Dear all, It is with much regret that due to a move to the far East, we must put this great yacht on the market. She has been lovingly maintained and is in excellent condition for her age. She has

Hi Joe, We have a Perkins 90 with hurt gearbox 1985. We had broken the interior of the gearbox in 1999 in Dominican Republic. We ourselves removed the gearbox. It is not necessary to take off the

Hello Everyone It happened, I put a jinx on our Perkins Prima 50 by saying how reliable and sturdy they were. Well its the 17 year old Hurth gearbox that has developed the problem,

I always thought that our boat did not point very well. I had the occasion to leave Bermuda last year an hour after an Oyster 62 left and we made Montauk Point on Long island. He was only able to make

Congratulations to Ed and Annette on Super Maramu S/V Doodlebug for the safe completion of their circumnavigation. Judy & Bill S/V BeBe Amel SM2 #387

Our experience at almost half way around and in a 2003 Amel Super Maramu is that you will be envied by all of those that you meet during your circumnavigation, especially Oyster owners. Amel will get

hi all new in this topic... planning "around the world" adventure, and the only yacth we can talk about is Amel 54... like to have take all info of the new Amel 54...and also have advice from people

Our Onan shut down shortly after starting with a low water-flow problem indicated. Normally this indicates a impeller replacement, but I had recently replaced the impeller and I also noticed that the

No, the Super Maramu has 24-volt battery system. Judy S/V BeBe Amel SM2 #387 <snipped>

hello richard or anybody else, you mentioned the rubber seal is a seal used by renault. which part is it? where do they use it? would other car manufacturers use the same rubber strip? i'm just

From this thread I'm understanding that SM's have 12-volt battery banks? Most deep cycle batteries are produced by the same half dozen manufacturers then sold to retailers who add their own brand

I just checked with a company whose only business is batteries.I've done business with them for years,this was what they told me.What is important, is to look at how many minutes of reserve capacity

I have had lubricant leaking from what I will describe as the manual gearbox in the main furler,where you insert the winch handle.I took the four hex bolts out ,but housing would not buldge. However a

Barry & Robyn, We have the Chinese brand 12v Fullriver AGM batteries, but I think they are 110ah. These are the GRP 31 size batteries and are now 28 months in use. We replaced all 13 batteries when

I used Power-Sonic for a non-marine application and it performed well. They seem to have a decent reputation. _

Wal-Mart batteries? Wal-Mart buys the cheapest crap they can from China. If I was going with something unproven in the marine environment I would at least check out Costco which also sells batteries

We got a new set last year at Wall Mart that were 125 amp hour at the a very good price.  We could not find that level of power at the auto stores and the boat supply places were out of sight.  We

Hi ALL,    Attached are (4) photos of our solution to the liferaft dilemma. The cradle is made with 1/4" x 2" 316-stainless. This design may not work for Super Maramu's. Retaining strap is 1/8" x

Hello Barry and Robyn, My solution was to mount a cradle on new rail on the transom as manhandling a heavy liferaft in rough seas would be too difficult for me. You can see pics in the photos

Hi Barry and Robin I raised this subject in the past, you can find the results through the search engine. I still think the locker is fine for the storage of your liferaft. Just one thing suggested