Hi Bill Fletcher, On my MARAMU #219 the Perkins 4154 has little more than 11,000 hours. Also if is still running very well, I must be prepared to buy a new engine, perhaps, in a short time. Quite sure

Yesterday I installed Two push buttons bought by ebay Germany and shipped by HERTH+BUSS Germany with the Part#70468080 . They are esactly corresponding to what Amel installed on a lot of Lofran with a

Hi Mark How is the weather in Santa Marta ? I think not too flat. Very happy new year. Gabriele Antolini S/V Sunny Side Maramu #219 Todomar Yard, Cartagena de India

Hi Gerhard I can confirm that all info reported on your e-m are correct. Next week I will be on board and I will install two switches bought at ebay Germany (corresponding to your last line but with d

Hi Ian & Judy Google Part #13340100 , Producer BRITAX UK . Several ebay sell it. I bought two of them in Germany. Happy new year Gabriele S/V Sunny Side Maramu # 219

Hi Kent Acrilic and Plexiglas are the same. Plexiglas is the trade name given by the inventor Roehm & Haas . Regards Gabriele Sunny Side Maramu #219

Hello Kent I am not sure what Amel used on "later SM’s " but due to the very little space between the aluminum motor cover and the motor itself , very few switch model can be used avoiding to short th

I saw several times Amelians asking information about this part: Producer: Britax PMG Limited UK Description: Britax Switch Press Button Part # : 13340100 (70468080) Price : Best found 22,17 EUR , elp

Good day Amelians Has anybody run the adventure to take apart the 14x150 mm SS axel from the top of the main mast where the back stay fitting is attached ? I foud it well "welded" to the aluminum supp

Hi Christian please could you tell me where Yacht Port Cartagena is situated ? If you have the coordinated it is much easier. Thank you Gabriele S/V Sunny Side Maramu 219

Hi, The gaskets for Goiot Tradition are trapezoidal (14 at the base , 12 at the top and 10 mm high) Google Rig-Rite then Goiot hatch parts, then Tradition hatch parts, and finally Gaskets for Traditio

Hola EricThe only place I can recommend for Kimbelite is CLUB DE PESCA , eventually CLUB NAUTICO (but only eventually)I suggest to avoid a long stay because Cartagena Bay is very polluted and fouling

Hola EricThe place where I leave my boat is not at all a marina. It is a Yard thought and managed for power boat. After ten years I benefit of a special place and a special conditions so I am satisfie

James, Sunny Side is at Todomar Yard Cartagena Your understanding of my bad english is 100% correct. End of January, I will be on board and I will look for where I ordered my cooler from. The name of

Hi James - Good care : YES , Exceptional care: I do not think so. The only thing I use , that not everyone use , is: MILITEC-1 (everywhere possible, on sea and on land) according to the producer recom

James I can confirm you that the Hurth 250 transmission can work much more than 4,000 hours. Mine passed 10,000 hours and , still now, never gave me a problem. Best Gabriele Antolini SV Sunny Side Mar

Hi James As I told you on the prior message, last week I was in Cartagena and I took the opportunity to go on board and revise the bow thruster. Now I can confirm what I wrote before . I do not know i

Hi James I own the Maramu #219 built 1987 . On my boat, the breaker of 100A on the port side cabinet of the front cabine, feed Lofran and furling genoa. The bow thruster is fed directly from the main

Hi Andy At the moment I am very busy leaving Sunny Side on a yard still end of the year. There are a lot of detail on the subject, and my English is quite poor, so I need a lot of time to give you a d

Hi Eric, when on 1996 I bought Sunny Side, I put immediately a cover, to protect the rubber of the two push button switches. Even if one of them was already cracked, today, they are still working. Thi