Ben, Here are the instructions that Oliver B. kindly provided me. Best, James Alton SV Sueno Maramu #220 The reason for reducing the slack in the cables (in fact in the cables sheaths) is to reduce th

Steve, Bill knows his seals. IMO a lot of the sealing with the bow thruster in the up position is done by the black foam donut seals that are in compression. These take a set when compressed over time

Kim, That is interesting about the different stud spacing measurements, too bad. You might ask Amanda to clarify the measurements on the pump listed below to be sure that it is what you need before or

Kimberly, Back in 2016 I had a freshwater pump for the UK version of the Perkins 4.154 engine shipped to a friend in Palermo, Italy. The pump reportably fit and the shipping while expensive was fast.

Kimberly, The Perkins engine was a pretty popular engine but I did not know that some were some manufactured in Pakistan. My contact in Arbatax is Umberto at the Reiulta yard. If you contact him, let

Kimberly, Parts for engines, (parts4engines.com) has the freshwater pump in stock for 95 pounds. They have been quick to ship items to me. I ordered a gasket set yesterday for my series 200 Perkins an

Daniel, While the truck radiator cap that I found in Sardinia seemed to work ok I wanted to be sure that I had the correct one, So when I had more time I bought two radiator caps that were for the Bow

Kimberly, I agree with Danny that this should not be a difficult job to correct. As suggested the first step is to figure out where the leak is. You can fill the cooling system with plain water initia

David, I have been exchanging emails with Nick. He really knows how to handle a boat so I was surprised that this happened to him. It shows that it can happen to any of us. The weather in the Med is s

Gregory, Both of course are poisonous. Chlorine has been used to disenfect water systems for a long time so safe practices are pretty well documented. I am not sure that I have ever heard of alcohol b

Greg, Isopropyl is poisonous. Perhaps all residue could be removed but I think chlorine products would be safer to use. We opened all access hatches and hand scrubbed with soft scrub followed with lot

Bill, What a great upgrade to any boat, especially one that is not dockside and needs to produce it's own power. I am curious about how to dealt with the gaps and joints at the edges of the panels? So

Bill, Thanks for your response and explanation of the potential problem. I can see how if the haylard were to wrap on to the wire and be secured at the lower end that a lot of force could be applied t

Bill, Thanks for your post. I am unclear on how a haylard wrap can apply torque to the forestay? I am pretty sure that all parts of the genoa furling system on my Amel at least are free to rotate on t

There are usuallly two sides to every story. In this case I would note that there seem to be quite a few Amel owners such as myself who were well treated by Q-sails. I have had three sails built by Q-

Chris, I have owned Maramu #220 since 2016. I have been involved in sailing since I was 11 and have been in the boat repair/maitenance business since the early 80's so I have worked on quite a few boa

Kim, The gelcoat in our water tank has some checks in it and is in places flaking away. In general, if your boat is one of those that is developing blisters elsewhere such as the bottom, then I would

Richard, The exhaust hose can easily handle the normal exhaust temperatures with cooling water flowing through. But when the flow of cooling water is eliminated the temperatures rise considerably. You

Hello everyone, I think that the custom fiberglass aqualift muffler is an excellent solution and when my original muffler goes it will be replaced with fiberglass. I have yet to see a fiberglass muffl

Oliver, Thanks for your post and for the reminder to be careful in deviating original design parameters such as changing the vessel trim. Our Maramu is pretty well sitting on her lines now. There are