February 14, 2020
On the recommendation of boat neighbour Marty, a fellow Nordic 44 owner, we hired Victor to fix the windlass. What a job. Seized bolts, rusted casing, awkward to get at. Victor persevered. It took the better part of an afternoon to remove the windlass motor, two days in the shop to rebuild the unit and then about 5 more hours to reinstall.
He replaced the brushes on the motor, put on new water resistant contacts and serviced the bearings, bench tested and reinstated. He said it’s a good tough unit. It’s back on now and working.
Next job was getting the windlass working again. For $170 US a guy here named Victor took it off the boat, replaced the brushes on the motor, put on new water resistant contacts and serviced the bearings. It’s back on now and working.
In other news a diver replaced the leads today. Lots done.