Florida Rod & Rigging is another option. Very helpful for hydrolics and
like. Official Navtec service source.
Anyone out there get into the post supporting prop shaft. I believe this is an area that I get water in from and when looking closely it looks as if there is a gasket inside. It doesn't look as if you can get to it without cutting through the fiberglass housing above the unit. This is on the Olson 911 Pacific model.
Steve Haislet
Latest Trick.
On 5/14/03 10:13 AM, "Kelly Robinson" <krobins@andromeda.rutgers.edu> wrote:
>
> 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 16:10:54 2003