Hi Bill The Barmar EJF is the forestay furler. Tom Deasy Maramu #125 1983

The heavy oil was what was put in it by Amel, and lasted some 21 years, so that's what I used. If you go with grease, I think it should be looked at every 2 years or so. I may look at mine every 5

Thank you Marco. I still have the old Hurth transmission that was on the old Volvo. I'll have to check its gearbox ratio. Kent SM 243 Kristy

Bill, I also have an Amel about the same age as yours, and it too has the TMD22a. My engine would also run hot if I ran it much over 1800 rpm , at 2500 rpm for a few minutes I was seeing 217 degrees .

Hi Steve, I see your hull number is very close to mine. Forward of the Calpeda AC Pump close to the bilge and the engine stringer should be a small white box with holes drilled in the top ad slats in

Hi Steve, I see your hull number is very close to mine. Forward of the Calpeda AC Pump close to the bilge and the engine stringer should be a small white box with holes drilled in the top ad slats in

Hi All . An alternative to the noodle is to go to your local plumbing store and purchase copper pipe insulation. These are the same as a noodle but with a hole already through it, the material also

Was indeed referring to Bonfiglioli For the manual furler, fresh water rinse works fine for me. Cheers Jean-Pierre Germain, SY Eleuthera, SM007, Opua, NZ

Hi JP, I think you are referring to the Bonfiglioli Gearbox. If not, are you saying that tapping a grease nipple into the mainsail MANUAL furler is acceptable? This is the one installed above the

I am now back in Germany in have your parcel. Thanks for that. But there is no manual and no installation pdf. Can you sent me one. Best regarts Heinz Von: main@AmelYachtOwners.groups.io

In order to grease the gearboxes, you must install grease nipples I drilled mine, tapped in my nipples, and voila... Cheers Jean-Pierre Germain, SY Eleuthera, SM 007, Opua NZ

Thanks again everyone for their reply’s

My wife and I were faced with a fairly similar decision when we were weighing the money vs. size vs. age vs. condition of a Maramu and a Mango and a Super Maramu. Between the three there was over

Hi Ken and Iris, Thanks for the clarification. It's helpful. Also, I note that Ken from Aquarius recommended grease to lubricate the furler, but you are recommending oil. Is the choice a matter of

Are you referring to your Genoa furler or your main sail furler? If it's the main sail furler, is it the outhaul motor/gearbox that stops or the furler motor/gearbox that stops? If it's the main

I have a 1995 SM and changed out the B&G instruments for Raymarine instruments. Relatively straightforward replacement except for running the wiring to the mast head for the wind instrument. The

I have a 1995 Amel SM with a TMD22A and a MaxProp. I used a max cruising speed of 2,000 RPM when doing my circumnavigation, but usually tried to keep it at 1800RPM. I have cruised at 2600 RPM plus

Bill it is nice to have your comment . I have to check for this . What do you mean ? I think I don’t have sufficient knoweldge about your question. May please provide me additiional info ? as you

Kent, we are using the same h6 was setted up by amel for the previuos TMD22 without modification. I discussed for a while with the Autoprop dealer for the defintion of the 2,3 gearbox ratio becouse I

I use a small knot in the end of a rope that will go through the hole in the centre fairly easily and then I put a hosek on it and it blows the knot through in about 2 seconds flat. (Assumes the