Hi Dirk, Sula (SM 140) also has a Beta 60 fitted by the previous owner. She has the standard 70 amp 12v insulated return alternator and the 24v 60amp insulated return secondary alternator. No

Dennis, My tank had what looked like a gooey brownish tar like deposit in the lower part of the tank. The upper parts of the tank looked pretty clean. I found that Acetone would cut the deposits

Nice solution. Bill CW Bill Rouse Amel

Both Apple and Tesla are touting a next generation battery tech called LFP - not sure how they can claim this without the FTC intervening for false advertising. Lithium Iron Phosphate has been

Hi Ulrich, What I mean is all the cables that connect each of the batteries to the common +ve and -ve points should be the same length. And, separately, all the connections to the balancers should be

When sailing upwind I generally try to center the boom for best performance which means I have to pull the traveler most of the way to windward after each tack. With the 4:1 tackle supplied as

Hi James, Thanks for your response, sorry that you had to resolve this problem before me but glad I have an alternative to cutting through the deck. Yes, I know the tank fits in the companionway to

Craig, It certainly is! Best, CW Bill Rouse Amel Owners Yacht School +1 832-380-4970 | brouse@... 720 Winnie, Galveston Island, Texas 77550 www.AmelOwnersYachtSchool.com Yacht School Calendar:

Hi Bill - Perhaps another advantage of the SN having the same beefy hardware as her big sister. Cheers, -- SN68 Sangaris, Tropic Isle Harbor, FL

Dear Michael, thank you for your reaction. The super maramu uses a saildrive and the maramu a shaft drive. Also the engine room is smaller but the layout is the same. Have you also had adjustments

Hi All, I'm trying to replace the mizzen deck spreader light bulb (suspect it has burnt out). I've seen that people have replaced this with LED....but that's not my question. When trying to remove

Hi Brent, THX for you interest. We do not use this cradle because it‘s to much work to install ist. It‘s a mess to pull all tubes out and to connect them just for launching the tender. We take the

With you on that Alan. That is what we do with ours. Ocean preparedness tops harbour convenieces every, time in my opinion. Regards Danny SM 299 Ocean pearl

Hi Alan, please help: what do you mean with the „+ve“ battery cables? Cables to balancers or which way and connection? Sorry to ask, just avoiding any errors on Installation. Thanks so much for

Hello all, I concur with some on this issue. It reminds me of all those (mostly US) long keel yachts I used to see with jerricans of fuel and water, as well as surfboards and other junk, tied to the

Thanks Paul, that's right, AND all the +ve and -ve battery cables should be the same length, otherwise there will be voltage differences which will work against the balancing effect. Cheers Alan Elyse

Dennis, According to the measurements I took of my seeping fuel tank and from the posts of others that have removed the Maramu fuel tank it is apparently possible to remove the fuel tank with

Thanks Bill, The fitter did use an alignment tool but we have a prop shaft alternator and the tool used didn't have the required extra length. When I change the feet and refit the engine I will have

Thomas, I would not recommend the "epoxy idea." This is not normal "wear and tear." It is caused by overloading the foil when furling and unfurling with the most common reason for overload being

Hello Amelians, My 1982/3 Maramu appears to have sprung a leak in the fuel tank. This happened once before but it was just the inspection port plate that needed tightening. The Maramu appears to