We’re in La Linea (Gibraltar) … A lot has happened!
We arrived in La Linea (right above Gibraltar) on the 16th of June after a dolphin-filled trip from Motril. The last update we did was on May 7, which was for our Patreon followers. So it’s been quiet for a long, long time – and we’re going to tell you why. Rest assured – both […]
Website Redesign – Welcome to our new site!
Now we’re on a break and I’m in a comfortable marina in La Linea, I finally had the time to finish the website design I’d been working on before we left. It may take a little getting used to this new look, although the general layout, colors and pages have not changed. Most of the […]
Hit by Lightning … Repairing and Preparing
It’s already the 2nd of May – time is flying by! We arrived on Samos on April 22nd and were met at the airport by our friends M&F. They stayed until April 28th, and helped us repair the damage we soon discovered. Nalu was very likely indirectly hit by lightning, causing all sorts of electrical […]
Preventive Engine Maintenance – Part 2
This is the follow-up to this blogpost: Preventive Engine Maintenance – Part 1, so you may want to read that one first if you haven’t already. In this post, we’ll look at how the turbo and fuel injector pump rebuild went and how we ended up with two turbo’s instead of one. And we’ll answer […]
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 closer to flying back to Greece (on April 22nd) […]
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 ordered […]
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!
How to pay Greek Cruising Tax – Tepai
One of the less fun sides of buying a boat abroad: the paperwork. So. Much. Paperwork. And while we’re EU citizens who bought a EU (French) flagged boat in the EU, the different countries each have their own laws, rules and regulations. So there are plenty of hoops to jump through, and a few clashing […]
What does the name ‘Nalu’ mean?
NALU nah-loo [Hawiaan] noun Wafe / Surf 1. Wave, surf; full of waves; to form waves; wavy, as wood grain. Ke nalu nei ka moana, the ocean is full of waves. hoʻo.nalu To form waves. 2. To ponder, meditate, reflect, mull over, speculate. Nalu wale ihola nō ʻo Keawenui-a-ʻUmi i ka hope o kēia keiki […]
Why The Amel Super Maramu Is Our Ideal Liveaboard Boat
We had a very, very short shopping list when we started looking for our ‘liveaboard together’ boat: we wanted an Amel Super Maramu. Done. We weren’t looking at any other boat. We’ve both spent years as liveaboards (both being single and as a couple) and we’ve owned, seen and have been on many different sailing […]