Bill Kinney
Rebuilding the Amel Bow Thruster.
The design of the main propeller drive system on the Amel has many advantages, but good maneuverability is NOT one of them. The prop is...
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Bill Kinney
- May 8
- 4 min
Disassembly of the Amel Genoa Furler.
If you ever have occasion to disassemble the Amel Super Maramu Jib Furler Gearbox, hopfully this will save you some time and trouble. The...
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Bill Kinney
- May 6
- 7 min
Proper Care and Feeding of Amel Furler Gearboxes
I was originally going to title this article "A Diet for Worms" but I figured the pun was so obscure it would confuse people instead of...
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Bill Kinney
- May 6
- 2 min
The Almost Perfect Dodger
Designs for boat cockpit enclosures are even more varied than boats. It seems every boat owner uses their cockpit in a different way, and...
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Bill Kinney
- Dec 16, 2022
- 12 min
Power to the People!
How We Got Here In 1996 our Amel Super Maramu was equipped at the factory with an Onan MDKD-P 220V/50Hz/6.5kW generator. This was a...
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Bill Kinney
- Nov 17, 2022
- 7 min
Compare and Contrast: The Amel 54 vs. the Super Maramu
After our recent delivery of the Amel 54 we have been asked to give our impressions of the differences between the Amel 54 and her older...
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Bill Kinney
- Sep 18, 2022
- 6 min
Gas? Or Electric?
With the popularization of electric induction cooking on land, a similar trend has been going on in the boating world. Electric...
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Bill Kinney
- Aug 30, 2022
- 4 min
Other People’s Boats
Sometimes people have a boat located at Point A that they need at Point B and do not have the time themselves to do the move. People...
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Bill Kinney
- Aug 18, 2022
- 5 min
Check Your Bonding System
The subject of a boat's bonding system is a complex one and surrounded by a lot of mis-information and confusion. In this post, I make...
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Bill Kinney
- Aug 14, 2022
- 6 min
INSURANCE: Good, Bad, and Ugly
The insurance market for cruising sailboats has opened up a LITTLE in the past year as a few companies have come crawling back into the...
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Bill Kinney
- Jan 27, 2021
- 2 min
Something Very Old Fashioned, but Important
Once upon a time, before most of today's sailors were born, boats did not have knotmeters, or at least not inexpensive reliable ones like...
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Bill Kinney
- Nov 8, 2020
- 2 min
Lesson Re-learned
Sometimes a lesson that we learned a long time ago is, not forgotten, but not at the front of our minds. Sometimes re-learning the lesson...
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Bill Kinney
- Oct 26, 2020
- 3 min
Updating the Amel Bow Thruster
The bow thruster that Amel designed for the Super Maramu and similar boats was far ahead of its time. It is still one of the best out...
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Bill Kinney
- Oct 26, 2020
- 3 min
Should I use a Portable Generator on My Boat?
Some boats that require AC power but do not have the space or financial resources for a “real” marine generator use these small gasoline...
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Bill Kinney
- Oct 25, 2020
- 6 min
What Sailboat Should I Buy?
This question in one variation or another, is probably the most commonly asked question on internet sailing forums. Since this is the...
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Bill Kinney
- Nov 17, 2019
- 5 min
Battery Connections
How to connect large battery banks for long life and reliable service
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