Greg, Thanks for your input. I don’t have to order my anchor right away so I will look forward to hearing your report. It seems from my research so far that the Mantus should be good in weed, I hope s

Gary, All of the Tunisian officials that checked us into the country in Bizerte were super nice and respectful to us, both during the process and afterwards when we met them on later at the marina. No

Michael, Thanks for sharing your experience with the Rocna and for the insight on the Chrome Duplex, I had never heard of it until your post. From the research I have done to date it appears that the

Joel, Many thanks for giving us the final word on how the grooves in the Amel deck were originally gel coated in the mold. It is amazing to have input from someone that was actually at the factory whe

Mark, Another good question. My impression from reading the posting about painting the deck stripes was that they were done after the deck was out of the mold but I could be wrong. The stripes could c

Mark, That is not a stupid question, in fact it is a great one! It is certainly possible to recoat gelcoat with new gelcoat. In general however it is important to understand that the gelcoat used for

Michael, Thanks a lot for your help. The 33kg Rocna does look like it is a great fit for the stock Amel anchor handling gear as you indicated and also shown in your photo. The Rocna looks like a reall

Grenada, There were 41 vessels docked in Bizerte when we arrived in Sept. of 2018. Monastir was almost full when we arrived and tends to fill up completely later in the season since many cruisers over

Joerg, We were in Tunisia Sept. Of 2018. Bizerte, Kelibia, Hammanet, Monastir. My wife and I felt safe in all locations. Monastir has a large number of liveaboards and we met many interesting cruisers

Hello Maramu owners, I am not at my boat currently so need some help. Can Maramu owners suggest modern anchors that are known to fit the original Amel anchor rollers on the Maramu? I would like to upg

Jose, When you say that the Faux-teak is missing in places do those thin areas look white by chance? If so closely by feel deck where you have the white areas and you may find that the wood grain text

Thomas, Glad to see that you are getting some good direction from Craig. I would definitely take his advice about pre glassing the bottom of the panels. I would only suggest that: 1. If you are going

Thomas, PVC could work but I was envisioning using a more slippery plastic than PVC for the sacrificial plastic bushing. Perhaps Nylon? I would suggest shaping the part without any square edges for th

Jose, The original finish for the faux teak and the stripes were done originally in Polyester gel coat. Apparently the stripes were hand painted in according to what I have read recently. Awl grip can

Thomas,Your post about making replacement of the PVC tube very easy got me to thinking about how this could be done. What if instead of planning to replace the PVC tube, a simple sacrificial flanged p

Oliver, Thank you for taking the time to add your wisdom to the discussion. I am very happy with the heavily glassed fibreglass tubes in my boat such as the cockpit drains. It is so nice that by makin

Gary, Perhaps Amel felt that the galvanized hawse would be less likely to corrode the chain due to dissimilar metals? As long as the hawse had zinc left on it, it would help to protect the steel in th

Amel Santorin, 1000 Watts of solar, that is really amazing. I am managing with just 300 Watts on the Port rail. Could you post a photo of your arch design? Do your panels extend past the beam of your

Tom, Since I have not yet used the 2 part Epifanes, I really can not say whether it will have more UV resistance than the single part varnish. I am glad to hear that you like the results after two yea

Tom, I have not used the two part Epifanes varnish so cannot answer that part of your question. I have however used other two part and single part varnishes on cabin soles over the years and might hav