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Originally Posted by Josephcrawl
What parts are you looking for? I have a brother who is a machinist. Perhaps he could make spares using my number 5 as a pattern.
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Thanks Joseph for the offer. I've since taken the vane apart and the forward tab, that the pendulum shaft passes through, is cracked all the way across.
There may be some technique to preheat and weld it but I would not have great confidence in it. The dynamic load of the
water stream while sailing would result in the weld being in tension. Also the hard anodizing would not be there along the
repair and would likely result in eventual
corrosion along the weld.
I think its time to sell it to somebody needing parts to
repair their Model 5 and move ahead to a hydraulic
autopilot. Its a shame as I really liked using the Aries and could sleep soundly knowing the
boat would not gibe whereas I can't say that about my
autopilot.