I would recommend Amel. The original Amel bimini will probably outlast anything else. I spoke to Maud this week and she told me that Amel has a complete SM2k bimini kit in stock. It includes: bimini,

I only have one other boat interested in drone pics of their boat. If anyone else is interested, please contact me personally at karkauai “at” yahoo dot “com” Kent SM 243 Kristy St Michaels

Hi everyone! Thanks once again for the amazing resource and wealth of info here. As a new owner, I feel very fortunate. Regarding bimini replacement, I know it's been discussed at length and I

Hello Maramus, For anyone with a Maramu 48, I still have the new Q Sails mainsail. It is of Hydanet cloth, tri-radial with spectra webbing. Q Sails is asking $2860 for the sail and might

Hallo Herbert we have an Sm with an additional halyard for a gennaker, which we use a lot in light winds. There is a block at the top of the main mast with a halyard for hoisting the gennaker. When it

Dean I think you have the correct gypsy if not replaced by former owner. It is market 203, this is correct for a 10mm ISO chain. So the Gypsy is not making the problem. If you say you have the twist

That's all there is to it....we need to paint the boom. Cheers Alan Elyse SM437 Homo Bay Ile Pentecote Vanuatu

Thanks, Alan. Do you have pics of your new setup? Kent S/V Kristy SM243

when we purchased KALI MERA in 2013 shewas equipped with a Parasailor instead of the Amel balooner. An additional block was mounted on the top of the mast and the halyard for the balooner was fed up

re: Vesper & B&G V50 VHF Great info, and insights. Thanks.

Hi Judy End of an era eh? A sad but necessary thing to do. Good luck with the sail, Hazel and I look forward to hearing you have sold her Our best wishes Hazel and David Sent from Mail for

Hi Kent, After breaking two of those slider thingys, we had fabricated a solid aluminium piece with a slot in it and had it welded to the boom. We connected the mainsheet block to it with

Hi Joel, I was going to look into having a 3-hole boom slider made, too. I was also told they couldn’t do it without the boom. Are all SM booms the same? If so, or if Kristy (SM2K #243) is the

Mark , I have an SM 53 Millennium he can pattern on. I’ll call him tomorrow. All The Best , Joel JOEL F. POTTER CRUISING YACHT SPECIALIST LLC THE EXPERIENCED AMEL GUY Office 954-462-5869

Mark, We don't know what load caused the deformation, nor do we know what loads the design will tolerate at specific angles of load. The design load at specific angles is probably much different than

Paul, My email is : sailw32@... , are you thinking of coming,you would make 18 boats ? Pat SM Shenanigans

Hi Dean, Your East Coast experience is a salutary lesson to us all. Seek out the simple first. When I was a teenager with an aged Norton Dominator twin 500 cc motorcycle my father gave me some sage

All- Just an FYI: I contacted Nance and Underwood to have a boom slider fabricated (I'm within a few hull numbers of Steve). Roger told me this would not be possible if they did not have the boom in

No chain between swivel and anchor. All the force goes sideways through the neck of the ball joint. Ian Ocean Hobo SN96

Eric, I have tried to reach out to you via email a couple times last month and my emails went unanswered. I think maybe they went to your spam folder? Please shoot me an email at your earliest