Hi James, my 1983 D4 still works,we just had to change the glow plug and off it went after at least 6 years un used. The exhaust has been repaired at some stage with a car repair kit. But it works

The engineers in the group or a marine electrician (ha!) will have to give their opinion, but I think all you need a relay that has a coil that is capable of handling 240vac. The relay would be

Steve, Another very Happy Maramu owner here. I was wondering if you would be willing to spare some of your experience with the Maramu diesel heater? My wife and I will wintering in the Med this

Own Maramu #25 and have the same behind the mast in-mast furling on the boat you are considering. Bamar is the company that did the installation, mine is manually raised via lines running to the

Hi Stefan I am installing the same pump as you with that “box” as a 220v/24v transformer which I find flimsy! If Scott can tell us a way to connect it to the 24v with a relay , I would be very

Dear Scott, would it be no problem switching the 24V DC with 240V AC by a relay? I am not sure about that, but I decided against this idea. Some research in the web told me, even a solid state relay

I did this service after neglecting it for only 3 years. Not much visible corrosion but I dam near ruined the tube using the tool. My fault, I thought a small car jack could press it out after nothing

Bex, I would use Olivier to survey the boat if you are serious about buying it. He it the unquestionable expert on AMELS. Fair Winds Eric Kimberlite Amel Super Maramu #376

Thanks Laurens and Rineke. Vela and I hope to see you both sooner than later. All the best, Joel JOEL F. POTTER ~ CRUISING YACHT SPECIALIST, L.L.C.

Hi Joel, Thanks for the beautiful and interesting story 👍 Laurens & Rineke

Hi Paul, i absolutely second Jim’s advice below, we did this 6 weeks ago on Liesse, our Santorin to install the aftermarket silicone seals which seem to be working very well btw. It took me 3

I can see a couple of things from the pictures: 1) Bow thruster is not Amel, so you need to find out the maintenance schedule for that. 2) The in-mast furling is probably not Amel, so you will need to

Paul, Congratulations on your new Sharki! The bow thruster on my Maramu was also stuck in a similar fashion when we bought our boat. I would urge patience in dealing with this problem rather than

Hello, I am the owner of Maramu #220 and have the original Perkins engine. If your engine spares are for the Series 200 model of the 4-154 I am interested if they if they are not already spoken

Ben, Yes, I have recently limited the Amel range that I will perform a Pre-Purchase Review to 1988 and later Amels. In the last 12 months, I have been hired by over 50 clients to help them through

We own hull#135. On the hard in Maine right now undergoing a repower. I would check for water intrusion under the aft berth and around the salon port lights. We don’t have in mast furling so not

Paul, Here is a snippet from a page in my book. Almost all of this has been previously posted in our Group.

The same vinyl was used on 54s CW Bill Rouse

And sometimes when the rubber cap comes off, you get more than the rubber cap.

Speaking of which, anyone is able to give me an estimation of the costs to replace: The standing rigging The running rigging The sails The masts I understand that ot will vary from one part of the