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

Thanks Bill- as I compare your pic with the amount of play in my foil, I'm reluctantly aware that I'm engaging in "reality management"; my foil movement matches the pic. I'm certain my foil has never

Preventive maintenance is great, but this may be in the category of, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." Two cents, of course. SN68 Sangaris, Tropic Isle Harbor, FL

The short answer is you will not see all of the damage. It is fairly easy to inspect. The damage in the following photo was below the collar and not visible. Remove the top bolt on the collar and with

In installing our new mainsail, I noticed that there is some play (a small amount) in the foil connection to the furler. I've read all the posts regarding the process for cutting down the foil and

Thanks Ulrich... I didn't mean to imply that your hardtop came from the Amel factory, just that it looks like it did. I particularly like how they focused on BOTH sides of the hard top and finished

Suggest you use six Mitsteuns. That's 402kg / 888lbs - should be fine for your 85T & accessories/frame and "C" drive partial load. Plus, I think the combination hydraulic/rubber design may be an

Mark, Here is a short-winded reply. I do not know of a case where motor mounts caused serious vibration. I suggest that when you replace the motor mounts that you replace either the Vetus Coupling

Thanks Craig and Matt for your input. With regard to my comment about the engine being based on a tractor engine, the point I was trying to make was that It isn't, for example, a super smooth BMW

Hi Alan and Paul, best thanks for your input on the installation of the battery balancers, which i will pass to our electrician in the marina, as soon as the parts arrive here. The know how in this