Paul, Congratulations on your new Sharki! The bow thruster on my Maramu was also stuck in a similar fashion when we bought our boat. I would urge patience in dealing with this problem rather than usin

Hello, I am the owner of Maramu #220 and have the original Perkins engine. If your engine spares are for the Series 200 model of the 4-154 I am interested if they if they are not already spoken for. W

David, Some gel batteries have such low self discharge rates that it might be best to just unhook them to insure there are no phantom loads and don't do any charging. The Sonnenschien Gels that I have

Hello, We are about to return to our Amel in Preveza Greece. Oliver B. was tentatively scheduled to handle the required insurance survey but has since become too busy to help in time. Due to the COVID

Bill, Thanks a lot for passing along the link I will definitely listen to the recording. Thanks for all of your efforts to help Amel owners, much appreciated. James SV Sueno Maramu #220

Dennis, My tank had what looked like a gooey brownish tar like deposit in the lower part of the tank. The upper parts of the tank looked pretty clean. I found that Acetone would cut the deposits so I

Dennis, According to the measurements I took of my seeping fuel tank and from the posts of others that have removed the Maramu fuel tank it is apparently possible to remove the fuel tank with minimal

Volker, We own a Maramu that has the original electric furling systems for the main and Genoa, all of which were functional when we bought the boat. These have proven to be quite reliable and are powe

Paul, I wonder if you might have had a deteriorated old style flax packing in your stuffing box? That material will break down and become weak over time so does tend to break into pcs. If you use a mo

Paul, My boat is a Maramu but the switch in your photo looks to be the same one that I ordered last year from Amel. The switch was in stock and Maud shipped it out right away. The bolts are copper to

Dave and All, I wanted to add a caution and mention that Chlorine can apparently cause corrosion issues with stainless. Since our stainless keel bolts, nuts and washers are located in the bottom of ou

Paul, I am assuming that you are pulling packing from a bronze stuffing box? If so, I normally use about a long #8 deck screw that will easily thread into the packing. Only run it maybe 1/2-2/3 of the

David, We cleaned the tanks in our Maramu and they were much worse than your, in fact we even had live snails living in there! There was also significant amount of sediment in the aft low end of the t

Ken, Great news! Glad to hear that your all back together and that you decided to rebed the whole chainplate. You should be leak free in that area for a couple of decades or so. Try to avoid getting o

Ken, I have worked on boats that used the butyl tape and use it myself for applications. It is good stuff overall and I always carry some on the boat. Works best it seems on mating parts that keep pre

Ken, Your plan should get you sealed back up. I didn't mention my recommendations for a sealant since I assume that you have a limited selection to pick from. The 5200 or 4200 will work for you. If yo

Ken, My boat is a 1987 Maramu so consider this information general in nature to your situation. I would suggest that you start by removing one bolt to see what kind of sealant was used originally. If

Ken, Thanks for the response. To me a good Depthsounder has always been very important and I will usually leave one on even while we are anchored as additional confirmation that all is well when doing

Ken, That is a heartstopping event to even ponder! I can see why you appreciate the Echo Sounder as much as you do. One question. Is there an alarm on this unit or do you have to be watching the scree

Ken and All, I searched for one of the Echo Pilot 2D units (part #81034 with the bronze transducer housing) from US stores and found no stock. Also a statement on one website that said that the manufa