Ron, Otto, huh? Pretty good.
On the Enterprise, we named the new autopilot the Steering Using Linear Utility. You know... SULU. All the best, Edd ------------------------------- Edd M. Schillay Starship Enterprise NCC-1701-B C&C 37+ | City Island, NY www.StarshipSailing.com ------------------------------- 914.332.4400 | Office 914.774.9767 | Mobile ------------------------------- Sent via iPhone 7 iPhone. iTypos. iApologize On Dec 4, 2016, at 8:55 PM, Ron Ricci via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: Mark, I am extremely pleased with my 1991 37+. It is responsive and very quick. Here are a few things I've encountered. The rod rigging requires periodic inspection and re-heading. Navtec recommended re-heading the rods and replacing the turnbuckles every 10 years. Probably much of that is CYA. They also recommended replacing the rod rigging after 20. Mine was re-headed and turnbuckles replaced at 20 years. All inspections were OK at that time and I did not replace the rod rigging. Full rig inspection requires pulling the mast. My 'roof' leaked from the beginning. I re-bedded the baby stay track and a few other things with Butyl rubber. The baby stay track which is subject to being pulled away from the deck accounted for most of the leaks. The stamped plate that holds the idler pulleys for the steering is made of carbon steel. Mine rusted so badly the pulleys came loose and the steering cable fell off. I got one of the last parts Edson had in stock. You may want to inspect under the pedestal for evidence of rust. I'd call Edson and ask for a 776-4 idler. They may have to make more parts if you have to order one. The newer S/S part is different. My holding tank is plastic and the hand hole passed gas. I got many complaints from my wife. Once I figured out how to take everything apart, it was easy to replace & re-bed the hand hole. I also replaced the shower valve. If you need, I have pictures. Thanks to Gary Russell being the lead, I added an autopilot. It's like having another crew member which we refer to as the German guy, Otto, as in Ottomatic. Good luck, Ron Ron Ricci S/V Patriot C&C 37+
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