James Apology, I cannot assist with the Maramu specific anchor fit question, but would say we have been very happy with our Rocna 40kg. Now more than half the way around the world, it has only ever

This is very helpful advice, many thanks! My conclusion is to go to Hammamet/Port Jasmine, rather than Gammarth or Sidi Bou Said. Joerg

Thanks to all for the words of wisdom I'm getting. Because I wasn't that careful with debris, the dust and wood chips combined with the mud already there to clog my anchor locker drain (entering

Greg, Thanks for your input. I don’t have to order my anchor right away so I will look forward to hearing your report. It seems from my research so far that the Mantus should be good in weed,

Interesting thread ! I have been using the shaft alternator lots over the last 8 months. My Hurth gearbox manual seems to suggest that it should be left to idle (regardless of the Amel propshaft

James, I have a 20 kg Spade on my Sharki. Works great in sand, useless in (Med) weed. I am taking a 25 kg Mantus with me next month. I hope it can get through the weed because that would really open

James, Can't comment on the fit of the Mantus on a Maramu - I have one on my Santorin and it's been great. Mantus has a schematic of their anchors on their website - I down loaded that and did a

Hi Olivier Thanks for the information Will give it a try with this good Caribbean wind Tom Deasy S/Y Aphrodite Maramu # 125

Gary, All of the Tunisian officials that checked us into the country in Bizerte were super nice and respectful to us, both during the process and afterwards when we met them on later at the marina.

Interesting information Olivier. I have another question. My propeller is fixed. And I have no shaft a;ternator. When I am sailing the shaft continues to rotate. Is it good practise to engage

Mark, density was never considered. If you never have laminated fiberglass, it is not intuitive to consider the process. Vela and I are on the way to Puerto Rico. When I get a moment, I will draw you

I can only report on Marina Gammarth. I was there in Sept., 2018 for a few days. The marina facilities are nice, but the complex is basically deserted. While there are many shop-front spaces

Joel, You can call medense, but I still do not understand if the dark brown gel-coat was added tothe mold as a first step or done after the deck was removed from the mold as alast step? Cindy

Further recollection recalls the fact that the girls used rather hard rollers instead of brushes. If you think about the configuration, a drip or mistake was pretty easy to correct soon after the

Michael, Thanks for sharing your experience with the Rocna and for the insight on the Chrome Duplex, I had never heard of it until your post. From the research I have done to date it appears that

Joel, Many thanks for giving us the final word on how the grooves in the Amel deck were originally gel coated in the mold. It is amazing to have input from someone that was actually at the

Thanks mark

Hi Mark and Cindy. I saw this process in action many times over the years. The “grooves” between the faux teak planks are recessed on the finished deck. On the mold they are quite proud of the

Mark, Another good question. My impression from reading the posting about painting the deck stripes was that they were done after the deck was out of the mold but I could be wrong. The stripes

James, I feel veryenlighten. Thank you. However, a question still nags me. If the deck stripeswere applied by the French ladies of Amel, did they do it in the mold so theunderside of the deck