Dan, I would bet that a big part of the reason that your plywood still looks good has to do with the previous care that she received. Have you asked Bill for his advice on this matter? My primary line

Bill, The better access via a hatch sounds like an interesting idea. For venting, I have been considering adding a 3-4" diameter pc. Of fiberglass exhaust tube running from the top of the anchor locke

Bill, Okoume plywood is great stuff for interior work. Light stiff and strong, I have used quite a lot of it over the years. You might however want to search on Okoume and durability before you select

Dan, Odds are that any bare wood in the chain locker area will have at least some moisture in it which makes oil based coatings problematic. If your desire is to try and prevent the wood from rotting

Bill, I inspected a 1984 Maramu which also had rotten panels in the bow locker. The bottom of the panel forming the floor of the two side lockers was not glassed on the bottom of that boat. The bottom

John, Silicone caulking can withstand considerably more heat than the polyurethane such as the 3m 5200. For a bit more money you can buy silicone caulking such as the Dow Corning 3145 which has consid

Ken, I can certainly understand the anxiety of getting new sails, it is a big purchase that we have to live with for a long time. Since my previous post on this subject, Emrah Oge has contacted me via

Hello All, I ordered a 110 percent tri-radial jib from Q-sails this season. I provided Q-sails with the dimensions of my original Genoa for the initial quote and then complete measurements for my boat

Bill, Re Harvey. I hope that you have some high ground. Stay safe. Using thicker copper sounds like a good solution to me. Using stainless as wire to carry low voltage does not seem like a good idea t

Kent and others, I have been following the discussion about whether to use bleach or not in the sump. I have to agree with the corrosion concerns of using bleach. I will use something like Comet to sc

Graham, Could you kindly also send me a copy of the drawing? Thank you, James Alton Lokiyawl2 at aol.com SV Sueno, Maramu #220 Currently cruising the East coast of Sardinia Sent from Samsung tablet.

From a maintenance point of view the sealed bearings and replacing the gear oil with grease sounds interesting. Given that both the seals and the more viscous grease will increase the friction I am cu

Rick, I was told by another Maramu owner that my Maramu ( #220) should use 140 mm diameter anodes, one on each side of the rudder. While I did not measure the original anodes on my boat, this dimensio

Ben, We have had problems using accelerators in single part paints and varnishes since they tend to cause early crazing and failure of the finish. As far as paint viscosity, in general I have found th

Greg Shea, Thanks so much for the information, this is a really big help to us. We can now justify packing the tool and the Sailrite fasteners into our overstuffed luggage! It is interesting to know t

Hello everyone, We are replacing the side curtain clears on our 1987 Amel Maramu. As the boat is in Sardinia and we are in Canada, we are trying to find out the correct size eyelets to install into th

Craig, Certainly structurally speaking monel and stainless are good choices for this application. With Monel being a lot higher on the galvanic scale than aluminum, I was wondering if anyone that has

Bill, As far as I know, all engines with pressurized oil systems also have a pressure relief valve which bypasses the excess oil at a preset pressure. I can tell you that if the valve gets stuck close

Duane, I have often used a box fan dockside for moving a lot of air through a boat. I normally set the fan at one end of the boat in the exhaust mode and then open a hatch for inlet air wherever the p

Jean-Pierre Germain, I was actually amazed how easy the tank access is on my Maramu Sueno. A few screws removed from the floor around the big table and it was moved in one pc. Then just a few screws i