Hi folks,
I just had my backstay cylinder rebuilt and was impressed enough with the service and price that I wanted to pass along the name of the shop.
The Oyster Bay Boat Shop
59 Sea Cliff Ave
Glen Cove, NY 11542
Ask for Bam Miller.
I had called Sailtec, and they were not thrilled about working on a Navtec unit. The OBBS people were great. The cost was $175 labor, plus $95 for the seal kit. It's more expensive if you have nicks in the push rod and it needs to be replaced. Evidently, nicks in the rod are the death of many of these units, because they tear up the seals. The entire repair took less than a week, including shipping time. They even offered me a loaner. They also offered to buy/barter the old unit off of me for parts if I decided to switch to a cascading system.
-k-
Kelly Robinson
Cornwall Center for Metropolitan Studies
Rutgers University
47 Bleeker St.
Newark, NJ 07102
(973) 353-1750, ext. 226 (973) 353-1753 (FAX)
Received on Wed May 14 08:14:30 2003