I for one am forced to sail on a schedule. I will not leave unless the window is big enough but, I willing to burn a lot of fuel if necessary. I love to sail and prefer NOT to burn any fuel except

Bill, Well put! I admire your desire to sail as much as possible with your boat. Happy Holidays to you and the other Amel owners! Best, James SV Sueño Maramu #220

Eric, It's not a question of "wussiness", or "correctness" or any other kind of value judgement. It's just that different people use their boats differently. If everybody used their boat in exactly

James, On my Tartan 37 years ago, I literally motored from Bermuda to Long Island. Even with a code 0 sail there was absolutely no wind to sail. Fair Winds Eric

EriC- I think others would agree that you are NOT a wuss!... Thanks for the detail on this. I’m thinking of having a spare Nauta tank for the passage north to New England. James

Bill, The big lockers on the port side with additional fuel , tools ,etc. only adds to the list. Anything that is not plumb and level draws the attention of my carpenter's eye , and may bother me more

Our Nauta Tank installation(s) I have 6 pad eyes through bolted into my port locker for a 50+ gallon Nauta tank. With the corners attached to the pad eyes with carabineers and with the 2 strap also

At least through hull #72, the batteries were installed in the engine room, but most have been modified to put the batteries under the pilot berth. I’m curious to know when Amel changed the

Hi Bill, Pat, and Thomas, I have a 1990 (#37) SM. My batteries are located under the pilot berth, but it looks like there is formed into the structure an area for batteries in the aft part of the

Pat, In my paperwork that has traveled with the boat since she was delivered, there is a drawing labeled "Super Maramu, Hull #1" that shows the batteries installed across the front of the engine

James, I used a Nauta flexible tank, not for fuel but as a holding tank on my old boat. Properly installed and protected from chafe they work great. It can be tough securing them properly, and

Hi there Joelthanks for the tip anywaybearings replaced on the crankshaft; standard sizes as requested by the workshop who took measurements & found the crankshatf to be within specs.the camshaft is

Hi Tom, On my SM2k, I bought early spring, there is also a staysail rigging installed. Mr. Olivier Beaute criticized the engineering when he surveyed the boat and this was redone properly this

James, We also use nauta fuel tanks . they are 50 gallons each. Fair Winds Eric Kimberlite Amel Super Maramu #376

Christian Alby, First thanks for letting me know that your buzzer apparently comes on at 1 bar, that is something that I was wondering about and could not find the data online. Ok, so your oil

In the deeper, somewhat less reliable, parts of my memory, I recall having read on this forum several years ago that the SM was originally designed without a generator. However, as actual production

Bill , I also have a list to port of maybe one or two degrees ,I can see ,feel it , I could never figure why. Amel would have certainly balanced things out in the design . While you have the generator

More than likely your problem is the crankshaft bearings and the connecting rod bearings clearances are too large. As the engine warms the expansion of components causes the clearances to increase

Has anyone used the collapsible auxiliary fuel containers that are available? They seem like a nice option for economizing in space when not needed. James sm 347

Hi there James Starting oïl pressure (cold engine) reads now 3 bars with 1300 rpm (goes up soon as engine starts - no time lag, good sign that pump is working) goes down to 2.8 bars when warming up