The Mariah Owners Club

I'm a owner of a Mariah Z211 Shabah since 1998 but unfortunately I found this club just a few weeks ago during a google search for something completly different.
Since I purchased it in summer 1998 new from a swiss dealer.
With one exception (but a boring exception) it runs without any problem since then.

The exception was the low pressure fuel pump failed after a few motor hours replaced by the dealer and failed again after half an our of operation.

Seeking myself for a replacement it turned out to be a general problem (at this time) on Mercruiser and VolvoPenta useing the same pump and I had to contact a few dealers just to find one with a spare on stock.

After a stron complaint at VP Switzerland I received (for free) a spare pump for my own stock and an explanation for the
cause of the break downs (pump manufactering problem, I have some details if somebody is interested).
And fortunately I never had to install my own spare received from VP

regards peter