Christian Alby, I am glad to hear that old faithful is still running and that you appear to have found a replacement oil pump. According to the serial number of my engine, (GA 10002 J 002298 N) it was

Christian Alby, Do you know the exact P/N for the original oil pump in your Perkins engine? Ebay shows that the pump listed by tacomadiesel 1969 was sold Jan. 24th at 10:41 AM for $60 USD. James SV Su

Christian Alby, This link should show you the details and a photo of the oil pump that sold yesterday on Ebay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Perkins-Oil-Pump-/162047206348?epid=1666806067&hash=item25bac423

Christian Alby, I just saw your email. The pump on Ebay has been sold, bad timing there. I have placed an order for two pumps thru Prevalent but have not yet received a confirmation either in my brows

Christian Alby, Can you verify if the correct Perkins part number for the oil pump you need is #41314114? If so then I may have found two sources for new surplus oil pumps. One is located on the websi

Christian Alby, I have been keeping my eye out for a replacement pump for you but so far no luck. I think that you are correct that the worn pump is at least part of what is causing the lower than nor

Bill, If you can give me an estimate of the head that the Sealand would be pumping against and I will find some time to test my Sealand T2 pump for you. My impression of the pump is that the motor is

Oliver, It was very kind of you to take the time to answer my question about whether balsa core was used in the vertical sides of the roof where the side windows are installed. Thank you very much! Ja

Hello, Can anyone tell me if the cabin sides on the latter (my hull # is 220) Maramus are balsa cored in the area of the windows? Thanks, James SV Sueño Maramu #220 Arbatax, Italy

JPG, You mentioned removing the balsa. So the cabin sides of the SM are cored with balsa as opposed to being just one solid laminate? It would be nice to know the construction since window replacement

Bill, The only thing that I can think of to add would be to insure that the new batteries were individually all at a similar state of charge before connecting them. It might also be a good idea to do

Bill, Good point about the possibility of accumulating weight in the bow lockers from a slow leak. It is pretty hard to get a perfect seal on a locker with such a large opening but I will do what I ca

Bill, A sealed locker for the stowage of wet chain/rode is a tough place for wood to survive for very long so I think that you are on the right track with removing the organics. Which foam core materi

Jacob, Really sorry to hear that Lark was damaged in Irma. How bad is the damage? I am really hoping that the Maramu fleet will not be shrinking again.. Sorry, I don’t currently know of another nice M

Eric, I agree with your statement that rigging wire does not usually fail without there being some fairly obvious problem with it. I have been on boats with rigging failures, have rerigged a lot of bo

Christian Alby, I have never seen a problem where the oil pressure on an engine would drop as engine RPM was increased. The only explanation that I can think of is a mechanical failure of the oil pump

Bill, Well put! I admire your desire to sail as much as possible with your boat. Happy Holidays to you and the other Amel owners! Best, James SV Sueño Maramu #220

Christian Alby, First thanks for letting me know that your buzzer apparently comes on at 1 bar, that is something that I was wondering about and could not find the data online. Ok, so your oil pressur

Miles, If you have not yet done so, check to be sure that the drag is all of the way off on the wheel. I think that I read a while back that the steering cables are sealed but get someone to verify th

Christian Alby, Thanks for the initial update on your rebuilt Perkins. The Perkins 4-154 manual that I just checked is showing the normal oil pressure to be between 30-60 PSI or about 2.1- 4.2 bar at