M-O-A

… for the Max from your sailing!

Welcome to the Maxi Owners Association

Please feel free to browse our public section for information about Maxi's and our Association. Members may log in at the top of the page. We always welcome new Maxi Owners from anywhere in the world so please CLICK HERE for membership information.

 

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THE PLANNING  

When I started planning in November 2003, it soon appeared there would have no shortage of volunteer crew for a Baltic cruise: “Put us down for St.Petersburg” was the frequent response.
I considered the option of leaving the boat in the Baltic over the Winter but, just in case I changed my mind, detailed planning was based on a 3-month trip.  All the pilot books seemed to say the same thing: the Baltic season is short – consider June, July and August as comfortable.  So I started filling in the likely passages and matching them with possible crew-change ports, courtesy of Ryanair and EasyJet.  Rather like compiling a crossword from scratch.
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Early summer 2005 and I’ve spent a lazy day pottering around on our Maxi 33 ‘Kjempekjekk’.  Just two years ago Liz and I had been doing much the same sort of thing, completing preparations for some extended sailingrs_image001 and we were almost ready to go.  Although we’d signed up for the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC) we still harboured the thought that in due course we might prefer to head towards the Mediterranean.  Then our son Mike phoned to tell us that he’d just booked flights to St.  Lucia for himself and partner Hannah and they would see us there at Christmas!
August 5th 2003 was a bright and blustery day and we left to a wonderful send-off from family and friends; within an hour we were overtaken by a black thunderstorm and with lightning striking the sea no more than 25 metres from KJ’s starboard quarter we wondered what other new experiences our journey would bring!
 

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Many of these sites have not been updated for some years, or have been moved to new sites or other systems (e.g. blogs, facebook )  – we would be grateful if you can let us know of any changes or broken links.


www.maxisidorna.com: Adam Eriksson’s excellent Maxi Yacht website (English & Swedish).   A private listing of Maxi’s since 1970’s

MAXImalt.dk: A good site with useful technical information & links.  The web site is in Danish, but it is well worth browsing to search for information in English.  And if there are articles only in Danish which would be useful to others, then we may be able to arrange translation.

Danish Maxi Club

Maxi 95 Owners Group (Swedish)

Christer Sjöberg’s Maxi 95 database (English & Swedish)

Lennart’s Maxi 95 Red Heaven website (Swedish)

Kiwiprops – Corrosion resistant feathering propellers www.kiwiprops.co.nz

UK: Vecta Marine Tel: 01672-564456 Fax: 01672-564602
Email: pollard  @  vectamarine . com

MOA Members’ 5% discount – for details see "Member’s Discounts" in the members-only area.

Also available from S. D. Marine

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East Coast – South Coast – South West 

Visit www.hydesails.com  or ring Freephone 0800 389 9254 (or 01489 563 420) for further details, or see their advert in our Maxi News for local contacts…

Kemp Sails www.kempsails.com for sail supply, service & information including the earlier Maxi’s (e.g. 999, 77, 1000, 84, Fenix, 33, 68)

Marine Fire Safety Limited, offer a discount for supply and/or fitting of new fire protection  – for details see “Member’s Discounts” in the members-only area