Hi there Some thoughts on this based on my experience/preference We crossed the N Atlantic E to W recently in our mid 80s Maramu without a windvane It was my first longish offshore trip without vane

Check the hose connection, and then check the hose for leaks. I, and a couple of others on the forum have had to change the hose which hardens and cracks over the years. I dismantled my pump only to

Bill & Karen and everyone, I love your sketch and simple explanation of potentially a serious issue. I will add a word of caution. Small cracks in the gelcoat of any Amel can possibly lead to a

Hi Guillaume, On our SM (233), the manual bilge pump is a Henderson Mk 5 (now Whale). The service kit part number for ours is AK8050. The most likely failure is a hole in the diaphragm. Ryan and

Recently, as we have been using the manual bilge pump quite a lot due to a problem on the AMFA electric pump, I noticed a leak on that pump, and getting worse. Grey water coming from the ceiling of

Sorry about that mate, he did mention retiring but I did not realize it was so soon. Where abouts in Deltaville are you and when will you be heading south? Alan Grayson

I was pretty sure it had to be the cable. Glad you didn’t have to go into the water to sort it. Good luck! Brent-- Brent Cameron Future Amel Owner & Amel Owner Registry Moderator Oro-Medonte,

Hello, During research I found this particular cell balancing technique of FLASH Battery in Italy. Seems to have a lot of industrial applications/ What do you think of this . Regards Denis

Ok, so I think I have got to the bottom of the issue. It’s the cable adjustment. Seems obvious now. I disconnected the cable and shifted the box by hand, loads of drive. So I am going to have to

Try Edward Harbour, we used him when we were buying our SM a few years ago and he was really good. HARBOUR MARINE, LLC 217 Silver Maple Drive Chesapeake, Virginia 23322 (757) 477-2532 Best, Mark S/V

Bill and Karen, You know your stuff Bill, thanks for the alert on the exposed balsa core. When it comes to balsa core, prevention of damage is certainly far preferable to replacement! End grain

Hello Amelians, Here are our thoughts about this deck leak! Any deck leak, no matter how small, in the main cabin of a Super Maramu is a serious issue that needs to be addressed RIGHT AWAY. This is

I believe you had to do what we did when we ran into this problem. Did you use a piece of pipe to put pressure on with the puller to press the shaft tube out of the bottom motor plate mount? Pipe

New Bowthruster motor So, finally we managed to get the bowthruster apart. And for all, finding out why we couldn’t get the driveshaft down to it’s original position, ie some 20 mm lower. We had

We have had a perpetual problem trying different methods of retaining the grate above the burners. We have the stove that came with the deluxe package on our SM2000. The grate does not stay in place .

Hi Alan. Apparently Mike is retiring in a couple weeks so we won’t be able to use him. Hope you, Laura and Ora Pai are well. Ian & Margaret Loca Lola II SM153

Joerg, As I mentioned before, I believe, it is recommended (and I do) charge to full once a month. That resets the battery monitor to 100% and also balances the batteries since for every battery I

An interesting tidbit from the manual for my MV batteries. One of the „events“ causing an alarm on the Masterbus system is that the batteries HAVE NOT been fully charged for a period - default 31

Hi Ian, hope you guys are doing well, we just got an insurance survey from Mike Previti based out of Solomon's. Very happy with the results. His number +1 410-610-8761 Regards Alan Grayson SM 406 Ora

I had a hydrovane on my Santorin. It was there when I bought it. It worked well most of the time, but on occasions (especially downwind in a blow) it would veer off course badly and I would have to