www.creampuff.us Location: St Augstine FL Sent:

BeBe, 2003 Super Maramu, hull 387 was built with a Raymarine 400G AST Autopilot Computer, model E12092. I had purchased a Raymarine S3G course computer as a spare and planned to sell it after our

Hi all,the foam seals compress when the bow thruster is raised while the one between the motor and the upper housing when the thruster is lowered. My understanding is that the lower ones prevent the

Hello Mark, When I last serviced the bow thruster it also cross my mind to add a 3rd foam, but decided to stick with original specifications. For now it doesn’t leak (thankfully). So I will

I have the unit removed right now and planned to service per the specs and Gary Silvers notes. However, you really got my curiosity up about adding the third seal. We have the same set up with