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

Hi, I am considering buying a new FOC and have an old letter from Amel stating that the size should be 153.8% Genoa. Does anyone know the dimensions for that. Also would you install foam in the

Hi Ed, Thats good news. Do you know what type of bolt holds the grill on. I looked at this but my metric alen key did not fit Regards John <edmundsteele@...> wrote: If you have the same model as

Hi Ed, Thanks for your quick response. I understood everything you wrote except for the part about the strum box. Are you referring to the vacuum cleaner like attachment at the bottom of the pipe

John, You can remove the cover of the bilge pump, while it is still attached to the bulkhead. It faces to the port side and is held in place with Phillips headed screws. There are two rubber flapper

John, We had a problem with our Thompson machine on our year 2001 SM331. If you have the same model as ours, what we found was: To free the drum on the washing machine, you open the lid and you will

Having just purchased my 2003 Super Maramu, I would like to give the whole engine room and everything in it a clean and also give it some sort of protection against futher corrosion. Could anybody

During the process of selecting an Amel to purchase I viewed serveral that had protected the horizontal mahogany surfaces with a quite thick clear vinyl/silicon sheet. The material adheared very well

It is not possible to rotate the drum of my Thomson washing machine both when it is powered off and on. When I try and run the machine it stops and the change filter light flashes. Having searched

My electric bilge pump is running but not pumping water. After searching the archives I have concluded that I need to take the pump portion appart in order to clean and possible replace the pump

I have a 1985 Maramu with electric roller furling on both main and headsail. Unlike more recent models, there is no obvious way to disconnect the motors and be able to manually operate the rollers

Hi Roy: I just re-read your post on painting the deck stripes in preparation to doing my decks. I have been able to purchase some Penetrol (the US equivalent of Polytrol) from Budget Marine in

My boat is currently in the Hudson River 30 mi north of New York City - In Haverstraw New York. The boat is a 1981 and is mechanically sound. We updated the elctronics a couple of years back. It has