DIY Repair of the Extrude Aluminium, In-Mast Internal Foil on an Amel Super Maramu Sailboat

All of our sailboat repair and maintenance blogs are now hosted on our dedicated maintenance channel, MOTHERSHIP MAINTENANCE Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/c/mothershipmaintenance In-mast furler issues are part of contemporary cruising lifestyle on modern boats. Yes, they can be a pain when they go wrong, but in most cases, problems are caused by laziness (furling when under load for instance) or operator error (eg., not syncing the speed of the outhaul with speed of the in-mast furler). While checking a DIY fix on our aluminium foil extrusion from last year. I noticed the repair had not held, so it was time to take the gloves off and do the job properly this time. So, I cut off the damaged part, re-drilled the bolt hole and re-enforcing that hole with an aluminium sleeve before securing it place with plenty of polyester filler. I believe Amel now to a repair kit to fix the issue but this method is much cheaper and can be done with materials from any chandler. It was one of those rare jobs that was as straight forward as it sounds, the only problem was fitting the fiddly delrin spacers back between the mast and furlers. The blog referred to in this video about fixing the manual furler can be found at this link: https://youtu.be/s-p8bdPpnmk As always, if you found this video useful or it saved you a few pennies, and you're the type of person who likes to return a favour, then feel free to buy me a cold one, by following the Paypal or Patreon links below. Cheers! - Woody PLEASE NOTE: YouTube have disabled comments on most of our video blogs (and on other family channels) due to safeguarding issues regarding minors on the YouTube platform. In response, we have enabled comments for these videos on our Facebook page and Patreon page. ??????? ?PATREON: Help towards video production / editing / data costs & get bonus content! https://www.patreon.com/mothershipadrift ?AMAZON WISH LIST: Books and items we'd LOVE to have onboard.. as soon as budget or Santa Claus allows! https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/94U7ZPWPXBXF ?PAYPAL: Help towards the cost of travel to places further off the beaten track.. or ice cream! https://paypal.me/Mothershipadrift ?YOUTUBE: Share our channel with others - just copy and paste this link! https://www.youtube.com/c/mothershipadrift ?THIS VIDEO LINK: Copy and paste the link below to share THIS particular video! https://youtu.be/zZdVHsuhWCc ?INSTAGRAM: Photos/videos of far off places, our Amel, crew, and other sailing images https://www.instagram.com/mothershipadrift ?FACEBOOK: Updates, comments and news as it happens! https://www.facebook.com/mothershipadrift ?TWITTER: We're not on Twitter much - so direct messages only! https://twitter.com/moshipadrift ?WEBSITE: Our website with deeper insights and links to other resources https://www.mothershipadrift.com ?Follow our boat on NOFOREIGNLAND: https://www.noforeignland.com/boat/5858761751134208