John, I was looking to add an inner forestay lower than the top of the mast, thus the need for runners. I thank you for the info about the front section of the mast. I have a drawing of the extrusion

Hi Eric, I think you are wrong about the mast. The section consists of two parallel sides with half circles joining them at the front and back. The back one is in fact a complete circle with a slot

Judy, I have fitted an inner forestay to my previous boat. The problem I am having is that any fasteners that would be added to the mast for runners or the forestay mast fitting would penetrate the

John, Please do post your experiences of South Pacific. FYI to others researching the removable inner forestay, you might find info Googling under term "solent stay." Judy SM #387

Hi Eric, No I have not fitted an inner forestay but I probably would have done so if I was going blue water cruising again. Unfortunately I am now too old to sail back to the South Pacific. If the

John, Have you added a inner forestay to your amel? I read your post and it seems to be about your previous boat. I have added an inner forestay to my previous boat also. My problem is with the

In a message dated 19/12/2005 14:26:16 GMT Standard Time, pjn.mccallin@... writes: can anyone assist please, after only 450 hours use, the gen set is becoming difficult to start. On

<pjn.mccallin@j...> wrote: are nothing battery Amel has taken the prevention on galvanic action one step beyond any other boat mfg. They not only have an interrupt solenoid in the positive circuit

19 Dec 2005 Dessalator's quote to me for retrofit of the automatic fresh water system for the watermaker is for 978.43 Euros (excluding shipping etc). Date of Quote was 29 Nov 2005. From

<pjn.mccallin@j...> wrote: battery I had trouble starting and found that one of the push on connections was loose giving intermittent starting. So far as I remember it was one of the leads in the area

Hello everyone and happy holidays! On the bow of my Super Maramu has been a 60lb. CQR. I've been investigating moving to both a heavier anchor and one of the new generation anchor

can anyone assist please, after only 450 hours use, the gen set is becoming difficult to start. On pressing the start button there are lots of clicks from the various relays and the fuel pump but

Hello Eric, I wrote about this on 15 October, message no 1691. Looking at that I see that I did not say that you would have to get a new chain plate made to be fixed through the foredeck and secured

Has anyone added an inner forestay to a Super Maramu. If so please tell me about it Fair Winds, Eric Amel Super Maramu #376 Kimberlite

Hi, I too believe I have been overdoing my pickling of the watermaker. I pickle it for the summer when I am in harbor in new york , and every month when I leave the boat in the Carib. What is the

18 December 2005 Steve: Thank you for Rod's correct email address. He called me within an hour of my email to him. We had a long discussion on a host of topics related to the Dessalator water

Gary, I'd be happy to forward you Rod's phone number. I'll also forward the list of questions I had sent to Rod for clarification. Rod did have explanations for the apparent diverter

16 Dec 2005 Hi Steve: Evidently the Yahoo system truncates email address' that are imbedded in messages. Probably to prevent mining of email address by spamers. The copy of your message that came

Apparently, something truncated the email address as pasted. I'll try again. rod.boreham@... Steve <maramu_49@y...> wrote: Boreham. It's: the issues discussed on this board. He

Gary, There was a typo in the email address John gave us for Rod Boreham. It's: rod.boreham@... <rod.boreham@...>. I spoke with Rod for about an hour