Hi Mark I had the same problem on my Santorin and just wrote an email to Amel in La Rochelle. They promptly sent me four new 'rubber boots' in a small envelope - and still no invoice. Best

Hi there, I have a 1985 Maramu with a foredeck anchor windlass, which has two black rubber seals on its top. These seals are now worn and no longer watreproof, a good way to get a mild electric shock

Marc, If your Maramu is like my previous one (Hull 102) the windless is a Lofrans Tigres. AMEL supplied me with replacement rub <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now

Gary, I purchased propane regulators from a local propane supplier in the USA. The regulators are attached via a hose adaptor. I cut the rubber hose supplying the existing butane regulators, inserted

I have just arrived in St Martin from Europe. My Amel 54 has the Butane system. However, St Martine is propane. Has anybody set up a system that you can set up a propane system and butane system that

Bill & Judy: Sorry that your circuit board quit working. I would be curious about the details, i.e. what LEDs were lit when it quit?, was the green LED on the circuit board on after the failure?,

Hi, John. Thanks for the note. I'm not concerned about heat during the day. It's night at anchor in the tropics that concerns me. As I noted previously, we're going to cut a hatch over the aft

Hi all, maybe a helful hint. We have canvas covers for all our deck hatches that we leave on all the time except when sailing. Also we keep the heavy Amel lined curtains closed doing the day and my

Has anyone experienced a failure of the circuit board in the Dessalator water maker? Our 160 liter water maker cut off while making water and would not restart. We checked everything, breakers,

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Hello Howard, I had a hatch fitted in the aft cabin top and it works extremely well especially whilst at anchor. See message nos 1781 and 1804 for a description and Bali Hai SM 317 photo album for

Hello, and thanks to everyone who replied to my question re: ventilation and airflow on the Maramu. Your comments were very helpful. I've decided to add a hatch over the aft berth and possibly a

I thought this might be of interest to you all. A seven minute, American made video featuring the 54, in which Joel Potter is interviewed. The clip can be found on:

Thanks Roy, I appreciate your thoughts. Gary

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