Hi, We have owned our Sharki (number 121) since 1990, lived aboard for 13 years and circumnavigated aboard her. If you have any questions (other than about windvane steering as we don't have any) we

wrote: My wife and I also bought a Sharki in Fort Lauderdale last summer so we were interested to see you requests for information I can help with a fluid and an electrical diagram, having only spent

I pickled my watermaker and added food-grade anti-freeze for the winter. If my town's water may be chlorinated, how should I flush the watermaker in the spring without harming the membrane? Does

Plastimo references : - ref 18344 primer - ref 27442 grey or 27441 black for bottom paint Do not hesitate to apply 4 coats of bottom paint, because coats are very thin with a spray. Protect

A few years ago, when we were in the Med, we met another Super Maramu that had discovered that the watermaker had a 2-minute delay at start- up, and an inoperative salinity sensor. The owner was

Hi Patrick Can you send me the references of the PLASTIMO spray system ? I have trye many kinds of paints and not any one succesfully. I am in Med. in La Grande Motte and this year i will trip

Hi Paul, yes, you have to clean blades of your propeller to come back to 2.500 rpm To avoid that, you can apply some coats of bottom paint on your propeller at next haul out. Several brands are

Jim, If the two minute timer is used to delay the start of the watermaker what you describe will happen and is normal. If, however, you start the watermaker, let it run until the green light comes

Hello Roy. the later SM's don't have the water tap on the water maker control panel. It has been relocated to the high pressure pump to make draining the oil easy. A good idea. I never did find the

Hello Fellow Amel Owners. I have sent a message to Dessalator and await their reply. To my recollection, the system has both a salinity tester and a "minimum" start timer to be sure that the

Hi John, I won't have time to do any tests for a few days, but I would guess that there might also be a time delay built into the system as well to ensure a suitable wait after the probe senses good

Hello Charlie, Apologies....you are quite right. So the test might be to have one person in the galley and the other in the engine room.The galley person switches the watermaker on and sees the red

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Ian, It seems to me that your "simple test" is the reverse of what should be done. Seawater conducts and closes the circuit. Pure water does not conduct and therefore produces an open circuit. If you

Happy New Year Ian, We hope that you are enjoying your festivities. We leave Malta tomorrow for a couple of weeks in the UK,Boat Show etc. Our boat is out of the water so I cannot test the salinity

Dear John & Walter, I may be mistaken, but I am not sure that you are right about the nature of the salinity tester. On my 160 l/h unit, there is a device with two probes that is located on the

I am new owner of a used sm (227). I did not use it much until know. The boat is well maintained and in very good condition, we like it very much. Nevertheless, there seems to be a problem with

I'm under the impression that the 2 minutes wait has to with the water (with the water maker in the engine room)being to warm and the 2 minutes circulation would cool it down. Maybe I'm

Some time ago I commented on what appeared to be strange features of the watermakers fitted to Super Maramus. Our boat is fitted with a 160 ltr per hr unit and has performed perfectly over the past

Hi Don, Sorry,I cannot help as I have a Super Maramu with 28 volt systems. Obviously St Lucia is a problem. You could try phoning Nicholsons Yacht Charter or Joel Brierly, both in Antigua, to see if