David, Your cruising grounds sound splendid, enjoy! I wanted to add a bit more about why I decided to go with crosscut Hydranet instead of going with the Tri-radial. First I want to agree with Bill Ki

Chris, I have not yet removed a rudder on an Amel but I am pretty sure that the center strap that you are calling a pintle needs to be removed to drop the rudder. So I suspect that under the loose put

Nick and all, Q-sails delivered my new Hydranet main and Genoa today. Both sails fit well and the workmanship looks excellent. I was charged exactly the amount in the original quote with the exception

Bill, I don't think that you would need to extend the shaft tube very far to accomodate one additional packing ring. Fiberglass/epoxy would be far stronger than the JB weld, especially if you prepared

Bill, I like your solution using the PTFE Dripless packing on the rudder shaft and suspect it will solve your leakage and repacking problem. I had a customer with a twin screw Gulfstar who amazingly m

I am using the Victron Super Pak Lithium batteries with the internal BMS along with a high quality German made Sonnenschien gel battery on my Amel. I like the internal BMS in each individual battery c

Bruno, My Maramu has the Nirvana mast. Main lowers and inermediates are 8mm, caps are 10 mm. I was told by a reliable source that a Maramu has yet to lose a mast if that information needs to be update

Mark, Many thanks for the inspiration to look into rebuilding our D4. I hope to remove and inspect it over the weekend. Would you happen to know if service parts are still available for these older D4

Steve, Another very Happy Maramu owner here. I was wondering if you would be willing to spare some of your experience with the Maramu diesel heater? My wife and I will wintering in the Med this year s

Paul, Congratulations on your new Sharki! The bow thruster on my Maramu was also stuck in a similar fashion when we bought our boat. I would urge patience in dealing with this problem rather than usin

Hello, I am the owner of Maramu #220 and have the original Perkins engine. If your engine spares are for the Series 200 model of the 4-154 I am interested if they if they are not already spoken for. W

David, Some gel batteries have such low self discharge rates that it might be best to just unhook them to insure there are no phantom loads and don't do any charging. The Sonnenschien Gels that I have

Hello, We are about to return to our Amel in Preveza Greece. Oliver B. was tentatively scheduled to handle the required insurance survey but has since become too busy to help in time. Due to the COVID

Bill, Thanks a lot for passing along the link I will definitely listen to the recording. Thanks for all of your efforts to help Amel owners, much appreciated. James SV Sueno Maramu #220

Dennis, My tank had what looked like a gooey brownish tar like deposit in the lower part of the tank. The upper parts of the tank looked pretty clean. I found that Acetone would cut the deposits so I

Dennis, According to the measurements I took of my seeping fuel tank and from the posts of others that have removed the Maramu fuel tank it is apparently possible to remove the fuel tank with minimal

Volker, We own a Maramu that has the original electric furling systems for the main and Genoa, all of which were functional when we bought the boat. These have proven to be quite reliable and are powe

Paul, I wonder if you might have had a deteriorated old style flax packing in your stuffing box? That material will break down and become weak over time so does tend to break into pcs. If you use a mo

Paul, My boat is a Maramu but the switch in your photo looks to be the same one that I ordered last year from Amel. The switch was in stock and Maud shipped it out right away. The bolts are copper to

Dave and All, I wanted to add a caution and mention that Chlorine can apparently cause corrosion issues with stainless. Since our stainless keel bolts, nuts and washers are located in the bottom of ou