My pleasure George, I have been receiving so much support and help from this forum, that I try to give back as much as I can… Since I am a visual person, I try to document baby step! Glad I can

Many thanks ,Pat!! Kind regards George S/n 434

Dear Alexandre, I am amazed how much good information I have received from you, Ben and others in my first post. Between you you have filled a lot of questions in my mind as a relativeley new Amel

Ben, Cannot thank you enough for your advice and key information on the chain counter, will investigate fully. Might be seduced by the Auto Anchor systems that allow for a pre-measured chain drop and

Misters Alby and Lawson give very good and correct advice on stripping the bottom of old paint buildup. While sand blasting is a fast and relatively cheap way to remove old paint, it more often than

Thanks Joel, Do you know where are the "junctions",in the boat,where "minus" wires from the batteries are split to groups of equipments to make the hunting more systematic? I found the voltage

Jacob, I bought Maramu #220 this year. My wife and I love the boat. I found that the handling was quite good along with the performance. I was really expecting to give up a lot to have the

Hi Hanspeter No, we have the rotary drive on one autopilot and the hydraulic quadrant ram arm on the 2nd autopilot. Colin Island Pearl II

The most common fault is the electric toilets ( if you have the Jabsco units that were standard ) so take them out of the circuit and test again. The second most common cause is incorrectly installed

Hi all. We're looking very seriously at a 1983 Maramu (Pura Vida, #124), in Stuart/Indiantown FL, USA. Would anybody have any information they'd be willing to share on this vessel specifically or on

Thanks for your update. The outhaul car on for my main looks more like the picture of Bill's. I think it may be possible to free the shackle pin by removing the screws that hold the end stops in

we did clean the hull of our 1982 Maramu april 2016 using cryogenic blasting; quite common now in the industry in Europe. - boat had been in water since april 2014, unused since april 2015, growing

My Amel Maramu is in Fiji and I had local labor scrape the bottom. It was a a dirty job and took two to three workers about a 7days (Fiji time) to finish. We are now letting the boat sit out of the

Hallo to all in the group, A year ego I found that my Amel 54 had a leak from the minus to the bonding system. I could see this by pushing the small switch on the generator panel to the minus

Hi All, Am considering a Super Maramu however I can not seem to find what was changed for each year's revision of the design & I am sure there were many upgrades over the years - some may have been

I did my bottom a few years ago, and my current boat is a Dufour 39 ( working my way up to an Amel ). It's a dirty, rotten, time consuming job, that you may do once, but will never repeat.

We used a paint remover in 2013, it didn’t save any time maybe some effort. But it was a really relly messy job that we don’t recomend anyone to do. You have to have wear a full Water proof

Eric, the time has come to replace my companionway door. The delam is too far gone and the bottom edge is all chewed up. I'm wondering if you could send me your notes on replacing the door. In

I have been thinking I would like to get rid of all the layers of bottom paint. I was wondering about chemical stripers , if they work and how well. Seems like you may run the risk of scratching the

George, I just had a Maxwell counter installed and it was necessary to install new wiring . I did not do the work , so do not know if it was difficult to pull the new wires. A few months ago someone