Hi All, I had an issue with the bow thruster on my Mango. I made a jacking block similar to the Amel one and tried in vain to move it. The yacht was in the water so trying to rotate from the water was

Hell Bill, I agree the seats are not suitable support for lifting the engine out of the engine compartment, BUT you can use the surface around the Lewmar winches in the cockpit to place a beam, if you

Thanks Christian that’s a grey help All the best Miles

Likewise we did not use the seats but the coaming around the cockpit where winches are located All the best Miles

400 lb pound of the boom (Northern lights). That’s my dad in the back ground helping me out.

Hi Kelly and Daren!!! WooHooo!!! Hope your deal goes through! Looking forward to hooking up again ?this winter?. Kent Robertson S/V Kristy karkauai@... USA cell: 828-234-6819

G’day Mark, can I please ask how many hours had your motor done and what year launched? This is to give me an indication on what perhaps to expect Kind regards Paul - Fortuna II 55#17

I just replaced my engine mounts and the goddamn pain-in-the-ass bloody Vetus coupling a few weeks ago so I have some recent experience with this topic. I considered using the cockpit coamings as the

JLM, Yes, it usually is easy, but not, if it is operated incorrectly and/or NOT maintained. Best, CW Bill Rouse Amel Yacht Owners School (formerly Amel School) - Supporting Amel Owners 720 Winnie

I recently swapped out my Perkins Prima M80T for a Beta Marine 85. I used the following engine support bar. It spans perfectly across the seats of a Super Maramu. As far as the Beta goes, Isolated

Bill, Bernd, removed the 4 screws I so it is easy ! Best regards, CottonBay JLM Le 29/08/2019 à 14:46, CW Bill Rouse a écrit :

Frederic, I changed the original Amel mounts on my 1987 Maramu with a 4-154 Perkins this past June. I attached the main haylard, the mizzen staysail halyard and a backup line looped over the

Bill, I agree and would not put that kind of weigh on the seats. I placed a 4x4 across the cockpit resting on the coaming next to the winches,I further spread the load with a 2x6 under it along with

Very Interesting thread on engine lift using a beam on cockpit seats. I saw a SM with delaminated fiberglass on the cockpit seat exactly where a beam you describe would rest on the seat. I never

JL Mertz, CottonBay: Yes, it should be "easy." There are 4 Allen head bolts on most SN & SMs, but in later model SMs, 2 bolts. It is always easy if the bow thruster is serviced correctly, with seal

When we removed my old Perkins they placed a beam across the boat and used a a manual chain hoist. It worked very well.

ours weighed 14 tons last time (May 2019) lifted by Rolling gear with weight cells on 4 points; note weight cells were not certified therefore error rate + or - 10% applies to be on sage side. had

We did it already on our Maramu, lifting off & replacing engine afloat. A stout piece of timber on top of engine, resting on cockpit side benches & main sheet did the trick once the engine was

HI there When we dis this on our Maramu we just put a i-Beam across the (padded) cockpit coaming and then used a lifting tackle off that It worked well and was very simple I presume the same would

Hi there I'm trying to orgainse a haul out in the UK for our 1985 Maramu 46 I believe displacement is 12T but would like to know what total weight might be Has anyone lifted and weighed? I'll be