Well the next couple months certainly will not be images of glamorous ports of call or of adventures on the sea. While working the winter season in Florida, I do my best to tick projects off C'est la Vie's to do list. Current project... replace the throttle arm/shift lever in the cockpit. Like most boaters my projects typically begin by purchasing/ordering parts or materials. Previously I have had great success with ordering from Jamestown Distributors, but this time around they substituted or replaced my shift lever with a different model. Perhaps the Teleflex/Morse MV-3 is the newer version of the MV-2. The workings of the two models sure appear compatible. I just wish Jamestown had contacted me about the switch not just sent a different model that requested. But, wait it gets better/worse. The shifter they sent was damaged. An arm on the throttle control was bent and inoperable. fortunately I was able to harvest an identical arm off of my old, MV-2 unit and replace the bent part. I plan to contact Jamestown tomorrow to share with them my frustrations.
When I removed the old throttle unit I discovered that the cut out created in the side wall of the cockpit exposes some balsa core so before I reinstall the new throttle I am going to seal up the core to prevent the possibility of water intrusion. Looks like all in all the project should go smoothly.
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