John, The photo sent by Bill (of the charred pump motor windings) looks like the one I sent him from SM#207. I also experienced intermittent problems prior to the complete failure of the pump. My epis

Hi Kent and iris, On the forward head we had to remove a portion of the thin plywood below the tank. We also had to enlarge the holes in the shelves where the hoses pass through. It looked pretty roug

Darren an Karen, We cut the sump (funnel part) of the tank outlet off. Then we extracted the hose, inserted and glassed in the FRP riser, through the inlet hole and glassed back in the the funnel part

Tom and Kristin, Our solution was to fiberglass in a 1-1/2”OD x 1-1/4” ID FRP tube riser through the inlet hole. The tube went almost to the top of the tank inside. Works well. Peter de Groot SM 207 l

Hi Paul, I installed a custom bronze Speedi-sleeve about a year ago. sav-amel was shut down for Covid. I had 30mm seals left onboard from the previous owner. The 29mm FRP amel shaft had some wear mark

Greetings all, While cruising Mexico’s Pacific coast this year I had the Garmin Pan optic PS-51 forward sonar start to behave irregularly and ultimately overheat and fail. Garmin replaced it on warran

Thanks Ryan and Kelly and Bill. Coastal Climate Control is working on it. We’re trying to determine the best substitute control module that will fit. Peter

Hi Bill, I’m not sure what the “here” refers to in your post. Missing a link perhaps? la Querida has 3 self contained AC units each with their control switch set. The units only share the sea water pu

Greetings, The switch housing for the Climma Air Conditioning Controls finally broke completely. I have looked online and have not found a reliable source for a replacement. I contacted SAV but they h

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