One other thought might be that a clamp is allowing an air leak in.... Aras

Change seems inevitable. Technology changes, so must we if we wish to keep up. There’s lots of discussion regarding thesechanges /proposals. I’d like to try andsee if we might get consensus on just ex

In my brief and humble experience on this site; I would gladly welcome an improved format. Should be searchable by boat type (eg. Sharki, Santorin, Maramu, etc) or by system (e.g. electric furlers, wa

Good afternoon folks, On my Sharki I have an original Amel furler (Bonfigliolli worm gear oil filled and motor). the seals are shot and leaking. I had a rigger come by and take down the furler; now it

I guess will do a short haul this spring and look again at the bow thruster. Is there a way to check tension on the bow thruster? I do have a locking pin and it fully inserts. I guess I should see som

Interesting thoughts. I had the same happened to me when coming back from Rhode Island. I too thought it was from the chain locker. During the passage I checked the bow thruster. Everything appeared d

Ian Do you have high quality jpegs of the logo? I'd like have may sailmaker add the logo to the mainsail and quite possibly I might add them to my coach roof. Thanks Aras Sharki #163

I saw this on the Amel Website. I did grumblings about this but chose not to react... Aras Sharki #163

So I dropped my Amel sconces off at Baltimore Brass Works for re-furbishment. The lamps are incandescent and I am thinking of converting them to LED> Small one are BA15D and the large sconce is a BA25

Sorry to hear about tour instruments. On my Sharki I had to run some wires for an antenna. Joel is right; it was easier than I thought. There is an inspection port at the bottom of the mast. The harde

Hi Aras here. I'm a bit confused about the water maker. IS it 220V or 120V? Regardless, this would fit my Sharki; right? I'm in Annapolis and would be willing to take it. Just got back from Montauk NY

I have my lamps at Baltimore brass works for the a re-do too. I expect them back in about 3 weeks. I met the owner and he does a very fine job at restoring these lamps. Aras

Arrrrgh. So far all the work I had done seems to be worthwhile, except....We left Annapolis last Wednesday morning and motored almost 3 days towards Newport RI. The winds were light (3-5 knots) and se

Hi Folks, I was cruising yesterday back on my Sharki from Baltimore to Annapolis and spotted 2 SMs' I tried calling on VHF but did not get a reply. One was Adagio and the other I don't know. No partic

This year I changed over to Copper Coat. It was alot of work to remove the old paint, add a new barrier coat for a clean surface, then paint 4 coats of CopperCoat to my sharki's bottom. Though she has

I got the response back from Amel about fixing the pressure water lines under the cabin sole. The break seems to be near freezer compartment about the center of the boat. I can hear the water running

I finally received a reply from Amel: Dear Mr. Grinius, As for your bowthruster we cannot build a new lower unit as the parts do not exist anymore. It is very difficult to take the bowthruster apart t

I need to replace some water lines under the main salon can anyone tell tell how to take part the cabin table and floor in a Sharki 1988 era? Aras

So last night I posted the pictures of the Sharki bow thruster. New pictures are up in the photo's file under Sharki Bow thruster. If you zoom in you can see the hairline cracks in the white housing.

I took my bow thruster apart again. Cleaned once more and it apears that the white housing around the seal has a minor crack, well actually 2 cracks directly opposite each other. The shaft too looks t