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

Mark, That is not a stupid question, in fact it is a great one! It is certainly possible to recoat gelcoat with new gelcoat. In general however it is important to understand that the gelcoat used

I feel the need to ask a stupid question. If the originaldeck striping was done with tinted gel-coat and brushed by hand, then why doesnobody use this option to recondition the deck stripes. After

Hi James, in my experience the Rocna has excellent holding power. I weathered the Medicane in Greece last October with this Anchor (45+ kn winds for several hours) and also used it on a couple of

Michael, Thanks a lot for your help. The 33kg Rocna does look like it is a great fit for the stock Amel anchor handling gear as you indicated and also shown in your photo. The Rocna looks like a

I added a a port chain access to my Santorin and moved much of bitter end (150’ of 325’) to port. Helps with our smaller lockers. Bali Hai SN 24 Annapolis Ric Gottschalk Kitchen Magic Refacers,

Hello Tom, the prop shaft alternator can work with a MAXPROP. It is a bit tricky, but you should try this: -while sailing (above 4 knots), start the engine and engage reverse idling -while your engine