Joel, Thanks for clarifying my statement about the barrier coating on my boat so that there is no confusion with others. Oliver kindly responded to me on the board several months ago and told me that

Miles, When I bought my 1987 Maramu, the water had been sitting in the tank about 1/3 full for 4 years. I did not drink it as it smelled a bit “swampy”. Upon opening the tanks, I found snails and a co

Duane, On my boat, the two drain holes for the companionway well were drilled through the bulkhead right at the bottom of the well. In other words the holes are not drilled through the bottom of the w

Steve and Liz, I like the solution you chose using the Awlgrip and will eventually paint my decks with the same brand of paint since it has served me well over the years. In sanding off the gel coat,

Gabriele, Many thanks for posting this information for me. Given that our hull numbers are only 1 unit apart, it seems likely that our boats might have the same bow thruster motor. I will confirm this

Ryan, This information applies to my Maramu but perhaps the sliders are similar. On my boat I noticed a bit of water under the steps after washing the boat. With the slider raised, I carefully cleaned

Eamonn, Flooding the tank with an inert gas to remove the O2 seems is the method that I used when drilling two iron tanks. I used C02 since it was readily handy, but nitrogen should work as well. I ke

Bill, Not tying off the rudder, that is a really interesting tidbit. I remember reading some of the books on self steering way back that suggested securing the wheel/tiller and that is the way I used

Bill, I agree with your comments here. When Olin Stephens was testing the weatherliness of the infamous yawl “Stormy Weather” he was using his earlier smaller yawl Dorade as a trial horse. The winds w

Bill, Sueno came with a Dacron mizzen staysail that looks almost unused. The sail is a little unusual in that it is cut pretty flat and when properly trimmed has similar depth to my genoa so it is act

Craig, Many thanks for posting the information from the motor on your bow thruster, this is very helpful to me. I am pretty sure that the Classe F refers the class of insulation used on the motor wind

Ian, The mizzen staysail can be made of either either Nylon or Dacron. The former as you state is much easier to handle due to the bag stuffing. You can think of the Mizzen staysail a bit like being a

Gabriele Antolini, First congratulations on continuing to cruise on your Amel at 78, you are an inspiration. One of the reasons that I selected an Amel is to hopefully extend my cruising years for as

Miles, We use the Mizzen staysail on our Maramu a lot. We use the sail from about 60 degrees to about 120 degrees apparent and it often adds almost a knot of boat speed. I am pretty sure that the Stay

Ian, Really sorry to hear that your boat has been dry for 18 months..that is far too long. Thanks again for the information and I hope that you will find your boat in great shape when you relaunch nex

Ian, Many thanks for that bit of information. My Maramu has a 100 amp breaker for the bow thruster and the Genoa furler. Does the Santorin also have a breaker and if so can you tell me the amperage ra

Bill Kinney, Thanks for doing the testing and providing the results. I knew that the SM bow thruster was more powerful than the earlier Amel bow thrusters but the upgrade in power is far more than I r

Bill Kinney, Good point about the voltage drop. I measured mine as dropping from 13.5 (charger was on so this was not an accurate test) to about 11.75 after a 5 second burst. Does the SM have a breake

Bill, Thanks for showing where you got the 500 amps from. I am still confused about what the table is trying to tell us exactly. I note that there are two columns, one is labeled amperage and the othe

Bill, Is it correct that the bow thruster on the Super Maramu is 500 Amps? And that is at 24 volts? The thruster on my Maramu has a 100 amp breaker installed by Amel ( it has never tripped so I assume