Miles, Perhaps a better question to be asking is whether the valves used by Amel provide good service. A lot of things these days stamped “Marine” are of very poor quality so I am not sure that there

Alan Grayson, Thanks for the recommendation, it is good to know that this company has recent experience with the 4-154. I will give Diesel Parts a call this week to find out the scoop on replacing the

Alan, Thanks for this information. Was there any external evidence of fuel leakage on your injection pump, or did all of the fuel that leaked find it’s way into the crankcase? I am thinking of going a

Christian, Thanks for keeping me updated. If it turns out that there are any parts needed that would come from the US or Canada and you are having problems with logistics let me know and I will try to

Christian Alby, Thank you for the details of what happened to your engine, perhaps it will help me avoid the same fate with my engine in the future. I hope that you can find the rest of the parts that

Christina Alby, Sorry to hear about the damage to your Perkins 154. There are currently oil pumps listed on Ebay that are supposed to fit the 4-154 but they do not look like the same pump as in the ma

Joel, Thanks for clarifying my statement about the barrier coating on my boat so that there is no confusion with others. Oliver kindly responded to me on the board several months ago and told me that

Miles, When I bought my 1987 Maramu, the water had been sitting in the tank about 1/3 full for 4 years. I did not drink it as it smelled a bit “swampy”. Upon opening the tanks, I found snails and a co

Duane, On my boat, the two drain holes for the companionway well were drilled through the bulkhead right at the bottom of the well. In other words the holes are not drilled through the bottom of the w

Steve and Liz, I like the solution you chose using the Awlgrip and will eventually paint my decks with the same brand of paint since it has served me well over the years. In sanding off the gel coat,

Gabriele, Many thanks for posting this information for me. Given that our hull numbers are only 1 unit apart, it seems likely that our boats might have the same bow thruster motor. I will confirm this

Ryan, This information applies to my Maramu but perhaps the sliders are similar. On my boat I noticed a bit of water under the steps after washing the boat. With the slider raised, I carefully cleaned

Eamonn, Flooding the tank with an inert gas to remove the O2 seems is the method that I used when drilling two iron tanks. I used C02 since it was readily handy, but nitrogen should work as well. I ke

Bill, Not tying off the rudder, that is a really interesting tidbit. I remember reading some of the books on self steering way back that suggested securing the wheel/tiller and that is the way I used

Bill, I agree with your comments here. When Olin Stephens was testing the weatherliness of the infamous yawl “Stormy Weather” he was using his earlier smaller yawl Dorade as a trial horse. The winds w

Bill, Sueno came with a Dacron mizzen staysail that looks almost unused. The sail is a little unusual in that it is cut pretty flat and when properly trimmed has similar depth to my genoa so it is act

Craig, Many thanks for posting the information from the motor on your bow thruster, this is very helpful to me. I am pretty sure that the Classe F refers the class of insulation used on the motor wind

Ian, The mizzen staysail can be made of either either Nylon or Dacron. The former as you state is much easier to handle due to the bag stuffing. You can think of the Mizzen staysail a bit like being a

Gabriele Antolini, First congratulations on continuing to cruise on your Amel at 78, you are an inspiration. One of the reasons that I selected an Amel is to hopefully extend my cruising years for as

Miles, We use the Mizzen staysail on our Maramu a lot. We use the sail from about 60 degrees to about 120 degrees apparent and it often adds almost a knot of boat speed. I am pretty sure that the Stay