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From: Robert Gainer (no email)
Date: Sun Jun 20 2004 - 20:04:47 EDT
I am very curious about the winch breaking. Do you know if the shaft was
made of sinted bronze? Merriman-Holbrook made some that way some time back
and they were a disaster. I guess it doesn’t take much to impress you.
Unless the sextant has a broken part it is very easy to straighten it out,
adjust and then check it with cylinders. Usually the parts that break are
the legs or the screws that adjust the mirrors, any good machine shop can
make more. If you break the pin for the tangent screw you will need to get
one from the manufacture or know someone with a jewelers lathe that has a
lot of patience. One of my sextants was damaged in shipping back from a
delivery trip and I had to have parts made to fix it. In fact I had them
make extra adjusting screws for the Heath because once you setup the machine
the 2nd, 3rd etc parts are just pennies more. So if you need mirror springs
or adjusting screws let me know, just pay the postage and they are yours. I
think the only thing that impresses me is the man who can repair a
chronometer. That is the only thing on the boat that I don’t have a chance
of fixing. Unlike Capt Slocum of the Spray I don’t think boiling mine in oil
will help it.
All the best;
Bob
>From: "woodsdesignssailingcatamarans"
><>
>Reply-To:
>To:
>Subject: [world-cruising] Re: Which options are maintenance headaches?
>Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2004 22:01:55 -0000
>
>I am new to this list (this is my first posting) - bu not new to
>sailing or long distance cruising. I am a UK based catamaran designer
>but I have been cruising my 32ft catamaran Eclipse for the last 18
>months and am currently spending the hurricane season in the Rio
>Dulce, Guatemala. You can see more about me and my trip at the links
>below.
>
>http://www.sailingcatamarans.com
>http://eclipsecruising.tripod.com
>
>Anyway, I consider the 3 most useless items that one can have are:
>
>1) a sailing dinghy - I only sailed mine once then gave it away. It's
>too slow, unwieldy and impractical. I now have a Walker Bay 8ft which
>is light and durable with a 2hp outboard.
>
>2) a bicycle. Again I only used mine a couple of times and then gave
>it away. Its OK if you are marina based in a safe society, but how do
>you get 2 bikes into/out of a dinghy plus yourselves? And where can
>you safely leave them when shopping? And don't forget that by
>implication everywhere is uphill from the boat!
>
>3) a washing machine. Now, to be honest I've never had one of these,
>but I don't like washing clothes even at home. When tropical cruising
>you don't wear much so don't wash much. We can always find a laundry
>or a "woman who does" in any port. A washing machine is usually
>voltage and frequency dependant so one can't assume it will run on
>shore power. Europe is 240v and 50 hz, US is 110 and 60, some places
>are 110/50 etc. And of course it uses a lot of water.
>
>What I do like is an umbrella (or a parasol) instead of a bimini, a
>wheel barrow (or fold up 2 wheel cart for shopping, carrying propane
>tanks etc) and some big fans for the tropics. The marina here
>(Marios) can't really cope with air conditioning units as there isn't
>enough power and the circuit breakers keep tripping. In any event in
>3rd world countries power supplies tend to be erratic at best. We can
>use 2 fans from one small inverter.
>
>I do have a water cooled fridge and wouldn't be without it (I tried
>that for 6 weeks last summer after losing all my electrical items
>after being hit by lightning). Equally I wouldn't be without my
>autopilot (10,000 miles without a problem until the lightning strike)
>or gps.
>
>I only have an outboard (it charges at 8amps, but can only be used
>when we are motoring along) and 4 50W solar panels but they cope with
>all my electric needs.
>
>Two other points. I'm very impressed with someone who can repair a
>dropped sextant.
>
>The only Barient winches I know of that have had shafts break were
>small ones made over 20 years ago.
>
>I hope people find this message useful and I look forward to reading
>more of your thoughts.
>
>Thank you.
>
>
>
>
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