Hi James Good to hear from you I know that busy feeling ! We leave the uk on the 17th and have thew house to clear for rental plus everyone but me has a vomiting bug! I'm very glad the pics are helpfu

Hi there My anodes are both held on by one single bolt that passes right through the rudder I was a bit confused as to how the anodes were actually connected to any metalwork but the bot does go throu

also looking for these as mine are leaking a little so any help much appreciated All the best Miles Vintage Maramu 162

I wasn’t sure when I started as the steering was stiff Turned out it was just in need of a service and Is nice and smooth again now 👍

Hey folks I thought these might be of interest for those with older Maramus with the morse red cables and the Morse 401 commander steering system. I know it would have helped me to have had these so h

Hello Dave Many thanks for looking - very much appreciated and sorry if it was a wild goose chase Ive done some trawling and found some details in the attached diagrams My french is < schoolboy but i

Hello there With help from James / Sueño and Graham /Zephyr of this parish I have pinpointed the source of stiffness in my older Maramu steering. It’s one of the push pull control cables. I am not nea

Thanks for this Graham and great to talk earlier Looks like I’ll be dismantling the rack and pinion and trying to lube the troublesome cable I’ve also sent an email to Amel on the very slim chance the

Thanks for this Bill. It gives me confidence to have a go at dismantling the rack and pinion unit. Looks like the SM has a very similar steering system Another idea from James is that the clutch on th

Hello there group I’ve been wondering about the source of the stiffness of my steering` Following good advice from this forum I removed the Morse steering cables from the rudder quadrant Once disconne

I never do any silicone work anymore without these https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cramer-40405-5-Fugi-Kit/dp/B003BNLQQ0/ref=mp_s_a_1_1/261-7054093-1784658?ie=UTF8&qid=1524685884&sr=1-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL6

Hi there I don’t have the manual but do have some other docs that might be of interest Attached incase of use to you or others All the best Miles Maramu

Thanks so much for all the thoughts and advice. Really helpful as always on this great forum I’m on the boat at the moment for the first time since Christmas and have a list of ‘to dos’ as long as my

Thanks Danny and Craig Craig it is indeed a balooner. It’s labeled and has a luff tape so I suspect it’s a legacy thing as the profurl is only about 6 yrs old Danny that sounds worth a try! The thing

Hello there I’m new to the Amel way and have been learning lots from this fabulous forum as I get to know my older 1985 Maramu I’m still unsure of a the best approach to my downwind rig and would bene

Thanks Ian Do you also have the tigres windlass on your SN? So the solution you describe with a snubber to take load off the main line makes sense Did you use this when dropping too ? I guess if I put

Thanks John Sounds Like you have a nice well proven setup Ive also used 100 m all chain before on a previous boat and loved the simplicity and security. I was also hoping to hear from folk with chain

Hello fellow Amelians Many thanks to all those on the forum who have given their thoughts and experience on anchoring options for my boat (Currently 50m 12mm chain on older 46ft Maramu and I’m wonderi

Thanks for this info Dennis Sounds like you had all bases covered with hydrovane, autopilot and spare autopilot drive. I think I’m going to go against my instinct and not instal a wind vane. In large

Hi there Before my Maramu on a small long keeler I had a Monitor wind vane /autohelm and sailed extensively with it. It was truly brilliant. One of my favourite things on the boat. I’ve also sailed a