What the fleet has seen
The Amel Super Maramu, as the fleet has seen it
Derived from the videos the fleet has analysed of this model. ▶ marks open the moment aboard.
The Amel Super Maramu is a 16.0-meter masthead ketch designed by Henry Amel and J. Carteau, built by Amel from 1989 to 1998. It features a wing keel, a 2.0-meter draft, and displaces 16,000 kg. The Super Maramu replaced the Mango 52 and was succeeded by the Super Maramu 2000 in 1999. Standard engines included the Perkins MT80, Volvo TMD22A, and Yanmar 4JH4-HE. Its ketch rig provides 121 sq m of sail area with main, genoa, and mizzen, expandable to 190 sq m with a ballooner and mizzen ballooner. Aboard *Sailing SV Delos*, the 53-foot Amel Super Maramu has completed extensive ocean passages, including a 3,000-nautical-mile Pacific crossing from Mexico to the Marquesas and a 1,600-nautical-mile passage from Fiji to Brisbane, Australia.7:17 The crew navigated a 22-mile river channel in darkness, timing their transit for the highest tide due to the boat's 2.1-meter draft, and once struck a mud bank, freeing the vessel with the bow thruster and full reverse.38:48 The boat maintained speeds over 8 knots on a beam reach in 15 knots of wind during an 18-mile transit from Nosy Be to Nosy Momoko, Madagascar.2:06 After 15 years and 80,000 nautical miles of circumnavigation, the *Sailing SV Delos* crew sold their Amel Super Maramu, preparing it for new owners with a haul-out, insurance survey, and refit plans including a Nani M480 engine repower.0:34 The *Cruisers Academy* received an Amel Super Maramu named *Kalos* as a donation, which they plan to sell to fund sailing programs.watch
