I am hoping to take my sm from Scotland to Portugal next summer. Has anyone got any recommendations concerning a good marina in which to leave the boat for the winter but will also be attractive to

Hi Roger, sorry for the long time untill my answere, but I thought that all papers are on the boat. But I found one copy of the wiring diagram at home. I hope it bis correkt to write Your adress as

Hi John, They are a great resource. I also used them to replace the anchor wash down pump, and fresh water wash down pumps with USA made products. Fair winds, Eric _____ From:

Hello Eric, I am delighted to report that depcopump.com has turned up trumps and they are sending me a new unit for $150 plus some new impellors for my engine and genset all at a fraction of the UK

John, If they quote you more than $149.00 let me know as I believe that is a wholesale price and you can use my account. I took apart my motors to replace the seals and the weep holes in mine

Hi Eric, Thanks for the tip, I am contacting Depco at once. The cost in the UK for the macerator unit is about USD350 ! My message to Amel hit this site by mistake as I entered the wrong address for

Hi Rob: How did your sail go? My partner and I sailed from La Rochelle to St. Lucia in Feb. We're now sailing up the eastern seaboard, but we're considering a pacific crossing. Any

John, I just bought a motor complete with macerator assembly from Depco Pumps in the USA For $150.00 US. Fair winds, Eric SM 376 Kimberlite _____ From:

I have just learnt that the Grand Pavois is this year to be dedicated to Le Capitaine - Henri Amel, one of the founders of the GrandPavois. There is news of this and some further news of interest

We have owned a 1982 Maramu for 5 years, and sailed her 5500 nm to Mexico and back, but just spent 10 days sailing between Denmark and Sweden with friends on their 1992 Santorin so have some

I hesitate between the purchase of a Santorin or a Maramu thank you to give me "plus" and "minus" according to your experience Only one thing is sure : i will be the owner of an Amel boat !! Thank

Fully battened mainsails are notoriously difficult to hoist, lower and furl. This problem would be even larger if the Amel mast were to be adapted. Probably easier to scrap the mast and rigging and

hi all I am looking for an amel kirk to sail in the Med, There are several boats for sale at the moment at what seems to be reasonable prices. Is there anything in particular to look out for in

Has anyone just removed the auto furling system and gone back to normal sails? My thought is that auto-furlers could be removed from the masts for full batten tracks. This could offer full batten

Thank you for the images. Unfortunately they are so small that I can't read them. Is it possible for you to send them in a different manner so that I can enlarge them? There are a couple that appear

Hello Roy, I have these images that I snapped from some original plans lent to me by the kind Whitt of "Sharki le K".

Ivar, I have had a Maramu in Egypt for the last year. Despite tough stories about Suez Canal crossing, the Red Sea / Gulf of Suez is a very good place to spend the winter, which in fact is the best

Hi There, We are based in Malta. There are really only three Marinas. The new Camper & Nicholson in Grand Harbour which is the most expensive and far from the nicer parts for

I can help you at least for your first question: What you describe here is very typical of the carbon brushes being worn out. Remove the protection boot, remove all carbon dust in the collector area,

HI, Two times I had problems with electric furling on the mainsail. The electric motor on the boom did not move when I should furl in the sail. After I used a hammer with light taps on the motor