1982 Amel Maramu, 46 foot blue water, ketch sailboat.
Henri Amel built 288 of these amazing blue water cruisers between 1978 and 1989. Air Ops is hull #104.
She has the following features:
- 63 HP Perkins diesel
- 1000L water tank
- Nearly 500L diesel tank
- Solar panels producing 470 Watts
- Diesel generator
- Air Conditioning
- Watermaker, capable of producing 150L per hour of freshwater from seawater
- Diesel heater
- Electric windlass and main winch
- Bow thruster
- In-boom furling main
- Lazy jacks on the Mizzen
- Clothes washing machine
- Additional clothes spinner
- 2 staterooms
- 2 heads
- Easily sleeps 4 in staterooms, 2 in the saloon and 1 on the sea berth
- Over 130 storage compartments
- Mahogany joinery with teak cabin sole
- 3 sealable watertight compartments
- 6’5″ headroom
- 4 burner Force 10 stove
- Microwave
- On demand water heater
- Ham radio / Pactor modem for offshore communication
- Full navigation electronics
- Alpine stereo with Bose speakers
- Stainless steel life lines surround the boat, with a custom gate installed