Thanks all for the advice. I was feeling bad that I had not changed the transmission oil in about 20 months. I went to the boat today to do a number of things including that. The unit I have is marked that it takes .25L. That isn't much. I pulled the plug and dipstick out and my heart sunk as I didn't see any fluid on it. So I put the stick back in and pulled it out again. I Still didn't see anything so I pulled the end of the stick through my fingers and was surprised that there was fluid on it. I inserted the dipstick again and then brought it out of the lazarette and into the light and laid in on a paper towel. It turns out that the level was perfect and the oil is so clean that it looks like I just poured it out of the can. I started thinking about it and since I changed the oil the last time I probably have not run the engine and correspondingly the tranny for more than 20 hours total. I'm sailing pretty much as soon as I leave the slip most of the time. Bottom line if the tranny oil looks like new and is at the right level it is probably ok for now. I'll change it when I put the boat in the water next spring just because it is old.
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