Re: s/v Have Fun! Maramu 258
davidlambertsen...
Arnold, Thanks. This is a good clue about your
Maramu. I will find my wiring diagram. It is very small and difficult to read, but I'll study it and try to put it in a format you can read.<br><br>No response is necessary. David
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We are looking to buy a Maramu
robglenbrennan...
Greetings from Australia. We'd be delighted if we
could find a second hand Maramu, and would appreciate our contact details being given to any prospective 'seller'. Our email address is brennan@webone.com.au<br><br>Rob and Glen Brennan
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Re: We are looking to buy a Maramu
davidlambertsen...
Rob and Glen,<br><br>If you search Yachtworld.com
on the internet for Amel sailboats, you will find several Maramus listed for sail now, as well as Super Maramus, Mangos and a Sharki. I often check the specifications of boats on this website to see how others have improved them. If you contact the brokers with these Amels, they will watch for other boats. It also helps you to understand the current pricing.<br><br>If you like the Maramu, I would look at the Mango, too. It has the same full hard dodger as the Maramu, which I like a lot.<br><br>Good Luck!<br>David Lambertsen<br>s/v Have Fun!<br>Amel Maramu 48
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Re: We are looking to buy a Maramu
davidlambertsen...
Rob and Glen,<br><br>If you search Yachtworld.com
on the internet for Amel sailboats, you will find several Maramus listed for sale now, as well as Super Maramus, Mangos and a Sharki. I often check the specifications of boats on this website to see how others have improved them. If you contact the brokers with these Amels, they will watch for other boats. It also helps you to understand the current pricing.<br><br>If you like the Maramu, I would look at the Mango, too. It has the same full hard dodger as the Maramu, which I like a lot.<br><br>Good Luck!<br>David Lambertsen<br>s/v Have Fun!<br>Amel Maramu 48
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Re: 1993 Santorin
sv_alchemy...
Is this the same Hanalei that was in Galveston
Bay last year? I believe we briefly met you at Seabrook shipyard. I think you were putting on new rub rails. Did you order that from Amel Directly or did you have another source?<br><br>Thanks,<br>Dahna
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Wind generator on mizzen masthead
closereach...
I'm considering purchasing and installing the Air
Marine 403 wind generator at the mizzen masthead on our Sharki. I'd have made up an aluminum plate welded with the appropriate size tube to support the generator. Also the plate would be bolted with rubber vibration isolation 'washers' on the masthead. Has anyone done this? Any caveats or suggestions?<br>Thanks<br>Rich<br>S/V Xanareva
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Re: 1993 Santorin
galacsea2000...
No, I have never been to Galveston. <br>JP
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1993 AMEL Santorin For Sale
galacsea2000...
I have set up my own web site which provides more info and more pictures.<br><a href=http://users.starpower.net/jphjph/ target=new>http://users.starpower.net/jphjph/</a>
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Monitor windvane - Sharki
closereach...
Photos uploaded of our Monitor windvane installation under "Sharki - Exterior".<br>Richard<br>S/V Xanareva
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Re: Wind generator on mizzen masthead
tmcguffy...
Rich, I installed an air marine on my mango mizzen top last spring and it works fine but is noisy especially in the aft cabin. I would not use air marine again. Tom S/V Tempest
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Re: Wind generator on mizzen masthead
closereach...
Tom,<br>Thanks for your input. I see that their
3rd generation wind generator, the Air X, is being marketed as more powerful (500 watts max) and quieter. I'll have to get that confirmed before I would mount it. Rich
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PAM bilge pump
davidlambertsen...
Can anyone tell me how to contact the manufacturer of my PAM Marina electric bilge pump? I need to order some parts. Thanks.<br><br>David Lambertsen<br>s/v Have Fun!<br>Amel Maramu 258
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Dingy davits for Super maramu
asm283...
Hello<br><br>I would like some input from active
cruisers as to how they deal with dingy storage and security. I am thinking of adding davits to my SM. I know the Amel solution is to deflate the dingy and store it in the lazarette. This works well for longer passages but not for shorter ones. If you have added davits what type did you add and what is your experience with the product.<br><br>Thank You
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Re: Dingy davits for Super maramu
pagandaisy...
Several years ago I did a lot of research on
davits and then decided against them. I just didn't like the looks of what they would do to the boat, and then the problem of davits if when backing into the dock. Until last year we had a soft bottomed dinghy and simply dragged it up on the aft deck. It took a few seconds. Now we have a RIB which I lift out with a halyard and drop upside down on the aft deck. Not as simple, but it works fine.
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Re: Dingy davits for Super maramu
davidlambertsen...
Pagandaisy,<br><br>Would you please tell me which
RIB dinghy fits on top of your aft cabin? I have a soft bottom dinghy, but am considering getting a hard bottom for the better seaworthiness. Thanks.<br><br>David Lambertsen<br>s/v Have Fun!
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Re: Dingy davits for Super maramu
svsilvercloud2001...
I have seen a solution which I may copy that
works well for stern to in the Med.. The owner has replaced the Amel passerelle with a s/s & teak version which is permanently in place and the halyard runs to a winch & spinlock type jamcleat on the starboard side of mizzen mast. On underside of passerelle is a s/s bar fitted athwartships which projects each side (more to port)& terminates in a lifting ring. The dingy & outboard is attached to this in May for the season. By lowering the passerelle the tender is also lowered into the water & recovered same way.<br>The permanently fixed passerelle with lockable halyard is also a huge improvement on the inconvenient (& maybe dangerous?) Amel version.
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Re: Dingy davits for Super maramu
pagandaisy...
The RIB is nothing special. I don't recall the
name. I bought it in Trinidad and believe it's made in Venezuela. 8 or 9 feet I think. If you're not in a hurry I'll get specifics and let you know in early January. Arnold
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Re: Dingy davits for Super maramu
galacsea2000...
For those who are interested, I will be adding 2
photos to the Super Maramu Exterior Album showing the davits most often seen on Super Maramu (mainly because the manufacturer is based in La Rochelle.)
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Re: Dingy davits for Super maramu
svladysadie...
<a href=http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/amelyachtowners/bbsfrp?action=r&tid=amelyachtowners&sid=1600065792&mid=93 target=new>http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/amelyachtowners/bbsfrp?action=r&tid=amelyachtowners
&sid=1600065792&mid=93</a><br><br><br>Hello. My wife and I live on our Maramu in the Caribbean, for two years now. We initially bought a roll-up dinghy from West Marine to cross the Atlantic, a Zodiac, on the recommendation of Amel and of Joel Potter in Ft.Lauderdale. We then bought an 8 h.p. motor, 4 cycle Honda in LaRochelle. After one year of cruising, the system was intolerable compared to what nearly all the other cruisers had and enjoyed. 4 cycle engines cannot be repaired in the Caribbean (see SSCA bulletins about bring your engine back to the US for warranty work). We still keep the engine, in the trunk on the boat, as a back up. But we purchased a Caribe RIB dinghy, as the majority of other Caribbean liveaboards have. The second most popular is the AB brand, both made at sister factories in Venezuela. Ours is 10.5 ft long, and fits poorly on the deck, either bow or stern, so we usually tow it between islands. Its currently stowed on the bow while we visit the states for Christmas. We use the extra halyard on the main mast to store the boat when at anchor, for security purposes. The people who are most happy with their dinghy seemed to us to have a 15 h.p. Yamaha, 2 cycle, as it goes fast and is easy to get repaired. So thats what we bought in Grenada, and were very satisfied. The smaller dinghy (9.5 ft.) would store better on the deck, but you sacrifice hauling room for people and groceries and safety with the larger motor. The Yamaha will not fit upright in the trunk. With all this, Ive been looking for appropriate davits for two years, and havent seen any suitable. I surely would like more information on the mentioned passerelle modification. That might be the ultimate answer. Bill on Lady Sadie SM#269
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Re: Dingy davits for Super maramu
davidlambertsen...
Atkins & Hoyle makes the best davits I have ever
seen, by far. Their email address in Toronto, Canada is atkinshoyle@dapa.com. Telephone is (416) 596-1888 or tollfree 1-800-263-4184. Their website address is www.atkinshoyle.com.<br><br>I removed the davits from my Maramu because they were too weak for sea. They were only useful to raise the dinghy at night to keep it from being stolen. Although I do not have davits now, my brother has Atkins & Hoyle davits on a 65' ketch and I have seen and used them. They are beautifully constructed, with versatile adjustments, and VERY STRONG.<br><br>I hope this information will be useful to my Amel friends in our club, and I thank those who have been helping me with information.<br><br>David Lambertsen<br>s/v Have Fun!<br>Amel Maramu #258
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