James, I have about 6000 miles on mine. Fair Winds Eric Kimberlite Amel Super Maramu #376

Hi James - Good care : YES , Exceptional care: I do not think so. The only thing I use , that not everyone use , is: MILITEC-1 (everywhere possible, on sea and on land) according to the producer

James, I have one of those plates as well. Interestingly, the plates, old and new, never seem to corrode much, just the box itself. The most worrisome corrosion is to the pipes that the hoses are

Bill, I really appreciate your sending the testing procedure (I received that separately, thanks!). We will be hauling in Jan or Feb for bottom painting so the opportunity is at hand to check the

Gabriele Anolini, That is amazing, you must be taking exceptional care of your transmission. Do you have a cooler on your transmission? Foley seems to be saying that 1000 hours is about all that

James I can confirm you that the Hurth 250 transmission can work much more than 4,000 hours. Mine passed 10,000 hours and , still now, never gave me a problem. Best Gabriele Antolini SV Sunny Side

Dave, It sounds like you have a bonding problem which may cause you serious issues. I am going to send you a page out of my book which will allow you to test the bonding of the engine to the zincs

Cleaning as Bill mentioned, solved the issue for me. http://www.nikimat.com/onan_water_pump_cleaning.html Sincerely, Alexandre --------------------------------------------

Dave, Thanks for this information. At least I now know that at least some of the Hurth 250 transmissions installed on Maramu’s are lasting longer than the 4,000 hours that mine has. So far my

There are some Maramus and Santorins out there that benefit greatly from the prop shaft alternator. The only time I engage reverse with the engine off is to ensure the prop shaft alternator is off

James, Our Hurth 250 started acting up in 2002 with about 6000 hours on the engine. Intermittently it would not go into forward, first discovered when backing out of a slip which made for an

Ken, I may be ready for a new main, What did Q sails charge for a new mainsail? Thanks, Pat SM#123

Mike, A while back someone at Amel told me to always leave it in forward and to never even put the transmission in neutral when sailing. The explanation was that the Autoprop will spin in reverse

Jeff, I would fly to Martinique to get some more of your oysters and scallops. But, I cannot because I am flying to New Caledonia with a Amel 54 client at that time. Every Amel owner near

I believe that one thing that many of us forget to do is clean the inside of the impeller housing before declaring the job finished with the impeller change. I also believe that the roughness of the

Hi Herbert, The basic boat survived the heat/rain very well. But a number of bits stopped working. The water maker suffered with o ring deterioration having been pickled for 18 months. All working

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All, I got a quick response from Foley with regards to stainless the trans cooler and a question about the approximate life expectancy for my Hurth 250 transmission. It appears that my trans might be

Hello Alex, This is Ken on Aquarius. I am so sorry to hear about Nikimat, and hope your issues with the insurance company will be resolved in the near future. I had heard that you have many spare