Greetings Bob, I am 6’-3” and have no problems getting around the boat. As others have posted, I can stand comfortably in the main cabin. Our dodger/Bimini is a bit low, but I’ve seen on this forum ot

Greetings, It is with mixed feelings that my wife and I have decided to sell la Querida, Super Maramu hull # 207 (year built 1998), currently in the Marina at Barra de Navidad, Mexico. I have posted m

Here’s the conclusion Thanks all for your help and suggestions Saludos Peter La Querida SM 207 Barra de Navidad, Mexico

Thanks Andrew and Eric, I am in the process of getting a new pump/motor. With the suggestions and help from the group, I took the Calpeda pump out and isolated the winding leads and got the following

Greetings all, The last round of responses have been particularly helpful. Thank you all. Update: Tuesday late afternoon I reconnected the A to B connection started the generator and ran the air condi

Hi Tom, Yes, the circuit breaker that is tripping is the Amel unit on the outside of the 220VAC box housing the panel. We do not have a transformer for the 110VAC circuit. To get the 220VAC power from

Thank you Bill, Matt and Tom, Just to clarify, when I refer to plugging into shore power, for this discussion I mean 230VAC 50A shore power in NorthAmerica. (Yes 60 Hz). The previous owners converted

Greetings, I’m hoping someone has run into this before, and can shed some light. I have the feeling the answer is staring me right in the face and I just can’t see it. For 3 years of owning la Querida

Hi Mike I just went through the similar fix on SM207 We cut away the bottom half of the discharge funnel to be able to remove the stupid hose. Then we glassed in a fiberglass round tube, and reattache

Hi bill Thanks for looking into the email problem Count me in on possibly having problems I responded to the rpm post and have not seen it Thanks

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Does anyone have a source for the 680 ohm wire wound potentiometer that dims the light in the compass? After multiple internet several internet searches and two purchases, I can’t find a good match. T

Thank you Bill and Giovanni, Bill, RTV was used, I just did a good job wiping off the excess. The leak is between the shaft and the lip of seal not seal to housing. I agree that we need SAV at Amel. I

Greetings all, This is the second lip seal I've installed. (The previous owner left a handy stash of parts on board) The first had a single lip, the second came in a bag with Paulstra brand and part n

I recently installed a 400W "bifacial" panel from LG on a solar arch In theory the "bifacial" feature allows reflected light from below to contribute (or actually exceed the panels rated output). Sinc

La Querida (SM 207) got the Garmin panoptix 3 months ago So far so good, but we’re not cruising until fall of 2020, so it’s only seen short trips. A crew member actually watched the anchor go down on

I just replaced that bushing on la Querida SM207 last week. After replacing the fixed 19" prop with the original Autoprop (that the previous owner had removed) I found the vibration had increased. Whe

My TMD22 has a Garrett 466770-0006S turbo on it. I purchased a new “cartridge” (compressor/turbine and bearing block) for $300. I’m waiting for the gaskets to arrive from Volvo, so I can’t tell you if

Sorry all, I again failed to identify myself: Peter de Groot La Querida sm#207 Moss Landing CA, Yes Alan, I will repeat with some new Vectran line. It may take a few weeks before I have the results as

Greetings all and best wishes for a Happy 2019, Today I went back to the boat and did a series of tests on the Bernard toe pulley installed on the starboard side and compared it to the Amel stock pull

For what it’s worth, this 18 month Amel newbie installed one and been out twice in light winds, dry conditions. So far no slipping. After first installing, I tried to get it to slip manually, but it h