Out here on the East Coast (South Coast MA) very different experience with “The Navtech Guy”. Spent almost 1 boat buck within 2 years to realize I needed to go to a real hydraulic shop and get what I needed for a fraction (10%) of the price.
Nuf’ said. David F. Risch (401) 419-4650 From: CnC-List <cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com> On Behalf Of Dennis C. via CnC-List Sent: Monday, June 29, 2020 3:32 PM To: CnClist <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Cc: Dennis C. <capt...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Stus-List hydraulic backstay There are lots of discussions on the web about repairing hydraulic backstays. The one overwhelming constant in most of them is the high regard folks have for Lew Townsend's work. I wanted to use him to repair mine a couple years ago. Contacted him but he was just about to start a 3 week vacation. Being impatient, I chose another repair shop. They did a complete and expensive rebuild on my Navtec. After re-install, it lost tension ever so slightly over time. I'd put some tension on it, leave the boat for a week and return to a loose back stay. Not a big deal while sailing or racing given the short time frame of those activities but irritating nonetheless. After a couple years, it now seems to hold tension over time. Wish I'd waited and sent it to Lew. After he returned from his vacation, he contacted me to see if I still needed his help. I can say without reservation that if I need my adjuster worked on again, it will go to Lew. -- Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 2:20 PM Josh Muckley via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote: Worked great! I've had at least 3 different things shipped to him on separate occasions. Cost of shipping sucks but knowing that it is done correctly is worth it. Josh
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