Caramel, Thanks, that helps. Your pump shows up at 3 gpm, if that's good enough for your use and the shower, the 4 gmp March pump should be more than fine. Duane Wanderer, SM#477

Hello Joel and James, I cannot be 100% sure, of course, but the I think the first Maramus, Sharkis and Mangos to have the glass scales coating after the gel-coat and before the first glass cloth,

We stored our new Highfield Ultralite 290 RIB dinghy like you see on the picture. We tried different types of storage but find at the end this one a good solution. Still good sight ahead, no blocked

What's the consensus on dinghy type and storage on an amel maramu? I see a lot other permanent rack ahead of the mast, while some with it tied down to the rear cabin top.

Joel, Thanks for clarifying my statement about the barrier coating on my boat so that there is no confusion with others. Oliver kindly responded to me on the board several months ago and told me

Just read your post re fresh water pump replacement. Following advice given some time ago on the sight I replaced my pump (fitted to 385 2003 SM) with a shurflo aqua king 2 24v. The reason being that

Hello Miles. Are you aware that you can remove the large slotted screws at the base of the saloon table where it meets the sole and then lift the table ( it is heavy ) to find the access ports into

Bill, What size Marco Pump do you have? The UP3/E is 4GPM and the UP6/E is 6GPM. Are you happy with the flowrate? Thanks, Duane Wanderer, SM#477

Miles, When I bought my 1987 Maramu, the water had been sitting in the tank about 1/3 full for 4 years. I did not drink it as it smelled a bit “swampy”. Upon opening the tanks, I found snails

I am the owner of the Maramu n° 116 (1982) & did some extensive refit on a boat which had suffered poor maintenance during teh last 10 years. When reinforcing the bottom with époxy we found osmosis

Hi there On previous boats I've had stainless water tanks My 1985 maramu has the tanks built into the hull. I guess all the Amels of that era did The water has a pretty unpleasant tang to it so

The model 4.154 is obsolete now for Secodi: they got rid of all parts they had & gave up on supply. even though I will try them as they may have a clue on where to source parts next t the Amel

thanks for tip will get in touch rgds Christian Alby - France home fixe +33 (0)5 34 39 06 02 home Internet +33 (0)9 60 37 22 72 mobile +33 (0)6 42 69 07 80

Hi Christian, We found “Sheri Moon of Trans Atlantic Diesels “ very helpful with our rebuild a few years ago. tadinc@... All the best Andy SV Paladin Maramu #75

Hi Christian I would contact Secodi in La Rochelle, they did an excelent job on my 1989 Perkins M80T. I don't know if the spare part situation is more easy with this engine, may be they can help

Hi group My name is Tom S/Y Aphrodite 1983 Hull #125. My Perkins 4-154 was rebuilt 17 years ago and now has 5000 hours. I'm in Greece going west about, three more years till home in California. The

Hi All. Or engine is the original 1980 Perkins 4.108. It was rebuilt around 1000 hours ago. It is still working very reliably [touch wood], just leaks small amounts of oil through the sump

Hi Eric, We are leaving Santa Marta on Thursday after a very pleasant 6 week stay. We have had almost no issues with the soot. Most of our stay has been light winds, and rarely from the direction of

Bit of a red herring if you ask me… no wind = no soot. :-) JPG Eleuthera, SM 007, Santa Marta, Columbia… with a gaggle of other Amel.