FWIW, When I bought our boat ten years ago, the Ritchie compass had a bubble. I took it to a compass repair guy who refilled the liguid, and replaced a seal. He advised that it was best to remove the compass each winter, however he stated the cause for a bubble is a seal leak or sun induced pressure inside the globe. I felt transporting the globe home and storing it, added more risk than benefit.
I keep the cover on when not sailing and it's been fine for 10 years. It stays aboard all winter as do my batteries which some experts want you to remove also. Chuck Resolute 1990 C&C 34R Atlantic City, NJ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rich Knowles" <r...@sailpower.ca> To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 10:28:04 PM Subject: Re: Stus-List More EDSON Interesting. I've had Ritchie Globemaster compasses for over 20 years and have never removed them from the boats. No problems to date. Rich On Nov 19, 2013, at 23:20, Alex Giannelia < a...@airsensing.com > wrote: So, way back when, in 1974, Edson built a pedestal that was supposed to fit a Ritchie compass. The top plate had 4 ¼” countersunk screw holes facing down in a diagonal pattern to fit the ¼” x 20 threads in the casting of the pillar. It also had 4 #10 or #12 countersunk holes facing up, presumably to act as studs to mount the base of the compass. Problem is, the holes facing up are not symmetrically drilled: 3 line up with the Ritchie base, and one misses by ½ a screw hole. So, Edson suggests, just use the downward holes to hold it all together. Problem is, Ritchie and others say to remove the compass during winter storage, so then the whole assembly can come apart. So what gives? Alex Giannelia CC 35-II 1974 to be renamed after re-launch TORONTO, Ontario ag@@ airsensing.com _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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