Which route - Cayman Islands to East Coast USA

[atoll]

Originally Posted by mbianka

Glad to hear you made it to Key West. $3K for a transmission rebuild ouch!

it may not be as bad as that!after re-reading it appears a new/refurb 71 bw unit is about $3000,and a rebuild $600-1200,plus freight and fitting

[VirtualVagabond]

Originally Posted by mbianka

Glad to hear you made it to Key West. $3K for a transmission rebuild ouch!

Well... I guess 'ouch' is a four letter word too

[mbianka]

Originally Posted by atoll

it may not be as bad as that!after re-reading it appears a new/refurb 71 bw unit is about $3000,and a rebuild $600-1200,plus freight and fitting

When I converted to electric propulsion I sold the dead Westerbeke 27 diesel for $500 and the working HBW 150 transmission for $700. No wonder the buyer jumped on it.

[mbianka]

Originally Posted by VirtualVagabond

Well... I guess 'ouch' is a four letter word too

Speaking of ouch. Did you resolve the ant issue on board you mentioned in your blog? I had an invasion come under the kitchen door a year ago and used these:
Ant Problem? Terro = Ant Control Solutions
They were gone in three days and never returned.

[atoll]

chances are it is either the gear selector valve that has failed,
or the presure plate spring that depresses the clutch plates on the fwd side of the gear assembly.