Miles, The rails on Sueño had quite a bit of oxidation on them after sitting in the sun for years in the Med. before we bought the boat. We found that a good scrub with Soft Scrub cleaned them up pret

Bill, A while back we were discussing the Sealand T series pump as a possible replacement for the original bilge pump and wondering what the flow rate would be. I just installed one of the these pumps

Miles, Good to hear from you as well. I am sorry to hear that the family has been sick with the stomach bug, I hope that you do not catch the bug and that everyone feels better soon. Thanks for the in

Bill Kinney, I agree that sailing in light air offshore in flat seas should not be a threat to your sails. Any chafe issues should be manageable. The problem comes when the wind has been strong enough

Bill Rouse, Thanks for sharing some of the rules that you use when deciding when to sail, motor sail or just motor that I assume were developed over many years of sailing your Amel. Best, James Alton

Bill, You don’t miss much. (grin) I wonder sometimes when I am slatting in light winds if the engine would cost less to cover the same number of miles as the wear and tear on the sails, blocks etc. I

Miles, Sorry that I did not comment on these excellent photos earlier, we have been doing the 70-80 hour work week thing lately so a few things have had to slide a bit. (grin) The center photo of the

Miles, Both of the rudder zincs on my Maramu thread into the stainless plates. I would think that having the bolt threaded into the plate would be required to insure that you have a good electrical co

Christian Alby, Thanks for the information. I would also like to replace these valves on my Maramu as well so this is very helpful. I found a listing on Amazon.fr as shown below. Can you tell me if th

I think that most of the wear on a Genoa from the spreader tips occurs when the winds are light and there is a beam sea running making the boat roll. Under those conditions the Genoa can rub the sprea

Craig, Thanks for your input on a possible option to seal the bolts that cannot easily be removed. I am aware of but have not yet used the Captain Tolleys product, I will give it a try. I am certainly

Christian Alby, I am very happy for you! I am also amazingly impressed by the service Amel is providing such incredible support on a product that is decades old. I cannot think of another company that

Craig, Thanks for the advice and information on how you dealt with the bolts on your boat that are tapped into the embedded plates, that was very helpful to me! I will definitely take Joel’s advice on

Gary, Thanks for the information. I am curious about what percentage of the bolts you were able to extract from the embedded bar stock? Also what technique for removal of the fasteners seemed to work

Bill, I did not make the connection of the most important function of the permanent 3 strand boom vang until you pointed out what should have been obvious, thanks! James SV Sueño Maramu #220

Bill, Thanks for your input and advice. That is a good point about being sure to bring the traveller all of the way to the leeward side when sailing at an angle that could possibly result in a gybe. I

Bill, I really like this method of venting a loop as opposed to having to rely on a potentially clog prone check valve. That “happy sigh” is giving you positive visual and audible verification that th

Bode, Mark is giving you good advice, go slow and have patience. My bow thruster was stuck as well but after a couple days of spraying penetrants in the holes and lots of gentle tapping it came out. I

Bill, Your comment about a real preventer needing to run to the end of a boom raises some interesting questions. Namely what are some factors that determine the shock loading that the boom and the rig

Ian, The wife of the previous owner of our boat had her wrist broken by the spinning mainsheet traveller handle. I am not sure if a jibe was involved in the accident but the pin that locked the winch