Postpone the start of your trip? Don't do that! If you aren't careful you might never get started. Boats are never finished. In fact, a friend once quipped that everything on your boat is broken...you just don't know it yet. Cruising has been defined as repairing your boat in exotic locations. Regards, Randy Pickelmann Morning Star www.CruisingMorningStar.com Sent from my iPad

Randy is sooooooooooo right. I cannot tell you how many times I repaired stuff that broke far away from any semblence of mechanical /electrical help…… Lee Turkey On Sun, Nov 3, 2013 at 1:53 PM, Randy Pickelmann <rwp_48@yahoo.com> wrote: > Postpone the start of your trip? Don't do that! …….

I've deleted the original posters question, but as I remember it he has a leak in a Lofrans Tigress windlass. Don't let that scare you too much. I've torn down a Tigress that had spent 2 weeks in the bottom of a slip after Hurricane Ike. Amazingly enough, it had about a half teaspoon of water in it, and no rust at all. The only difficult part of the tear down is getting the screws out of the side plate. SS screws in aluminum housing. In my case, they all came out with no damage. Imtra has the seals, gaskets, and bearings in stock for the repair. Of course, first thing is to determine where the leak is, but unless it is a cracked case it shouldn't be too difficult of a repair. You can go to their (Imtra's) website and download a manual with an exploded parts diagram that will help with the teardown and parts id. Imtra also has pretty good tech support for this. Hope this helps. Brent Hodges Seabrook, Tx On Sun, Nov 3, 2013 at 5:58 AM, LAL <lazilicata@gmail.com> wrote: > Randy is sooooooooooo right. I cannot tell you how many times I > repaired stuff that broke far away from any semblence of mechanical > /electrical help…… > > Lee > > Turkey > > On Sun, Nov 3, 2013 at 1:53 PM, Randy Pickelmann <rwp_48@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Postpone the start of your trip? Don't do that! ……. > > _______________________________________________ > http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/listinfo/trawlers_lists.trawlering.com > > To unsubscribe or modify your subscription options (get password, change > email address, etc) go to: > http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/listinfo/trawlers_lists.trawlering.com > Trawlers & Trawlering and T&T are trademarks of Water World > Productions. Unauthorized use is prohibited. >

The morning of our departure the fresh water system pump died. So much for leaving early. We did eventually leave that day but missed the fair tide. The rest of the trip was uneventful with the exception of snapping a fuel injector line off the coast of New Jersey. And the weeds sucked up into the forward head. And the transmission leaking 1/2 a quart a day. Just wash off the deck and go. Anchoring is over-rated. Al Johnson 34' Marine Trader "Angelina" Postpone the start of your trip? Don't do that! If you aren't careful you might never get started.

Sent from my iPad > On Nov 4, 2013, at 8:05 AM, Alormaria <alormaria@aol.com> wrote: > > > The morning of our departure the fresh water system pump died. So much for leaving early. We did eventually leave that day but missed the fair tide. > > The rest of the trip was uneventful with the exception of snapping a fuel injector line off the coast of New Jersey. And the weeds sucked up into the forward head. And the transmission leaking 1/2 a quart a day. > > Just wash off the deck and go. Anchoring is over-rated. > > Al Johnson > 34' Marine Trader "Angelina" > > Postpone the start of your trip? Don't do that! If you aren't careful you > might never get started. > _______________________________________________ > http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/listinfo/trawlers_lists.trawlering.com > > To unsubscribe or modify your subscription options (get password, change email address, etc) go to: http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/listinfo/trawlers_lists.trawlering.com > Trawlers & Trawlering and T&T are trademarks of Water World > Productions. Unauthorized use is prohibited.