Two Captains, One Boat – How Is This Going To Work?
And just like that, time has stopped crawling and seems instead to be moving faster and faster. The sun tells me the days are lengthening, but to me it feels like they are getting shorter. Time flies when you’re nervous (too), I guess. As we’re getting...
Preventive Engine Maintenance – Part 1
Preventive engine maintenance is essential, especially when you’re preparing for a long trip, like we are. We plan to sail Nalu from her current home on Samos, near the Turkish border, to the Netherlands. This is roughly a 3500 mile trip, and we’re going to need...
Fitting a Rocna 40 on an Amel Super Maramu
One of the (many) things you should never scrimp on, in our opinion, is the ground tackle. When we bought her, Nalu had a Spade 30kg which we thought was ‘not oversized’. I had read in the Amel Email Group that a Rocna 40 would fit just fine on the Super Maramu, so we...
Converting the ASM Saloon Table Into A Berth
We have a 1994 Amel Super Maramu (#120) and our table was designed by Amel to convert into a berth. Look at our photo’s to see if maybe you have the same convertable table!