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1990 Amel Super Maramu 53

Listed
Expired
$199,000 USD

Seller's Description

Simply the best buy in the world for one of these legendary cruisers. This particular Super Maramu has spent more than half her life hauled out of the water and under covers as her original owner only sailed her a few months of each year. Compare her to boats that have spent their entire lives in service and in the water and anyone who understands fiberglass will see the attraction of a dry hull that has never even seen a hint of osmosis!

Add to this her relatively young, low hours engine and generator, her exceptional sail inventory, and her overall very good cosmetic condition, and then consider her recent improvements and excellent maintenance and you will agree that this is by far the best value for a Super Maramu anywhere on the planet.

An exceptional blue-water cruiser, the Amel Super Maramu is world-renowned among discerning yachtsmen. Luxuriously appointed, solidly built with top-quality materials and many extra safety features (like water-tight compartmentalization), the Super Maramu is a sailor’s dream. Down below, she is extremely comfortable yet eminently practical in design with two staterooms and heads, two extra single berths in the side cabin and main cabins, sumptuously upholstered settees, beautiful African mahogany throughout, and storage that is more than ample. On deck, sailing is a joy with everything operated from the helm: Electric furling sails, Electric winches, anchor windlass and retractable bow thruster all within easy reach. The helm has a comfortable chair and is protected by a solid dodger with hard windscreen that opens when ventilation is desired. Storage lockers are plentiful and there is a huge cockpit locker and enormous lazarette aft, plus two sizable deck lockers forward. This Super Maramu was singlehanded across the Atlantic in 1992 has been sailed seasonally in the Caribbean ever since! For full listing see https://bviyachtsales.com/yacht/53-amel-super-maramu-53/

Equipment: Sails and Rigging Note; ACMO standing rigging inspected and tuned (Martinique, February 2021). Owner upgraded the headstay in 2016 with a new ACMO Super Maramau 2000 wire (because that is the one stay that cannot be inspected easily!) Main and mizzen backstays replaced with Acmo rigging by Amel Martinique 2019 Amel aluminum electric furling mast. Stepped on deck. Amel aluminum manual roller furling mizzen mast. Stepped on deck. Amel electric roller furler for mainsail (service by Amel 2015) Amel electric roller furler for headsail NOTE: all Amerl electric furling systems can be manually operated when desired. Stainless steel wire standing rigging on headstay was replaced September 2016 (ACMO 12mm) Doyle furling mainsail (Good condition) 2008 (Serviced in 2019) 105% Doyle furling jib (very good condition) new 2011, (Serviced 2019) 125% Doyle furling jib (good condition) 2008 (Serviced by Quantum August 2016) 150% furling jib (good condition) 2004 Doyle furling mizzen sail (good condition) 2006 (Serviced 219) Mizzen staysail (excellent condition) (2) Matching (cruising) spinnakers for (one for main and one for mizzen) Main mast spinnaker has snuffing sock -all in very good to excellent condition. (2) Amel style Ballooners for down wind sailing (very good condition) Spare main, mizzen and jib Mainsheet traveler (2) Amel articulating spinnaker poles (2) preventers (main and mizzen) Lewmar 56 electric, self-tailing primary winches in cockpit, recently serviced. Lewmar 40 self-tailing secondary winches (4) Lewmar 16 self-tailing winches for poles and halyards at mast (3) Lewmar 40 self-tailing winches for sheets and halyards New mainsail roller furling swivel gearbox from Amel September 2016 New ACMO main backstay (Martinique, August- 2018) New ACMO mizzen backstays (Martinique, February 2021)

Specs

Designer
Henri Amel
Builder
Amel
Associations
?
# Built
237
Hull
Monohull
Keel
Wing
Rudder
?
Construction
FG

Dimensions

Length Overall
52 11 / 16.2 m
Waterline Length
41 4 / 12.6 m
Beam
14 11 / 4.6 m
Draft
6 11 / 2.1 m
Displacement
35,270 lb / 16,000 kg
Ballast
12,130 lb / 5,500 kg (Iron)

Rig and Sails

Type
Ketch
Reported Sail Area
1,302′² / 121 m²
Total Sail Area
?
Mainsail
Sail Area
?
P
?
E
?
Air Draft
?
Foresail
Sail Area
?
I
?
J
?
Forestay Length
?

Auxilary Power

Make
Perkins
Model
MT80
HP
80
Fuel Type
Diesel
Fuel Capacity
158 gal / 598 l
Engine Hours
?

Accomodations

Water Capacity
264 gal / 999 l
Holding Tank Capacity
?
Headroom
?
Cabins
3

Calculations

Hull Speed
9.9 kn
Classic: 8.62 kn

Hull Speed

The theoretical maximum speed that a displacement hull can move efficiently through the water is determined by it's waterline length and displacement. It may be unable to reach this speed if the boat is underpowered or heavily loaded, though it may exceed this speed given enough power. Read more.

Formula

Classic hull speed formula:

Hull Speed = 1.34 x √LWL

A more accurate formula devised by Dave Gerr in The Propeller Handbook replaces the Speed/Length ratio constant of 1.34 with a calculation based on the Displacement/Length ratio.

Max Speed/Length ratio = 8.26 ÷ Displacement/Length ratio.311
Hull Speed = Max Speed/Length ratio x √LWL

9.88 knots
Classic formula: 8.62 knots
Sail Area/Displacement
19.4
16-20: good performance

Sail Area / Displacement Ratio

A measure of the power of the sails relative to the weight of the boat. The higher the number, the higher the performance, but the harder the boat will be to handle. This ratio is a "non-dimensional" value that facilitates comparisons between boats of different types and sizes. Read more.

Formula

SA/D = SA ÷ (D ÷ 64)2/3

  • SA: Sail area in square feet, derived by adding the mainsail area to 100% of the foretriangle area (the lateral area above the deck between the mast and the forestay).
  • D: Displacement in pounds.
19.37
<16: under powered
16-20: good performance
>20: high performance
Ballast/Displacement
34.4
<40: less stiff, less powerful

Ballast / Displacement Ratio

A measure of the stability of a boat's hull that suggests how well a monohull will stand up to its sails. The ballast displacement ratio indicates how much of the weight of a boat is placed for maximum stability against capsizing and is an indicator of stiffness and resistance to capsize.

Formula

Ballast / Displacement * 100

34.38
<40: less stiff, less powerful
>40: stiffer, more powerful
Displacement/Length
222.9
200-300: moderate

Displacement / Length Ratio

A measure of the weight of the boat relative to it's length at the waterline. The higher a boat’s D/L ratio, the more easily it will carry a load and the more comfortable its motion will be. The lower a boat's ratio is, the less power it takes to drive the boat to its nominal hull speed or beyond. Read more.

Formula

D/L = (D ÷ 2240) ÷ (0.01 x LWL)³

  • D: Displacement of the boat in pounds.
  • LWL: Waterline length in feet
222.92
<100: ultralight
100-200: light
200-300: moderate
300-400: heavy
>400: very heavy
Comfort Ratio
32.6
30-40: moderate bluewater cruising boat

Comfort Ratio

This ratio assess how quickly and abruptly a boat’s hull reacts to waves in a significant seaway, these being the elements of a boat’s motion most likely to cause seasickness. Read more.

Formula

Comfort ratio = D ÷ (.65 x (.7 LWL + .3 LOA) x Beam1.33)

  • D: Displacement of the boat in pounds
  • LWL: Waterline length in feet
  • LOA: Length overall in feet
  • Beam: Width of boat at the widest point in feet
32.59
<20: lightweight racing boat
20-30: coastal cruiser
30-40: moderate bluewater cruising boat
40-50: heavy bluewater boat
>50: extremely heavy bluewater boat
Capsize Screening
1.8
<2.0: better suited for ocean passages

Capsize Screening Formula

This formula attempts to indicate whether a given boat might be too wide and light to readily right itself after being overturned in extreme conditions. Read more.

Formula

CSV = Beam ÷ ³√(D / 64)

  • Beam: Width of boat at the widest point in feet
  • D: Displacement of the boat in pounds
1.84
<2: better suited for ocean passages
>2: better suited for coastal cruising

Notes

Replacement to the MANGO 52.
Listed Sail Area: From Amel’s documentation on standard upwind sails:
         Main Sail: 35 sq Metres
         Genoa: 67 sq Metres
         Mizzen: 19 sq Metres
         Total: 121 sq Metres (1,302 sq feet)

It can also carry (at the same time as the above although you usually drop the main):
         Ballooner: 69 sq Metres
         Mizzen Ballooner: 35 sq Metres
        Which would bring the total to 190 sq Metres (2,045 sq feet)
Auxillary power: There were three different standard engines used, the Perkins MT80 (80 HP) was the original, the similar but rebranded Volvo TMD22A (78-83 HP) and the Yanmar 4JH4-HE (78 HP). The most popular engine by far was the Volvo TMD22A
The SUPER MARAMU 2000 was introduced in 1999.

Thanks to Brent Cameron for filling in some blanks and supplying updated information.

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