Hi John, I know some people use the material used for spray hood windows, which I assume is vinyl. I hope that this lead helps. You need to find someone that has actually used it as I have not but

Hi Gary, The deck painting is holding up fine. It's been just over one year, and the boat was in Maine last summer. We're planning on taking her south this coming winter, so we'll see. I

Hi Howard: We have had our SM2000 in the Caribbean for 4 years. It is a great boat and I am very happy with it. My observations on ventilation are as follows: Forward Cabin: Excellent air flow

There are saillike devices that can be put over deck hatches to force air into the boat. They actually work pretty good!

Those of you with late model Super Maramu 2000's will have a test switch located left of the companionway steps to check if there is a grounding fault. I have in the past had a fault when a leaking

We're considering purchasing a Maramu (1984). Looking at the plans, I'm struck by the lack of opening ports throughout the boat. As a considerable amount of the time we plan to be out cruising will

Hi Bill, My original AMEL Genoa, which I believe was 135%, had a foam luff retrofitted by a previous owner. The sail worked well, but was very heavy. I also have a 110% Genoa (also purchased by the

Craig, You are absolutely right. We have never had a joker valve on our strum box, which, in our case, is nothing more than wire mesh. I will keep a lookout for a stum box with a joker

Gary, I replaced the genset bearing myself. This was very easy to do on my SM which is a 1996. I removed the hot water heater to make it easy to get at that end of the genset. I have not done the

10 Feb 2007 Roy Benveniste must be sailing as I haven't heard back from him in follow-up to my post about the long term effects of his deck stripe treatment etc. Anybody else used polytrol and or

10 Feb 2007 Hi Bill: About 2 years ago I purchased a "Caribbean Blaster" 110% Jib from Joel's guy in Ft. Lauderdale. It has a foam luff and I have loved it. I echo the remarks made about the size

10 Feb 2007 Hello everyone: Some time ago I purchased a copy of the Onan MDKAL (the genset Liahona (2001 SM hull # 335), operator's manual and Parts Catalog. Page 16 of the Operator's Manual shows a

Robin, Your technique of using the manual pump to clear "muck" is a good one that works well for me. Priming used to be an issue, but that "joker" valve in the "strum" box,(rubber thingy with

Bill, I wouldn't even think about putting a 153% genoa on your Amel. The boat sails just fine with a much smaller headsail. I personally think a 135% would be a great cruising sail. With the larger

John: Related to your question quoted below: I belive that what Joel was refering to was Polytrol (European Name), or Penetrol (US name). Researching on the web indicates that they are the same

John, My wife just reminded me that is a weird screw that holds the grill on. I'm sorry but I don't know what it is called. It is not an allen (the hole is "star" shaped) and I have only previously

John, That's right. The strum box looks like a vacuum cleaner head. The rubber valve that fits in it, is conical with three slots. The cone end points towards the pump. Very basic but it usually works

I met with Mr Gateff, the director of the sailmaking Company (a subsidiary of Bic) making the original sails for Amel. He is based in Hyère, an I had him make a new Genoa for my Mango. We discussed

I met with Mr Gateff, the director of the sailmaking Company (a subsidiary of Bic) making the original sails for Amel. He is based in Hyère, an I had him make a new Genoa for my Mango. We discussed

Hi John, I agree with everything that Ed says. It takes longer to take it off and work on it out of the engine room but, what he doesn't say, is the real risk of losing bolts, screw, tools