Hi there I’m sitting in a marina for the first time in a while and there is a little bit of a surge It’s got me wondering about the ‘proper’ Amel way to tie up this boat. Unlike any other boat I’ve ev

Could I ask how peoples emergency tiller cap is attached to the boat? Mine cap has a stainless eyebolt protruding from its top but it’s not attached by this to anything. I presume it is supposed to be

Thanks for his Bill. I really need something like this I reworded my last boat and labelled everything loudly. It was a real help even though I knew the systems well I think having a supply of cable t

Just to say that I’ve now managed to trace the problem. Luckily one of the cabin lights had new cable with unusual colours so I managed to follow that to locate the fuse Sadly these lights are sharing

Hello there I’m on day 2 of a low value treasure hunt. I’m hunting for a fuse for my cabin lights I did something stupid trying to fix the fridge light which must be wired into the same circuit so the

Thanks for this Mark I have a powered pre amp. It’s a fax5 I inherited the setup and have been trying to get some signals out of the system So far nothing and the Signal to Noise ration is hovering ar

Hi there I’m still somewhat puzzled by the pole setup on my older Maramu The set up is definitely a little different I think to the SM so if anyone has experience it would be great to check in on the

Hello It would seem my old Fax-30 weatherfax is not working as it’s aerial is not grounded. All a bit odd as it came to me this way and I can therefore only assume it never worked for the previous own

Steve, Mark, Alan and Dennis Thanks to you all for your help It seems their is a strong consensus here! You guys mention the ‘preventer’ I think we call this the kicker in the UK But worth checking I’

Hello there So far at anchor I’ve been tying the main and mizzen booms to the side to prevent them slatting about when we roll Does anyone have any other, more cunning solutions ? I helped build a har

I’m also now using Y Yachts following a steer from this forum. I’ve been really impressed with their help so far All the best Miles

Thanks so much for this detailed and helpful response Alan. Very much appreciated indeed. Sadly I don’t have the manuals for the Maramu. The previous owner of SeaLove had managed to brake one of the w

Thanks Dennis that’s very helpful I’ll take the wheel off and see what’s currently in place. I suspect there is a missing part or else I suspect it would have been be reassembled Many thanks for your

Hello folks I’m about to try setting up our downwind rig for the first time In the locker I have found what look like lines for the one pole at least - one shorter red line and two longer blue lines -

Hello 👋 Could anyone help identify this item? My guess is the lock off on the steering hub as Sea Love is missing that screw/clamp option from her morse steering hub But would value thoughts before I

Thanks Duane, Alex and James for your help For now I’ll clean and boat wax as James has done and save the kids from dusty white hands and feet as they clamber aboard in interesting ways Really nice to

Typo! Rub Rails 😉

Hello there I’ve returned to our older Maramu boat after a period with her ashore in the sun The rub rails are ‘dusty’ - any rope, hand or shoe that touches them comes off with white power marks Does

Thanks Bill Of course! I’m feeling rather stupid now but thanks for explaining it so patiently. I sent this after a long trip and I think I was brain fuddled. I’ll stick with that excuse for now anyho

Hi there Wondering on views to antifouling of through hulls that are used for drinking via reverse osmosis ? We have just copper-bottomed including a new thru hull for a new RO unit on our older maram